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Cal Smith born 7 April 1932
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Moacir Santos born 8 April 1924
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Hal Ketchum born 9 April 1953
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Walter Bishop Jr. born 10 April 1927
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Emil Mangelsdorff born 11 April 1925
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Anita Ellis born 12 April 1920
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Roy Dunn born 13 April 1922
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Monty Waters born 14 April 1938
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Wally Deane born 15 April 1936
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Bennie Green born 16 April 1923
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Marta Eggerth born 17 April 1912
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Little Brother Montgomery born 18 April 1906
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Bee Houston born 19 April 1938
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Hylo Brown born 20 April 1922
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Issy Bonn born 21 April 1903
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Candido Camero born 22 April 1921
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Ross Kettle (24 April 1943- 12 October 2007) was co-founder of the The Singing Kettles, who were a country music trio from Tasmania consisting of three brothers. In their early days, Bill (William),...
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Vassar Clements born 25 April 1928
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Jørgen Ingmann born 26 April 1925
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Cuba Gooding born 27 April 1944
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