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Harold Burrage born 30 March 1931
Harold Edwin Burrage (March 30, 1931 – November 26, 1966) was an American blues and soul singer, pianist, songwriter, and record producer. A chameleon-like singer who was remarkably versatile...
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Herb Alpert born 31 March 1937
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. Born in the Boyle Heights neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, Alpert...
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Jimmie Logsdon born 1 April 1922
James Lloyd Logsdon (April 1, 1922 – October 7, 2001) was an extremely popular American country and rockabilly singer, songwriter and radio DJ. He performed country music as Jimmie (or Jimmy) Logsdon,...
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Booker Little born 2 April 1938
Booker Little Jr. (April 2, 1938 – October 5, 1961) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He appeared on many recordings in his short career, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little performed...
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Jo Ann Greer born 3 April 1927
Katherine Joan Greer (April 3, 1927 – May 24, 2001), known professionally as Jo Ann Greer, was an American singer. Her career spanned nearly 50 years, and she primarily worked in the fields of movie...
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Sharon Sheeley born 1940
Sharon Kathleen Sheeley (April 4, 1940 – May 17, 2002) was an American songwriter who wrote songs for Glen Campbell, Ricky Nelson, Brenda Lee, and Eddie Cochran. Female songwriters were almost unknown...
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Stanley Turrentine born 5 April 1934
Stanley Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer. Known for his big, warm, sound, “The Sugar Man” or the original “Mr. T” found...
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Randy Weston born 6 April 1926
Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection. A native New Yorker,...
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Bobby Bare born 7 April 1935
Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of...
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Carmen McRae born 8 April 1920
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was...
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Reuben Wilson born 9 April 1935
Reuben Wilson (born April 9, 1935) is a jazz organist. He performs soul jazz and acid jazz, and is best known for his title track "Got to Get Your Own". Reuben Wilson was one of many soul-jazz...
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Bobby Smith born 10 April 1936
Robert Steel Smith (April 10, 1936 – March 16, 2013), professionally known as Bobby Smith, also spelled Bobbie, was an American R&B singer notable as the principal lead singer of the classic...
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Millie Good born 11 April 1913
Mildred Fern Good (April 11, 1913 – May 2, 1993) and Dorothy Laverne Good (December 11, 1915 – November 12, 1967) were an American female country music female duo known as The Girls of the Golden West....
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Frankie Masters born 12 April 1904
Frankie Masters (born Frank E. Masterman; April 12, 1904 – October 28, 1990) was a big band leader. Elected to the American Federation of Musicians, Local 10 in Chicago, on February 13, 1924, Masters's...
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Teddy Charles born 13 April 1928
Teddy Charles, (April 13, 1928 – April 16, 2012) was an American jazz musician and composer, whose instruments were the vibraphone, piano, and drums. He was considered to be one of the great jazz...
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Paris Delane born 14 April 1956
Paris Delane (April 14, 1956 - February 28, 2020) was a blues singer and songwriter with a voice that had an astonishing seven octave vocal range that drew you in with messages from his heart and...
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Eddie Cooley born 15 April 1933
Edward James Cooley (April 15, 1933 – April 15, 2020) was an American R&B singer and songwriter, who co-wrote the much-recorded song "Fever." He also had a US pop hit in 1956 with "Priscilla,"...
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Henry Mancini born 16 April 1924
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four...
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Pete Shelley born 17 April 1955
Pete Shelley (17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as lead singer of the 70s punk band Buzzcocks whose subtle, witty songs still sound fresh and...
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James Rivers born 18 April 1937
James Rivers (born 18 April 1937) is one of the last survivors of a generation of iconic New Orleans musicians who backed up big-name hit-makers in the legendary recording studios of Cosimo Matassa,...
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