Jesse Belvin

AKA:

The Black Elvis

Birth Name:

Jesse Lorenzo Belvin

Birth Date:

December 15, 1932

Birth Place:

San Antonio, Texas

Death Date:

February 6, 1960

Place of Death:

Hope, Arkansas

Age:

Cause of Death:

Automobile accident

Cemetery Name:

Evergreen Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Music

As author of the best known do-wop hit “Earth Angel” and “Good Night My Love,” Jesse Belvin was one of the premier voices of the West Coast black vocal music before his life (and that of his driver and wife) was cut short in a highly suspicious auto “accident”.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Evergreen Cemetery

204 N Evergreen Avenue

Los Angeles, California, 90033

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Section G, Lot 41, Grave 1

Grave Location Description

From the entrance on Evergreen Avenue, take the right road and drive a little ways to the first curve towards the left. Park and walk to the left into Section G and Belvin’s simple flat marker is a couple of rows from the road.