American musician and songwriter Morris Day — and the funky frontman for the Minnesota music consortium, The Time — was in his mid-20s when he shot to stardom with jams like “Jungle Love” within the ’80s.

His charting single “Fishnet” reached quantity 23 on the Sizzling 100 chart, and along with his widespread bops, Day dabbled on the massive display screen — taking part in himself in Prince‘s 1984 film “Purple Rain” and “Graffiti Bridge” (1990).

So far as TV appearing roles — he was on NBC’s sitcom sequence “227” with Marla Gibbs and ABC’s “New Perspective” with Sheryl Lee Ralph.