Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/April 9

Al Gafa, (born Alexander Gafa) American jazz guitarist, turns 83.
Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter and banjoist for The Byrds, turns 80.
Steve Gadd, American drummer, turns 79.
Michael Hashim, American saxophonist, turns 68.
Toshiyuki Honda, Japanese arranger, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, turns 67.
Gerard Way, singer, songwriter, turns 47.
Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer, turns 37.
Jackie Evancho, American singer and America's Got Talent contestant, turns 24.

Heiner Stadler (April 9, 1942–February 18, 2018), arranger, bandleader, and composer, would have turned 82 this year.
Reuben Wilson (April 9, 1935 –May 26, 2023), (born Reuben Lincoln Wilson) American organist, would have turned 89 this year.
Carl Perkins (April 9, 1932 –January 19, 1998), singer, songwriter, and guitarist, would have turned 92 this year.
Bobby Levine (April 9, 1923 –September 07, 1997), American clarinetist, would have turned 101 this year.
George D. Weiss (April 9, 1921 –August 23, 2010), American lyricist, would have turned 103 this year.
Art Van Damme (April 9, 1920 –February 15, 2010), American accordionist, would have turned 104 this year.
Julian Dash (April 9, 1916 –February 25, 1974), (born St. Julian Bennett Dash) American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 108 this year.
Carl T. Fischer (April 9, 1912 –March 27, 1954), American songwriter, would have turned 112 this year.
Teddy Roy (April 9, 1905 –August 31, 1966), American pianist, would have turned 119 this year.
Sharkey Bonano (April 9, 1904 –March 27, 1972), (born Joseph Bonano) American trumpeter, would have turned 120 this year.
Arthur Briggs (April 9, 1901 –July 15, 1991), Canadian trumpeter, would have turned 123 this year.
Edmund Jenkins (April 9, 1894 –September 12, 1926), American bandleader, composer, and reedist, would have turned 130 this year.
Clement Doucet (April 9, 1884 –September 09, 1950), Belgian pianist, would have turned 140 this year.