Pick a Day

Born on April 2

1996 Zach Bryan is born Okinawa, Japan, where his mother and father are deployed with the US Navy, but he's raised in Oologah, Oklahoma. Zach serves in the Navy for eight years, releasing two albums independently. When he's discharged in 2021, he signs with Warner Records; the following year he has his first hit with "Something In The Orange."

1967 Guitarist and songwriter Greg Camp (of Smash Mouth) is born in West Covina, California.

1962 Bass player and songwriter Tony Franklin is born Anthony James Franklin.

1961 Keren Jane Woodward (of Bananarama) is born in Bristol, England.

1952 Leon Wilkeson (bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born in Newport, Rhode Island.

1952 Dave Bronze (bass guitarist for Procol Harum) is born in Billericay, Essex, England.

1949 David Robinson (drummer for The Cars) is born in Malden, Massachusetts.

1947 Emmylou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama.

1946 Kurt Winter (guitarist for The Guess Who) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1943 Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell is born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III in Galveston, Texas.

1942 Leon Russell is born Claude Russell Bridges in Lawton, Oklahoma.

1939 Marvin Gaye is born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. in Washington, DC.More

1938 Country singer Warner Mack, known for a string of chart-toppers including "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)," is born Warner Hensley McPherson Jr. in Nashville, Tennessee.

1928 Singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg is born Lucien Ginsburg in Paris, France.

1917 Italian American singer Lou Monte is born in Manhattan, New York.

1912 Jazz singer Herbert Mills (of The Mills Brothers) is born in Piqua, Ohio.

1805 Hans Christian Andersen is born in Odense, Denmark. The author is later the subject of a song by Danny Kaye.