Born: November 07, 1922

Died: April 27, 1999

Nicknamed "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound," portly New Orleans-based Dixieland jazz and pop virtuoso trumpeter and bandleader with the Grammy-winning "Java" (#4, 1964), wrote the theme song to the TV crime show The Green Hornet, died of liver failure on 4/27/1999, age 76

Born: July 27, 1927

Died: April 27, 2001

Baritone vocals in 50s a cappella jazz-pop quartet The Hi-Lo's, the group had three Top 20 albums in 1957 - Suddenly It's The Hi-Lo's (#13), Ring Around Rosie (#14) and Now Hear This (#19), continued touring until his death on 4/27/2001, age 73

Born: December 20, 1936

Died: April 27, 2022

The "Queen of the Beatniks," late 50s and 60s versatile, witty Laurel Canyon then Greenwich Village folk-soul-blues singer, songwriter and one-time TV actress, worked with Lenny Bruce and the Whiskey Hill Singers along with ex-Kingston Trio member Dave Guard, recorded two solo albums on Elektra Records in the early 60s, married and recorded with folkie Jerry Yester, including the cult album Farewell Aldebaran (1969), disappeared in the early 70s but re-appeared in the 90s to record, perform and collaborate with multiple folk-pop artists over two decades, died in hospice care after a long, undisclosed illness on 4/27/2022, age 85.

Born: December 28, 1938

Died: April 27, 2018

Jazz-influenced saxophonist for blues great B. B. King, pop-rock Joey Dee & The Starliters ("Peppermint Twist," #1, 1962) and several New York R&B bands, returned home in 1977 to co-found celebrated New Orleans R&B/soul sibling act The Neville Brothers (Grammy-winning "Healing Chant," 1989), recorded and toured for over 30 years until declining health forced his retirement, died from pancreatic cancer on 4/27/2018, age 79.

Born: March 25, 1933

Died: April 27, 2023

“Britain’s wild man of rock ‘n’ roll,” diminutive (5’2”) stage and TV singer and actor known for frenetic performances and brightly colored hair and clothing, a 1957 airing of his performance on BBC caused concern in the media that the network was promoting teenage decadence, issued eight non-charting singles in the 60s and played the nostalgia circuit through the 90s, stayed largely out of the limelight in the 00s and 10s except for a 30-track compilation CD and biography in 2018, died from undisclosed causes on 4/27/2023, age 90.

Born: May 31, 1954

Died: April 27, 2000

Theater and film actress turned one hit wonder R&B/disco singer, "Turn The Beat Around" (#10, 1976), died of cancer on 4/27/2000, age 45

Born: March 18, 1960

Died: April 27, 2021

Australian singer-songwriter with a sporadic solo career of several albums and EPs, best known as the romantic and professional partner of Nick Cave in the late 70s and early 80s, co-wrote songs for Cave's New Wave group Birthday Party and performed and recorded with successor band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ("Where The Wild Roses Grow," AUS #2, UK #11, 1995), left for collaborative work as a sultry, babydoll vocalist with many post-punk and alternative bands in Europe and Australia, suffered from declining health and died from undisclosed causes on 4/27/2021, age 61.

Born: November 07, 1946

Died: April 27, 2023

Bass guitarist and vocalist in two Merseybeat bands, The Escorts (“The One To Cry,” UK #49, 1964) from 1962-67-and the Swinging Blue Jeans (“Hippy Hippy Shake,” #24, UK #2, 1963)) from 1967-72, co-founded Big John’s Rock & Roll Circus in 1973 (later to become The Rock 'n' Roll Circus after the death of frontman Johnny Goodison) and performed with the band through 2005, spent the next 18 years as a solo retro-60s vocalist, died from unspecified causes on 4/27/2023, age 76.