April 1

Events

 * 1976 - Apple Computer is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

Births

 * 1866 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924)
 * 1873 (N.S.) - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1943)
 * 1895 - Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984)
 * 1909 - Eddy Duchin, American popular pianist & bandleader (d. 1951)
 * 1927 - Amos Milburn, American pianist (d. 1980)
 * 1939 - Rudolph Isley, American singer
 * 1945 - John Barbata, American drummer
 * 1946 - Ronnie Lane, English musician (d. 1997)
 * 1947 - M, English singer
 * 1948 - Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician
 * 1949 - Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and composer
 * 1954 - Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (d. 1992)
 * 1958 - D. Boon, American musician (d. 1985)
 * 1967 - Phil Demmel, American musician
 * 1968 - Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
 * 1969 - Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer
 * 1971 - Method Man, American rapper
 * 1972 - Jesse Tobias, American musician
 * 1974 - Richard Christy, American drummer
 * 1975 - John Butler, Australian singer and musician
 * 1981 - Hannah Spearritt, British singer
 * 1993 - Keito Okamoto, Japanese Singer