April 1

• 1984: Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father during an argument, one day before his 45th birthday.

• 1948: Jimmy Cliff is born

April 2

• 1947: Emmylou Harris is born

• 1939: Marvin Gaye is born

April 3

• 1996: MC Hammer files for bankruptcy

• 1969: Jim Morrison turns himself over to the FBI in Los Angeles and is charged with six counts of lewd behavior and public exposure at a concert in Miami

April 4

• 1996: Half of the late Jerry Garcia’s ashes are scattered in the Ganges River in India

• 1968: Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and Buddy Guy meet up for an all night blues session after hearing the news of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.

April 5

• 1994: Kurt Cobain, 27, commits suicide

• 1985: At 3:50 p.m. GMT, an estimated 5,000 radio stations around the globe simultaneously play “We Are the World”

April 6

• 1968: Pink Floyd announces that Syd Barrett has officially left the group

April 7

• 1998: George Michael is arrested in a Beverly Hills bathroom for “engaging in a lewd act”

April 10

• 1970: Paul McCartney announces he quit The Beatles.

April 11

• 1970: The single “Let It Be” by The Beatles hits  number one.

April 12

• 2000: Napster Inc. is sued by Metallica

April 15

• 1996: Half of the late Jerry Garcia’s ashes are scattered by the Golden Gate Bridge

April 18

• 1970: Johnny Cash plays for President Nixon at the White House

April 18

• 1993: Police arrest David Lee Roth in New York City for buying a $10 bag of marijuana

April 22

• 1950: Peter Frampton is born, or “comes alive,” if you will

• 1969: The Who give their first complete live performance of the rock opera “Tommy”

April 23

• 1988: Whitney Houston becomes the first artist to hit No. one on the U.S. Hot 100 chart with seven consecutive singles

April 24

• 1975: SNL producer Lorne Michaels makes on-air offer to pay $3000 for a Beatles reunion on the show.

• 1968: During a birthday celebration The Who’s Keith Moon drives his Lincoln into a Holiday Inn swimming pool.

April 25

• 1990: Jimi Hendrix’s Woodstock Fender Stratocaster fetches $295,000 at auction

April 28

• 1987: For the first time a CD is released before its vinyl version

April 30

• 1983: Blues legend Muddy Waters dies of a heart attack at the age of 68

• 2005: The Dave Matthews Band pays $200,000 in damages after their tour bus dumped human waste onto a boatload of tourists in Chicago in August of 2004.