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Cliff Waldron born 4 April 1941
Clifford Waldron (April 4, 1941 – July 1, 2024) was an American bluegrass musician. Waldron is best known for his collaborations with bluegrass musician Bill Emerson, with the two forming the bluegrass...
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Lord Buckley born 5 April 1906
Lord Richard Buckley (born Richard Myrle Buckley; April 5, 1906 – November 12, 1960) was an American stand-up comedian and recording artist, who in the 1940s and 1950s created a character that was,...
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André Previn born 6 April 1929
André George Previn (April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical. Over his...
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Pete La Roca born 7 April 1938
Pete "La Roca" Sims (born Peter Sims; April 7, 1938 – November 20, 2012, known as Pete La Roca from 1957 until 1968) was an American jazz drummer and attorney. He was one of the most popular drummers...
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Buddy Savitt born 8 April 1931
Buddy Savitt (8 April 1931 - 18 April 1983) was an American jazz and rock 'n' roll saxophonist. Savitt was born Berton Schwarz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During his years at school he studies all...
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Woodrow Adams born 9 April 1917
Woodrow Wilson Adams (April 9, 1917 – August 9, 1988) was an American Delta blues guitarist and harmonica player. He made a late entry into the recording industry, producing three singles. His most...
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George Freeman born 10 April 1927
George Freeman (April 10, 1927 – April 1, 2025) was an American jazz guitarist and recording artist. He is known for his sophisticated technique, collaborations with high-profile performers, and as...
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Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson born 11 April 1932
Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson (April 11, 1939 – December 25, 2022) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He is not to be confused with Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, Luther "Houserocker" Johnson, or...
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Asie Payton born 12 April 1937
Asie Reed Payton (April 12, 1937 – May 19, 1997) was an American blues musician, who lived most of his life in Holly Ridge, in the Mississippi Delta. Born in Washington County, Mississippi, he sang and...
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Buddy Meredith born 13 April 1926
Buddy Meredith (April 13, 1926 – January 15, 2016) was an American country music singer. Born William G. Meredith in Beaver Falls, Philadelphia he was the son of the late William and Agnes (Todd)...
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Donnie Bowser born 14 April 1937
Donnie Bowser (April 14, 1937 - February 22, 2002) was a Hillbilly, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Country singer and songwriter who remains a little-known if unique figure in the annals of rockabilly, best...
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Little Sonny Jones born 15 April 1931
Johnny "Little Sonny" Jones (April 15, 1931 – December 17, 1989) was an American New Orleans blues singer and songwriter. Over his lengthy career, he worked with various blues musicians, notably Fats...
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Boyce Brown born 16 April 1910
Boyce Brown (April 16, 1910 – January 30, 1959) was an American jazz dixieland alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois. He was an eccentric, who preferred to play freewheeling Chicago jazz, an...
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Carl Knight born 17 April 1930
Carl Knight (April 17, 1930 — September 13, 2019) was an American country singer and songwriter. Carl Knight was born a sharecroppers son in an area of Jackson, Mississippi, known as Duttoville. As a...
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Billy Liebert born 18 April 1925
Billy Liebert (April 18, 1925 - April 13, 2001) was a Country and western swing accordion and piano player, band leader, conductor, arranger and, composer. William Edward Liebert was born in Detroit,...
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Harry "Big Daddy" Hypolite born 19 April 1937
Harry “Big Daddy” Hypolite (19April 1937 - 22 June 2005) was an American blues guitarist and singer. Hypolite had said in interviews and song that his blues inspiration came starting at about age 12...
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Johnny Fuller born 20 April 1929
Johnny Fuller (April 20, 1929 – May 20, 1985) was an American West Coast and electric blues singer and guitarist. Born in Edwards, Mississippi not far from Vicksburg, Johnny Fuller has lived there the...
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Wade Mainer born 21 April 1907
Wade Eckhart Mainer (April 21, 1907 – September 12, 2011) was an American country singer and banjoist. With his band, the Sons of the Mountaineers, he is credited with bridging the gap between old-time...
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Laurel Aitken born 22 April 1927
Lorenzo "Laurel" Aitken (22 April 1927 – 17 July 2005) was a Cuban-Jamaican singer and one of the pioneers of ska music. He is often referred to as the "Godfather of Ska". Aitken was born in Cuba and...
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James Kinds born 23 April 1943
James Kinds (April 23, 1943 - Aug. 19, 2014) was a Chicago blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. James Kinds was born in the Blue Lake Plantation, Drew, Mississippi and the oldest of 12 children.. He...
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