Entertainment Music April Birthdays Classic rock artists born in April Share PINTEREST Email Print Music Rock Music Top Artists Top Picks Holiday Music Pop Music Alternative Music Classical Music Country Music Folk Music Rap & Hip Hop Rhythm & Blues World Music Punk Music Heavy Metal Jazz Latin Music Oldies Learn More By Dave White Dave White is a longtime radio DJ and music journalist who covered classic rock for more than four decades. our editorial process Dave White Updated March 17, 2017 April 1FacesThe TurtlesToto April 2Kurt Winter - The Guess Who - 1946Dave Bronze - Procol Harum - 1952Leon Wilkeson - Lynyrd Skynyrd - 1952David Robinson - The Cars - 1953 April 3Richard Manuel - The Band - 1943Richard Thompson - Fairport Convention - 1949Mel Schacher - Grand Funk Railroad - 1951 April 4Dave Hill - Slade - 1946Pick Withers - Dire Straits - 1948Berry Oakley - Allman Brothers Band - 1948Peter John Haycock - Climax Blues Band - 1951Gary Moore - Thin Lizzy - 1952 April 5Dave Swarbrick - Fairport Convention - 1941Alan Clarke - The Hollies - 1942 April 6John Stax - The Pretty Things - 1944Tony Connor - Hot Chocolate - 1947Ralph Cooper - Air Supply - 1951Christopher Franke - Tangerine Dream - 1953 April 7Ravi Shankar - 1920Spencer Dryden - Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage - 1938Mick Abrahams - Jethro Tull - 1943Bill Kreutzmann - Grateful Dead - 1946John Oates - Hall & Oates - 1949Bruce Gary - The Knack - 1951Janis Ian - 1951 April 8Roger "Chappo" Chapman - Family, Streetwalkers - 1942Steve Howe - Yes - 1947Julian Lennon - 1963 April 9Gene Parsons - The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers - 1944Terry Knight - Grand Funk Railroad - 1943 April 10Fred Smith - Blondie, Television - 1948Dave Peverett - Foghat, Savoy Brown - 1950Brian Setzer - 1959 April 12John Kay - Steppenwolf - 1944Will Sergeant - Echo & the Bunnymen - 1958 April 13Lester Chambers - Chambers Brothers - 1940Jack Casady - Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Hot Tuna - 1944Brian Pendleton - Pretty Things - 1944Max Weinberg - E Street Band - 1951Lowell George - Little Feat - 1945Roy Loney - Flamin' Groovies - 1946Jimmy Destri - Blondie - 1954 April 14Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night - 1945Patrick Fairley - Marmalade - 1946 April 15"Wooly" Wolstenholme - Barclay James Harvest - 1947Gerry Rafferty - Stealers Wheel - 1947 April 16"Lonesome Dave" Peverett - Foghat - 1943Lee "The Bear" Kerslake - Uriah Heep - 1947 April 17Roy Estrada - Captain Beefheart, Mothers of Invention, Little Feat - 1943Jan Hammer - Mahavishnu Orchestra - 1948Pete Shelley - Buzzcocks - 1955 April 18Mike Vickers - Manfred Mann - 1940Lennie Baker - Sha Na Na - 1946Skip Spence - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane - 1946 April 19Alan Price - The Animals - 1942Mark Volman (aka Phlorescent Leech) - The Turtles, Flo and Eddie, Mothers of Invention - 1947 April 20Jimmy Winston - Small Faces - 1945Craig Frost - Grand Funk Railroad, Silver Bullet Band - 1948 April 21Iggy Pop - The Stooges - 1947John Weidner - The Animals - 1947Robert Smith - Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Cure - 1959 April 22Peter Frampton - 1950Paul Carrack - Squeeze, Roxy Music - 1951Kimberley Dahme - Boston April 24Gary Cambra - TubesJack Blades - Night Ranger, Damn Yankees - 1954Doug Clifford - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1945Glenn Cornick - Jethro Tull - 1947 April 25Stu Cook - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1945David Sikes - Boston, Giuffria - 1955 April 26Gary Wright - Spooky Tooth - 1943 April 27Casey Kasem - 1932Pete Ham - Badfinger - 1947Ace Frehley - KISS - 1951 April 28John Wolters - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - 1945Eddie Jobson - Roxy Music, Mothers of Invention - 1955 April 29Klaus Voorman - Manfred Mann, Plastic Ono Band - 1942Joel Larson - The Grass Roots- 1947Tommy James - The Shondells - 1947