- Apr 1 Ronnie Lane, English rock bassist (Small Faces - "Hey Girl"), sometimes known as "Plonk", born in London, England (d. 1997)
- Apr 2 Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who), born in Winnipeg, Canada (d. 1997)
- Apr 3 (David) Dee Murray [Oates], British bassist (Elton John backing band), born in Gillingham, Kent, England (d. 1992)
- Apr 3 Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwean musician and storyteller (Africa’s best-known female mbira player), born in Mujumi Village, Mhondoro, Rhodesia (d. 2023)
- Apr 4 Dave Hill, English rock guitarist (Slade - "Coz I Love You)", born in Holbeton, Devon, England
- Apr 5 Jane Asher, English actress (Deep End) and girlfriend of Paul McCartney, born in Willesden, London, England
- Apr 5 Jennifer Penney, Canadian ballerina, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Apr 5 Larry Frederick Wendt, American composer, born in Napa, California
- Apr 6 Danny Kortchmar, American session guitarist, producer and songwriter (James Taylor, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Don Henley), born in New York City
- Apr 7 Barbara Benary, American composer (Gamelon Son Of Lion), born in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York (d. 2019)
- Apr 9 Les Gray, English vocalist (Mud - "Tiger Feet"), born in Carshalton, Surrey, England (d. 2004)
- Apr 10 Anne Boyd, Australian classical composer (As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams), and educator, born in Sydney, Australia
- Apr 10 Armand [Herman van Loenhout], Dutch folk singer ("Ben ik te min" -"Am I Not Good Enough?"; "Blommenkinders" - "Flower Children"), born in Eindhoven, Netherlands (d. 2015)
- Apr 12 René Krijnen, Dutch rock keyboardist (Les Baroques - "Such A Cad"), born in the Netherlands
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Apr 13 American soul singer ("Let's Stay Together"; "Love And Happiness"), born in Forest City, Arkansas
- Apr 13 Roy Loney, American rock singer (Flamin' Groovies, 1965-71), born in California (d. 2019)
- Apr 14 Patrick Fairley, Scottish pop rock guitarist (Marmalade, 1961-72 - "Ob La Di, Ob La Da"), and music publisher, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2020)
- Apr 16 Pēteris Vasks, Latvian contemporary classical composer, and double bassist (Distant Light; The Fruit Of Silence), born in Aizpute, Latvia
- Apr 18 (Alexander) "Skip" Spence, Canadian guitarist and vocalist (Moby Grape - "Omaha"), born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Apr 18 Lennie Baker, American rock saxophonist musician (Sha Na Na, 1970-99), born in Whitman, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
- Apr 18 Tommy Shannon [Smedley], American blues-rock bassist (Johnny Winter; Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble), born in Tucson, Arizona
- Apr 21 Doug MacLeod, American blues musician (Blues Music Awards' Acoustic Artist of the Year, 2014, 2016 and 2017), born in New York City
- Apr 24 Bruce Stuart Saylor, American composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Apr 24 Dick Rivers [Hervé Forneri], French rock and roll singer and actor, born in Nice, France (d. 2019)
- Apr 25 Digby Fairweather, British jazz trumpeter, born in Rochford, Essex, England
- Apr 27 Gordon Haskell, British pop, rock and blues musician (Fleur De Lys; King Crimson, 1970; Harry's Bar), born in Verwood, Dorset, England (d. 2020)
- Apr 28 Ginette Reno [Raynault], Canadian Juno Award-winning pop singer-songwriter ("Beautiful Second Hand Man"), and actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Apr 28 Glenn Ross Campbell, American steel guitarist (The Misunderstood), born in San Diego, California
About April 1946
How Old? 78 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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