Apr 5 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, Dutch oboist, and conductor (Residence Orchestra), dies at 78 Apr 20 Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist, dies at 53 Apr 21 Earl Hooker, American blues slide guitar player ("Blue Guitar"), dies of tuberculosis at 40 Apr 24 Otis Spann, American blues pianist and singer (The Blues Never Die!), dies of liver cancer at 40 [or perhaps, 46; birth date disputed] Apr 30 Hall Johnson, American composer (Hall Johnson Choir), dies at 82 Mar 1970 Deaths in Music by Year May 1970 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers