- Apr 1 Edwin H. "Buddy" Morris, American music publisher (Edwin H. Morris & Company), dies at 89
- Apr 2 Guitar Gabriel [Robert Lewis Jones], American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 70
- Apr 3 (Roosevelt) "Booba" Barnes, American blues guitarist, dies at 59
- Apr 4 Joy Newton, British ballet dancer, dies at 82
- Apr 4 Larry Laprise, American songwriter (The Hokey-Pokey Dance [disputed]), dies at 83
- Apr 4 Paul Cooper, American composer, dies at 69
- Apr 6 Nadieh [Karin Meis], Dutch singer, guitarist and composer (Haifa Blue), dies from a pulmonary embolism and breast cancer at 37
- Apr 8 (Charles) Donald Adams, British bass-baritone opera singer (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,; Gilbert and Sullivan For All), dies of a brain tumor at 67
- Apr 8 Fried Walter [Schmidt], German light music and operetta composer, dies at 86
- Apr 9 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, dies at 95
- Apr 14 Gaylord Birch, American drummer (The Pointer Sisters; Herbie Hancock), dies of cancer at 50
- Apr 14 Manuel "Manny" Greenhill, American folk music record producer (Folklore Productions). promoter, and artist manager (Joan Baez; Rev. Gary Davis), dies of leukemia at 80
- Apr 15 Alexander Tanev, Bulgarian composer, dies at 67
- Apr 16 Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (Meet Me in St. Louis; Ziegfeld Follies), dies from a heart attack at 79
- Apr 16 Raymond Hill, American tenor saxophonist (Kings of Rhythm), dies at 62
- Apr 18 Michael Leander, English songwriter and record producer, dies at 54
- Apr 19 Bernard Edwards, American funk and disco bass player (Chic - "Le Freak"; "Good Times"), dies of pneumonia at 44
- Apr 21 Alceo Galliera, Italian conductor (Victoria Symphony; La Scala), and composer (The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins), dies at 85
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