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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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