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What happened in history on this day: April 1?
On April 1 in ...
- 1972 - 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
Births on April 1
- 1721 - Birth of Pieter Hellendaal Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees).
- 1866 - Birth of Ferruccio D M B Busoni in Italy; pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino).
- 1895 - Birth of Alberta Hunter; blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues).
- 1905 - Birth of Winfried P I Zillig; German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica).
- 1915 - Birth of Art Lund in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; singer (Ken Murray Show).
- 1917 - Birth of Johnny Andrews in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; singer/host (Songs at Twilight).
- 1928 - Birth of Jane Powell in Portland, Oregon, USA; singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers).
- 1934 - Birth of Jim Ed Brown in Sparkman, Arkansas, USA; country singer ("Nashville on the Road").
- 1939 - Birth of Rudolph Isley in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; rocker (Isley Brothers - "Shout").
- 1942 - Birth of Alan Blakley; rocker (Brian Poole and The Tremeloes).
- 1942 - Birth of Danny Brooks; rocker (Dovells).
- 1942 - Birth of Phil Margo in Brooklyn, New York, USA; rock vocalist (The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight").
- 1946 - Birth of Arthur Conley; American soul singer (Sweet Soul Music).
- 1946 - Birth of John Barbata; drummer (The Turtles - "Happy Together", "Eleanor").
- 1946 - Birth of Ronnie "Plonk" Lane in London, England; rock bassist (Small Faces - "Hey Girl").
- 1948 - Birth of Simon Crowe; rock drummer (Boomtown Rats - "Maxinguaye").
- 1949 - Birth of Gill Scott-Heron; American writer/poet/singer (Whities on the Moon).
- 1952 - Birth of Billy Currie; rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox - "We Came to Dance").
- 1954 - Birth of Jeff Porcaro in Los Angeles, California, USA; drummer/percussionist (Toto - "Roxanne", "Africa").
- 1955 - Birth of Stan Ridway; rocker (Wall Of Voodoo).
- 1961 - Birth of Mark White; rock guitarist (ABC - "All of My Heart").
- 1965 - Birth of Peter O'Toole; Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers - "People", "Home", "Don't Go").
Deaths on April 1
- 1984 - Death of Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles, California at age 44; singer ("Sexual Healing") (born 1939).
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