Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/April 9

• Al Gafa, (born Alexander Gafa) American jazz guitarist, turns 85.
• Steve Gadd, American drummer, turns 81.
• Michael Hashim, American saxophonist, turns 70.
• Toshiyuki Honda, Japanese arranger, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, turns 69.
• Gerard Way, singer, songwriter, turns 49.
• Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer, turns 39.
• Jackie Evancho, American singer and America's Got Talent contestant, turns 26.

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• Heiner Stadler (April 9, 1942–February 18, 2018), arranger, bandleader, and composer, would have turned 84 this year.
• Reuben Wilson (April 9, 1935 –May 26, 2023), (born Reuben Lincoln Wilson) American organist, would have turned 91 this year.
• Carl Perkins (April 9, 1932 –January 19, 1998), singer, songwriter, and guitarist, would have turned 94 this year.
• Bobby Levine (April 9, 1923 –September 07, 1997), American clarinetist, would have turned 103 this year.
• George D. Weiss (April 9, 1921 –August 23, 2010), American lyricist, would have turned 105 this year.
• Art Van Damme (April 9, 1920 –February 15, 2010), American accordionist, would have turned 106 this year.
• Julian Dash (April 9, 1916 –February 25, 1974), (born St. Julian Bennett Dash) American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 110 this year.
• Carl T. Fischer (April 9, 1912 –March 27, 1954), American songwriter, would have turned 114 this year.
• Teddy Roy (April 9, 1905 –August 31, 1966), American pianist, would have turned 121 this year.
• Sharkey Bonano (April 9, 1904 –March 27, 1972), (born Joseph Bonano) American trumpeter, would have turned 122 this year.
• Arthur Briggs (April 9, 1901 –July 15, 1991), Canadian trumpeter, would have turned 125 this year.
• Edmund Jenkins (April 9, 1894 –September 12, 1926), American bandleader, composer, and reedist, would have turned 132 this year.
• Clement Doucet (April 9, 1884 –September 09, 1950), Belgian pianist, would have turned 142 this year.