Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/April 25

• Stu Cook, (born Stuart Alden Cook) American bassist of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame, turns 80.
• Björn Ulvaeus, (born Björn Kristian Ulvaeus) Swedish composer of ABBA fame, turns 80.
• Digby Fairweather, Brit cornetist and trumpeter, turns 79.
• Steve Ferrone, English session drummer and last drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, turns 75.
• Carl Allen, American drummer, turns 64.
• Andy Bell, Brit vocalist with Erasure, turns 61.
• Eric Avery, American bassist with Jane's Addiction, turns 60.
• Jacob Underwood, American boy band vocalist of O-Town fame, turns 45.
• Brian Tatler, founder of Diamond Head, turns 65.

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• Harry Miller (April 25, 1941 –December 16, 1983), South African bass player, would have turned 84 this year.
• Jerry Leiber (April 25, 1933 –August 22, 2011), American composer, would have turned 92 this year.
• Rick Henderson (April 25, 1928 –May 21, 2004), American saxophonist, would have turned 97 this year.
• Vassar Clements (April 25, 1928 –August 16, 2005), American jazz, swing and bluegrass fiddler, would have turned 97 this year.
• Willis Jackson (April 25, 1928 –October 25, 1987), American soul jazz pioneering tenor saxophonist, would have turned 97 this year.
• Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 –June 15, 1996), American jazz singer, would have turned 108 this year.
• Bob Russell (April 25, 1914 –February , 1970), (born Sidney Keith Russell) American lyricist, would have turned 111 this year.
• Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 –October 28, 1965), American alto saxophonist and bandleader, would have turned 112 this year.