May 2:
Bing Crosby (1904), Link Wray (1929),
Goldy McJohn of Steppenwolf (1945), Leslie Gore (1946),
Foreigner's Lou Gramm (1950) Prescott Niles of
The Knack (1954)
May 3:
Pete Seeger (1919), The Hardest Working
Man in Show Business- James Brown (1928),
Frankie Valli aka Frank Castelluccio (1937,)
Pete Staples of The Troggs (1944), Christopher Cross (1951),
The Sex Pistols' Steve Jones (1955)
May 4: Ed Cassidy of Spirit (1931), Tammy Wynette (1932), Jackie Jackson of the Jackson Five (1951)
May 5: Johnnie Taylor (1938), Bill Ward of Black Sabbath (1948)
May 6: Peggy Lee (1920), Bob Seger (1945), Mark Ryan of Hootie and the Blowfish (1967)
May 7: Theresa Brewer (1931), Janis Ian (1951)
May 8: Ricky Nelson
(1940), Paul Samwell-Smith of the Yardbirds (1943),
Toni Tennille of the Captain and Tennille (1943), Chris Frantz of the
Talking Heads (1951), Alex Van Halen (1955),
Dave Rowntree of Blur (1964)
May 9: Hank Snow (1914),
Dave Prater of Sam and Dave (1937), Tommy Roe (1942),
Ritchie Furay of Buffalo Springfield and Poco (1944), Billy Joel (1949),
Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode (1962)
May 10: Donovan born
Donovan Leith (1946), Dave Mason (1947), Sly Dunbar of Sly and Robbie (1952),
Sid Vicious (1957), Bono (1960), Krist Novoselik of Nirvana (1965)
May 11: Salvadore
Dali (1904), Eric Burden (1941)Pacemaker LesChadwick(1941), Irving Berlin
(1888),
jazz pianist/composer Carla Bley (1938), heart throb Les Chadwick of
Jerry and the Pacemakers (1943)
May 12: Burt Bacharach (1929), Ian Drury (1942), Faces' Ian McLagan (1946), Steve Winwood (1948), Billy Squier (1950), Cult's Billy Duffy (1961), singer/songwriter Billy Swan (1942), Peter "Overend" Watts (1947)
May 13: Red Garland
(1923), Richie Valens (1941), Mary Wells (1943), J. Geil's Magic Dick (1945)
and Danny Klein (1946), Mott the Hoople's Overend Watts (1947), Stevie
Wonder (1950), Peter Gabriel (1950), Roxy Music's Paul Thompson (1951),
Deacon Blue's Lorraine McIntosh (1964), Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood
Mac (1950), Darius Carlos Rucker of Hootie & The Blowfish (1966)
May 14: Bobby Darin
(1936), Jack Bruce (1943), Herman's Hermits' Derek Lekenby (1943),
Young Rascals' Gene Cornish (1945), David Byrne (1952), Cult's Ian
Astbury (1962), Milli Vanilli's Fabrice Morvan (1966),
New Kid's Danny Wood (1971),
May 15: Trini Lopez (1937), Little River Band's Graham Goble (1947), Brian Eno (1948), Eddy Arnold (1918),
May 16:
Woody Herman (1913), Liberace (1919), jazz diva Betty
Carter (1930), Billy Cobham (1944),
Barbara Lee of The Chiffons (1947), Janet Jackson (1966)
May 17: Taj
Mahal (1942), Jesse Winchester (1944), Bill Bruford of Yes (1948),
George Johnson of the Brothers Johnson (1953), Paul Di'Anno of Iron
Maiden (1959), new age vocalist Enya (1961), Jordan Knight of New Kids
on the Block (1970)
May 18: Bluesman Joe Turner (1911), Perry Como (1912), Rick Wakeman (1949)
May 19: AC/DC's Phil Rudd (1946), Joey Ramone aka Jeffrey Hyman (1951)
May 20: Joe Cocker
(1944), Cher aka Cherilyn Sarkesian LaPier (1946),Ultravox's Warren Cann
(1952),
Jane Weidlin of The Go Go's (1958), Nick Heyard of Haircut 100 (1961),
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Nasher aka Brian Nash (1963)
May 21: Ronald Isley
of The Isley Brothers (1941), The Animals' Hilton Valentine (1943), Leo
Sayer (1948),
Stan Lynch of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (1955)
May 22: Elton John
lyricist Bernie Taupin (1950), Jerry Dammers aka Gerald Dankin of The Specials
(1954),
Morrissey aka Steven Patrick Morrissey of The Smiths (1959)
May 23: Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (1918), Rosemary Clooney (1928), Robert A. Moog of Moog synth fame (1934)
May 24: Robert Allen Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan (1941), Patti LaBelle (1944), Roseanne Cash (1955)
May 25: Hal David (1921), Miles Davis (1926), Tom T. Hall (1936), Jessi Colter born Mirriam Johnson (1943)
May 26: Levon Helm (1942), Vernon Allen of Mott the Hoople (1944),Stevie Nicks (1948)
May 27: Ramsey Lewis (1935), Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees (1957)
May 28: T-Bone Walker
born Aaron Thibeaux (1910), "Papa" John Creach(1917), Prince Buster (1938),
Gladys Knight(1944), John Fogerty (1945)
May 29: Gary Brooker (1949), Melissa Etheridge (1961)
May 30: Lenny Davidson of the Dave Clark Five (1944), Nicky "Topper"Headon of the Clash (1955)
May 31: Peter Yarrow
(1938), Mick Ralphs of Bad Company (1944), John Bonham (1947)
May 1: Novelty band leader Spike Jones (1964)
May 3: Stone The Crows guitarist Les Harvey of an onstage electrocution (1972)
May 4: Paul Butterfield (1987)
May 5: Reverend Gary Davis (1972)
May 7: Eddie Rabbit (1998)
May 8: Leon Thomas (1999), Graham Bond (1974)
May 10: Shel Silverstein (1999)
May 11: Robert Nesta Marley (1981)
May 13: Bob Wills (1975)
May 14: Keith Relf of the Yardbirds (1976), jazz trumpeter Chet Baker(1988), Frank Sinatra (1998)
May 16: Sammy Davis Jr. (1990)
May 17: Lawrence Welk (1992)
May 18: Ian Curtis of Joy Division (suicide by hanging 1980) Dub producer/musician Augusto Pablo (1999)
May 19: Jazz tenor titan Coleman Hawkins (1969)
May 23: Chitlin' Circuit comedienne "Moms" Mabley born Loretta Mary Aiken (1975)
May 24: Duke Ellington (1974) The Byrds' cofounder Gene Clark (1991)
May 25: Roy Brown (1981), Sonny Boy Williamson II (1965)
May 26: Little Willie John (1968)
May 28: Mary Lou Williams (1981)
May 29: Jeff Buckley (1997), Jimmy Rowles (1996)
May 30: John Kahn (1996), Bob Stroup (1996), Sun Ra (1993)