April 27

Events

 * 1880 - The first U.S. patent for an electric hearing aid was issued

Births

 * 1623 –, German organist (d. 1722)
 * 1791 –, American inventor (d. 1872)
 * 1812 –, German composer (d. 1883)
 * 1891 –, Soviet composer (d. 1953)
 * 1894 –, Russian-born musicologist and composer (d. 1995)
 * 1920 –, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
 * 1931 –, Ukrainian violinist
 * 1932 –, American disc jockey
 * 1936 –, English opera singer
 * 1942 –, American drummer
 * 1944 –, Sr., American musician (The Main Ingredient)
 * 1947 –, American singer
 * 1947 –, Welsh singer and songwriter (Badfinger) (d. 1975)
 * 1948 –, American singer (The B-52's)
 * 1951 –, American musician (Kiss)
 * 1953 –, French singer and actress
 * 1956 –, English musician (Death in June, Crisis)
 * 1956 –, American musician
 * 1959 –, Scottish singer
 * 1967 –, Scottish jazz musician
 * 1976 –, Scottish singer and composer
 * 1979 –, American musician
 * 1981 –, Maltese singer
 * 1984 –, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
 * 1986 –, Macedonian singer
 * 1992 –, American singer

Deaths

 * 1915 –, Russian composer (b. 1872)
 * 1992 –, French composer (b. 1908)
 * 1999 –, American trumpeter (b. 1922)
 * 2000 –, American singer (b. 1954)
 * 2007 –, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
 * 2008 –, Cypriot songwriter (b. 1954)