Born: April 21, 1958

Died: 0000-00-00

Keyboards for Brit punk/ska revival Madness, "Our House" (#7, 1982) and over 20 other UK Top 40 singles, continues to record and perform with the band into the 10s

Born: April 21, 1959

Died: 0000-00-00

Guitarist and songwriter for Canadian alt-art-country-blues-rock Cowboy Junkies, "Sweet Jane" (Modern Rock #5, 1989)

Born: April 21, 1959

Died: 0000-00-00

Founder, frontman, guitarist, vocals, songwriter and only constant member of gloomy post-punk-pop The Cure, "Love Song" (#2, 1989), plus over 20 other Top 40 singles in his native UK

Born: April 21, 1960

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer in early and seminal punk-pop Buzzcocks, "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (UK #12, 1978), now sells and races Volkswagen cars

Born: April 21, 1963

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for Scottish teen-aged post-punk alt rock Altered Images, "Happy Birthday" (UK #2, 1981), then joined Scottish blues-rock Texas, "In My Heart" (Alt Rock #14, 1991)

Born: April 21, 1966

Died: 0000-00-00

Creator, frontman, chief poet, lead vocals and guitar for politically and socially active hip hop-funk-rock fusion Michael Franti & Spearhead ("Say Hey (I Love You)," #18, R&B #1, 2009)

Born: April 21, 1978

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer in screamo-tinged, post-hardcore punk The Used, "Under Pressure" (#48, 2005), left in 2006 to join punk rock revival Rancid, "Time Bomb" (Modern Rock #8, 1995)

Born: April 21, 1941

Died: March 07, 2020

Country-pop singer and songwriter with multiple songs recorded by others, including "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" (Country #1, 1973) by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, most famous for turning an infatuation for his idol, Hank Williams Sr., into a career impersonating the legend on stage and screen through a variety of tribute concerts and broadcasts, including an Emmy for the 1980 film Hank Williams:The Man And His Music and a nationwide 10-hour radio show on New Year’s Day 1985, continued to write and perform in Branson, MO theaters until a few years before his death from undisclosed causes on 3/7/2020, age 78.

Born: April 21, 1952

Died: January 10, 2021

With her husband Jonny, co-founder and co-partner of Megaforce Records, formed from a small New Jersey record shop at the outset of the 80s heavy metal boom and home to multiple metal bands in their early careers, launched Metallica (Kill 'Em All, 1983) and worked with Raven (All For One, 1983) and Anthrax (Fistful Of Metal, 1984), along the way earning the moniker "The Metal Matriarch" for nurturing the bands and individual members, also released albums for rockers Ace Frehley, Warren Haynes, Johnny Winter and others, sold the label in 2001 and retired from the industry, died from cancer on 1/10/2021, age 68.

Born: April 21, 1941

Died: September 23, 2021

Jazz-rooted saxophonist, songwriter and music arranger, worked as musical director for R&B/funk master James Brown's backing band in the latter 60s and co-wrote more than 25 songs with Brown, including "Cold Sweat" (#7, R&B #1, 1967) and the anthemic "Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud" (#10, R&B #1, 1968), later hired on at jazz label CTI Records as arranger for the likes of George Benson, Shirley Scott and Sonny Stitt until joining Van Morrison's backing and recording a dozen albums with Morrison through 1999, over the years fronted his own bands blending jazz and R&B/funk and collaborated with others. including in the Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion and Still Black Still Proud, a James Brown tribute tour, suffered from heart trouble in his later years and died from heart failure on 9/23/2021, age 80.

Born: April 21, 1951

Died: December 17, 2024

Maine-based Americana singer and songwriter with 17 albums through 2016 and songs recorded by hundreds of artists, including Pete Seeger, John Denver, Alison Krause and many others, best known for his now folk standard “Garden Song” (1975), died after a long battle with cancer on 12/17/2024, age 73.