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April 1, 1895: Blues singer Alberta Hunter
April 1, 1910: Musician Harry Carney
April 2, 1939: Marvin Gaye
April 3, 1913: Composer Rogie Edgar Clark
April 4, 1915: Blues musician Muddy Waters
April 7, 1915: Singer Billie Holiday
April 7, 1938: Jazz musician Freddie Hubbard
April 9, 1887: Composer Florence Price
April 9, 1898: Paul Robeson
April 12, 1940: Jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock
April 13, 1953: Composer Lettie Beckon M. Alston
April 14, 1925: Saxophonist Gene Ammons
April 15, 1894: Bessie Smith
April 15, 1918: Composer Kenneth Brown Billups
April 16, 1864: Concert singer Flora Bergen Batson
April 16, 1918: Concert singer Carol Lovette Brice
April 17, 1941: Composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork
April 18, 1924: Blues musician Clarence ''Gatemouth'' Brown
April 20, 1923: Tito Puente
April 20, 1951: Luther Vandross
April 21, 1924: gospel singer Clara Ward
April 22, 1922: Jazz musician Charles Mingus
April 23, 1897: Brazilian composer Pixinguinha
April 24, 1937: Jazz musician Joe Henderson
April 24, 1979: Harpist Rashida N. Black
April 25, 1917: Singer Ella Fitzgerald
April 25, 1923: Musician Albert King
April 26, 1886: Blues singer Ma Rainey
April 28, 1935: Composer Akin Euba
April 29, 1899: Duke Ellington
April 29, 1915: Concert Pianist Donald Mills
April 29, 1945: Singer Tammi Terrell
April 30, 1885: composer Lucie Eddie Campbell Williams
April 30, 1896: Bluesman Gary D. (''Blind Gary'') Davis
April 30, 1923: Jazz bassist Percy Heath
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