May 1
Births
1928 Sonny James
1939 Judy Collins
1945 Rita Coolidge
1954 Ray Parker Jr
1955 Nick Feldman – bass Wang Chung
1957 Steve Farris – guitar Mr Mister
1957 Rick Driscoll – vocals Kenny
1958 Paul Gardiner – bass Tubeway Army
1959 Phil Smith – saxophone Haircut 100
1960 Mike Bryant – synthesizer Fluke
1962 Owen Paul
1966 Johnny Colt – bass Black Crowes
1967 Tim McGraw – US country singer
1968 D’Arcy Wretzky – bass Smashing Pumpkins
1979 Michelle Barber – vocals Girl Thing
1983 Jennifer Ellison – UK actress/singer
Deaths
1904 Anton Dvorak – classical composer
1965 Spike Jones – US comedy singer
1985 Hylda Baker
1986 Hugo Peretti – vocals Hugo and Luigi
1992 Sharon Redd
2006 Johnny Paris – Saxophone Johnny & The Hurricanes
2013 Chris Kelly – vocals Kris Kross
2023 Gordon Lightfoot
2024 Richard Tandy – keyboards ELO
May 2
Births
1901 Bing Crosby (b: Harry Lillis Crosby)
1920 Joe ‘Mr Piano’ Henderson
1929 Link Wray – US rock guitarist
1936 Engelbert Humperdinck
1944 John Verity – guitar Argent
1945 Judge Dread
1945 Randy Cain – vocals Delfonics
1945 Goldy McJohn – keyboards Steppenwolf
1946 Bob Henrit – drums Unit 4+2/Argent
1946 Lesley Gore
1950 Lou Gramm – vocals Foreigner
1951 John Glascock – bass Chicken Shack/Jethro Tull
1951 John Callis – guitar Rezillos/synthesizer Human League
1954 Prescott Niles – bass The Knack
1961 Robert Howard – vocals Blow Monkeys
1969 Ben Leach – keyboards Farm
1985 Lily Allen
Deaths
2013 Jeff Hanneman – guitar Slayer
2014 Jessica Cleaves – vocals Raw Silk
2016 Paul McDowell – vocals Temperance Seven
May 3
Births
1919 Pete Seeger
1924 Jane Morgan
1933 James Brown
1934 Frankie Valli
1938 Napoleon XIV
1944 Pete Staples – bass Troggs
1945 Dick Allix – drums Vanity Fare
1947 John Richardson – drums Rubettes
1950 Mary Hopkin
1951 Christopher Cross
1952 Jake Hooker (b: Jerry Mamberg) – guitar Arrows
1953 Bruce Hall – bass REO Speedwagon
1955 Steve Jones – guitar Sex Pistols
1959 David Ball – piano Soft Cell/Grid
1960 Philip Cilia – guitar Waterfront
1965 Simon Smith – drums Wedding Present
1969 Jay Darlington – keyboards Kula Shaker
1972 Mark Morrison
1974 Nick Keynes – vocals Ultra
1979 Daniel Foster – vocals Hear’say
1997 Desiigner – US rapper
Deaths
1972 Les Harvey – guitar Stone The Crows
2020 David Greenfield – keyboard Stanglers
2020 Bob Lander – guitar Spotnicks
2021 Lloyd Price
2023 Linda Lewis
May 4
Births
1940 Ronnie Bond – drums Troggs
1943 Nick Ashford – vocals Ashford and Simpson
1945 George Wadenius – guitar/bass Blood Sweat and Tears
1949 Zal Cleminson – guitar Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1949 Stella Parton
1951 Bruce Day – bass Santana
1951 Mick Mars – guitar Motley Crue
1951 Colin Bass – bass Foundations
1951 Jackie Jackson – Jackson 5
1956 Jacob Miller – vocals Inner Circle
1959 Randy Travis
1961 Jay Aston – vocals Bucks Fizz
1962 Oleta Adams
1972 Mike Dirnt – bass Green Day
1977 Victoria Bergsman – vocals Concretes
1979 Lance Bass – vocals ‘N Sync
1985 JME – grime rapper
Deaths
1980 Joe ‘Mr Piano’ Henderson
2001 Jerry Lee Merritt – guitar Gene Vincen’s Blue Caps
2004 Coxone Dodd – reggae producer
2012 MCA – vocals Beastie Boys
2018 Abi Ofarim
May 5
Births
1924 Joy Beverley – vocals Beverley Sisters
1927 Teddie Beverley – vocals Beverley Sisters
1927 Babs Beverley – vocals Beverley Sisters
1934 Johnnie Taylor
1942 Tammy Wynette
1943 Gerry Freeman – drums Applejacks
1943 Roy Phillips – vocals/organ Peddlers
1943 Michael Palin – Monty Python
1944 Eddie Amoo – vocals/guitar Real Thing
1948 Bill Ward – drums Black Sabbath
1948 Trevor Gordon – vocals Marbles
1950 Maggie MacNeal – vocals Mouth and McNeal
1959 Ian McCulloch – vocals/guitar Echo and The Bunnymen
1959 Sean McLusky – drums Joboxers
1962 Gary Daly – vocals China Crisis
1969 Andrew Sherriff – guitar Chapterhouse
1972 Alan White – drums Oasis
1975 Ronald Hagen – keyboards Signum
1975 M-Beat
1981 Craig David
1988 Adele
1989 Chris Brown – US R&B singer
Deaths
1974 Adge Cutler – vocals Wurzels
1986 Hugo – vocals Hugo and Luigi
1998 Tommy McCook – saxophone Skatalites
1998 Syd Lawrence – UK band leader
2008 Jerry Wallace – US country singer
2020 Hillard ‘Sweet Pea’ Atkinson – vocals Was Not Was
2020 Millie Small
May 6
Births
1936 Sylvia
1942 Colin Earl – keyboards Mungo Jerry
1945 Bob Seger
1948 Mary McGregor
1950 Robbie McIntosh – drums Average White Band
1950 Nick Cash – vocals 999
1959 John Flansburgh – vocals/guitar They Might Be Giants
1960 Larry Steinbeck – keyboards Bronski Beat
1962 Juliet Roberts
1964 Tony Scalzo – bass Fastball
1967 Mark Bryan – guitar Hootie and The Blowfish
1968 Tony Wright – vocals Terrorvision
1971 Sarah Blackwood – vocals Dubstar
1984 Eamon – US singer
1987 Meek Mill
Deaths
1971 Dickie Valentine
1992 Marlene Dietrich
2003 Gerry Shephard – guitar Glitter Band
2009 Viola Wills
2015 Errol Brown
May 7
Births
1833 Johannes Brahams – classical composer
1840 Piotr Tchaikovsky – classical composer
1923 Jim Lowe
1931 Teresa Brewer
1936 Jimmy Ruffin
1939 Johnny Maestro – vocals Crests
1943 Rick West – guitar Tremeloes
1945 Jerry Nolan – drums New York Dolls
1946 Bill Danoff – vocals Starland Vocal Band
1946 Thelma Houston
1948 Pete Wingfield
1948 Alan Spenner – bass UK Kokomo
1949 Keith
1950 Prairie Prince – drums Tubes
1960 Anne Dudley – keyboards Art Of Noise
1968 Eagle-Eye Cherry
1974 Lynden David Hall – UK R&B Singer
1977 Hinda Hicks
Deaths
1992 Nigel Preston – drums Cult
1998 Eddie Rabbitt
2007 Carol Johnson – vocals Exciters
2010 Dave Fisher – vocals Highwaymen
2011 John Walker – vocals Walker Brothers
May 8
Births
1940 Rick (y) Nelson
1940 Gary Glitter
1940 Toni Tennille
1941 John Fred
1943 Paul Samwell-Smith – bass Yardbirds
1944 Peter O’Flaherty – bass Simon Dupree and the Big Sound
1944 Dorothy Combs Morrison – Edwin Hawkins Singers
1951 Philip Bailey
1951 Chris Frantz – drums Talking Heads/TomTom Club
1953 Alex Van Halen
1964 Dave Rowntree – drums Blur
1972 Darren Hayes – vocals Savage Garden
1975 Enrique Iglesias
1976 H – vocals Steps
1980 Michelle MacManus
1983 Matt Willis – vocals Busted
1987 Andy Brown – vocals Lawson
Deaths
1960 Hugo Alfven – composer ‘Swedish Rhapsody’
1967 LaVerne Andrews – vocals Andrews Sisters
1972 Graham Bond – keyboards Graham Bond organisation
2008 Eddy Arnold
May 9
Births
1911 Harry Simeone
1914 Frank Chacksfield
1914 Hank Snow
1923 Griff – vocals Miki and Griff
1935 Nokie Edwards – lead guitar Ventures
1937 Dave Prater – vocals Sam and Dave
1937 Sonny Curtis – guitar Crickets
1940 John Hawken – piano Nashville Teens
1941 Danny Rapp – lead vocals Danny and the Juniors
1941 Pete Birrell – bass Freddie’s Dreamers
1942 Mike Millwood – guitar Fourmost
1942 Tommy Roe
1945 Steve Katz – guitar Blood Sweat and Tears
1948 Richard Hudson – drums Strawbs/Hudson Ford/Monks
1949 Billy Joel
1950 Tom Petersson – bass Cheap Trick
1953 John Edwards – bass Status Quo
1962 Dave Gahan – vocals Depeche Mode
1962 Paul Heaton – vocals Housemartins/Beautiful South
1964 Kevin Saunderson – programmer Soul II Soul
1969 Peter Wilkinson – bass Cast
1970 Ghostface Killah – vocals Wu Tang Clan
1971 Paul McGuigan – guitar Oasis
Deaths
1989 Keith Whitley – US country singer
2017 Robert Miles
2020 Little Richard
May 10
Births
1899 Fred Astaire
1920 Bert Weedon
1935 Larry Williams
1942 Carl Douglas
1944 Jackie Lomax – vocals Undertakers
1946 Graham Gouldman – guitar 10cc
1946 Donovan
1946 Dave Mason – guitar/vocals Traffic
1947 Vic Elmes – guitar Christie
1947 Jay Ferguson – vocals/keyboard Jo Jo Gunne
1952 Lee Brilleaux – vocals Dr Feelgood
1952 Sly Dunbar – Jamaican drummer
1957 Sid Vicious
1957 Karl Hyde – vocals/guitar Underworld
1960 Bono – vocals U2
Deaths
2009 Clive Scott – keyboards Jigsaw
2020 Betty Wright
May 11
Births
1888 Irving Berlin – composer
1922 Eve Boswell
1924 Marino Marini – Italian band leader
1939 R. Dean Taylor
1941 Eric Burdon
1943 Les Chadwick – bass Gerry and The Pacemakers
1955 Jonathan ‘JJ’ Jeczalik – keyboards Art Of Noise
1961 Richard Wermerling – vocals/keyboards Let Loose
1963 Carrie McDowell – US singer
1967 Apache Indian
1980 Catherine Cassisdy – vocals – Sweet Female Attitude
1982 Cory Monteith – vocals Glee
1983 Holly Valance
Deaths
1979 Lester Flatt – US country singer
1981 Bob Marley
1997 Ernie Fields – orchestra leader
2003 Noel Redding – bass Jimi Hendrix Experience
2004 John Whitehead – singer McFadden & Whitehead
May 12
Births
1928 Burt Bacharach
1942 Ian Dury
1942 Billy Swan
1944 James Purify
1946 Ian McLagan – piano Small Faces/Faces
1948 Steve Winwood
1950 Billy Squire
1958 Shannon
1959 Billy Duffy – guitar Cult
1963 Charles Pettigrew – vocals Charles and Eddie
1971 Andy Flett – guitar Ooberman
Deaths
2001 Perry Como
2023 Francis Monkman – synthesizer Curved Air
2024 David Sanborn
May 13
Births
1941 Joe Brown
1941 Ritchie Valens
1943 Mary Wells
1943 Clive Palmer – banjo Incredible String Band
1945 Magic Dick – harmonica J Geils Band
1947 Overend Watts – bass Mott The Hoople
1949 Marlon Hargis – keyboards Exile
1950 Stevie Wonder
1950 Danny Kirwan – guitar Fleetwood Mac
1951 Paul Thompson – drums Roxy Music
1954 Johnny Logan
1955 Brandi Wells
1957 Martin Brammer – vocals Kane Gang
1959 Kim McAuliffe – vocals/guitar Girlschool
1964 Lorraine McIntosh – vocals Deacon Blue
1966 Darius Rucker – vocals Hootie and The Blowfish
1967 Melanie Thornton – rapper La Bouche
Deaths
1988 Chet Baker – US jazz trumpeter
2006 Johnnie Wilder – vocals Heatwave
2012 Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn – bass Booker T and MG’s
2019 Doris Day
May 14
Births
1928 Will Jones – vocals Coasters
1934 Frederick – vocals Nina and Frederick
1936 Bobby Darin
1936 Charlie Gracie
1938 Mike Preston
1939 Troy Shondell
1943 Jack Bruce
1943 Derek Leckenby – guitar Herman’s Hermits
1952 David Byrne – vocals Talking Heads
1962 Ian Astbury – vocals Cult
1962 C.C Deville – guitar Poison
1966 Mike Inez – bass Alice In Chains
1966 Fab Morvan – vocals? Milli Vanilli
1969 Danny Wood – vocals New Kids On The Block
1969 Steve Hellier – keyboards Dubstar
1971 Matthew Pateman – vocals Bad Boys Inc
1973 Shanice
1973 Natalie Appleton – vocals All Saints
1973 Sinead O’Carroll – vocals B*Witched
1976 Martine McCutcheon (b: Martine Kimberley Sherrie Ponting)
1982 Ryan Elliot – vocals Ultimate Kaos
1984 Olly Murs (b: Oliver Stanley Murs) – X-Factor singer
1996 Martin Garrix
Deaths
1976 Keith Relf – vocals Yardbirds
1997 David Christie
1998 Frank Sinatra
2015 B.B. King
May 15
Births
1918 Eddy Arnold
1937 Trini Lopez
1940 Lena Martell
1944 Tich – guitar Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
1948 Brian Eno
1953 Mike Oldfield
1959 Andrew Eldridge – Sisters Of Mercy
1963 Julian Brookhouse – guitar Curiosity Killed The Cat
1965 Jon Sevink – violin Levellers
1966 Peter Wiggs – keyboards St Etienne
1966 Jake Shillingford – vocals My Life Story
1967 Mark Colwill – bass Tindersticks
1970 Martin Rossiter – vocals/keyboards Gene
1970 Prince Be – rapper PM Dawn
1972 Richard Blackwood
1982 Jessica Sutta – vocals Pussycat Dolls
1996 Birdy – UK singer
Deaths
1992 Barbara Lee Jones – vocals Chiffons
1994 Frederick – vocals Nina and Frederick
2000 Geoff Goddard
2004 Clint Warwick – bass Moody Blues
2020 Phil May – Pretty Things
May 16
Births
1919 Liberace
1934 Dorothy Jones Johnson – vocals Cookies
1946 Robert Fripp – guitar King Crimson
1947 Darrell Sweet – drums Nazareth
1947 Barbara Lee Jones – vocals Chiffons
1949 William Spooner – guitar Tubes
1951 Jonathan Richman
1951 Allen Wentz – bass Wild Cherry
1953 Richard Page – vocals Mr Mister
1955 Hazel O’Connor
1958 Glenn Gregory – vocals Heaven 17
1965 Krist Novoselic – bass Nirvana
1966 Janet Jackson
1968 Ralph Tresvant
1971 Simon Katz – guitar Jamiroquai
1973 Will White – keyboards Propellerheads
1978 Dav Ford – vocals/guitar Easyworld
1982 Billy Crawford
1985 Alex Pall – Chainsmokers
Deaths
1953 Django Reinhardt – jazz guitarist
1990 Sammy Davis Jr
1993 Marv Johnson
2010 Ronnie James Dio
2013 Paul Shane
May 17
Births
1945 Charlie Charles – drums Blockheads
1949 Bill Bruford – drums Yes
1953 George Johnson – vocals Brothers Johnson
1955 David Townsend – vocals Surface
1958 Paul Di Anno – vocals Iron Maiden
1961 Enya
1962 Tracy Bryn – vocals/guitar Voice Of The Beehive
1963 Maxi Wuletich – vocals Mary Jane Girls
1965 Trent Reznor – Nine Inch Nails
1967 Simon Friend – guitar Levellers
1968 Richard Hynd – drums Texas
1970 Jordan Knight
1971 Vernie Bennett – vocals Eternal
1973 Alfred Nevarez – vocals All-4-One
1974 Andrea Corr – vocals Corrs
Deaths
1996 Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
2012 Donna Summer
2013 Alan O’Day
2022 Vangelis
2022 Rick Price – bass Move/Wizzard
May 18
Births
1912 Perry Como
1944 Albert Hammond
1946 Bruce Gilbert – guitar Wire
1948 Feliciano Tavares – vocals Tavares
1949 Rick Wakeman
1954 Wreckless Eric
1957 Enigma Toyah Wilcox
1961 Russell Senior – guitar/violin Pulp
1961 Simon Ellis – keyboards Ellis, Beggs and Howard
1964 Ferry Ridderhof – vocals Doop
1969 Martika (b: Marta Marrera)
Deaths
1980 Ian Curtis – vocals Joy Division
2002 Norman Vaughan
2017 Chris Cornell – vocals/guitar Soundgarden & Audioslave
2024 Frank Ifield
May 19
Births
1926 David Jacobs – BBC DJ
1932 Alma Cogan
1938 Herbie Flowers – bass Sky
1940 Mickey Newbury
1945 Pete Towshend – guitar Who
1946 Philip Rudd – drums AC/DC
1947 Paul Brady – Irish singer
1947 Steve Currie – bass T.Rex
1948 Grace Jones
1949 Dusty Hill – vocals/bass Z Z Top
1950 Mike Wedgewood – bass Curved Air
1950 Romeo Challenger – drums Showaddywaddy
1952 Joey Ramone – vocals Ramones
1953 Victoria Wood
1956 Martyn Ware – synthesizer Heaven 17
1960 Yazz
1962 Iain Harvie – guitar Del Amitri
1965 Ben Volpeliere – vocals Curiosity Killed The Cat
1966 Jim McCulloch – guitar Soup Dragons
1968 Paul Hartnoll – keyboards Orbital
1970 Stuart Cable – drums Stereophonics
1972 Jenny Berggren – vocals Ace Of Base
1992 Sam Smith
Deaths
2001 Mike Sammes – leader Mike Sammes Singers
2006 Freddie Garrity – vocals Freddie and the Dreamers
2011 Kathy Kirby
2023 Andy Rorke – bass Smiths
May 20
Births
1940 Shorty Long
1942 Paula – vocals Paul and Paula
1944 Joe Cocker
1946 Cher
1950 Steve Broughton – drums Edgar Broughton Band
1950 Warren Cann – drums Ultravox
1955 Steven George – keyboards Mr Mister
1958 Jane Wiedlin – guitar Go-Go’s
1961 Nick Heywood
1963 Brian Nash – guitar Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1981 Sean Conlon – vocals Five
1984 Naturi Naughton – vocals 3LW
Deaths
1964 Rudy Lewis – vocals Drifters
1995 John Pertwee
2012 Robin Gibb
2013 Ray Manzarek
May 21
Births
1904 Fats Waller
1935 Terry Lightfoot – UK jazz musician
1941 Ronald Isley – lead vocals Isley Brothers
1943 Vince Crane – keyboards Crazy World Arthur Brown/Atomic Rooster
1948 Leo Sayer
1955 Stan Lynch – drums Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers
1961 Tim Lever – piano/saxophone Dead Or Alive/producer
1964 Martin Blunt – bass Charlatans
1972 Notorious B.I.G
1980 Gotye
1985 Mutya Buena – vocals Sugababes
1991 Matomi
Deaths
2013 Raymond Reid – trombone Crown Heights Affair
2013 Trevor Bolder – bass Uriah Heep
2015 Louis Johnson – vocals/bass/piano Brothers Johnson
2015 Twinkle
2016 Nick Menza – drums Megadeth
May 22
Births
1813 Richard Wagner – classical composer
1924 Charles Aznavour
1931 Kenny Ball
1933 Don Estelle
1948 Des Dyer – vocals/drums Jigsaw
1950 Bernie Taupin – Elton John’s songwriter
1955 Jerry Dammers – piano Specials
1955 Iva Davis – vocals/guitar Icehouse
1959 Morrissey
1959 Jilted John
1966 Johnny Gill
1967 Dan Roberts – bass Crash Test Dummies
1973 Donnell Jones
1981 Su-Elise Nash – vocals Mis-Teeq
Deaths
2005 Thurl Ravenscroft – bass voice Mellomen
May 23
Births
1921 Humphrey Lyttelton – UK jazz musician
1928 Rosemary Clooney
1942 Fred Wedlock – UK singer
1943 General Johnson – vocals Chairmen Of The Board
1946 Daniel Klein – bass J Geils Band
1947 Bill Hunt – piano/trumpet Wizzard/ELO
1955 Dean Friedman
1955 Thereza Bazaar
1957 Baltimora
1965 Simon Gilbert – drums Suede
1967 Phil Selway – drums Radiohead
1967 Junior Waite – drums Musical Youth
1973 Maxwell – US rapper
1974 Jewel
1974 Richard Jones – bass Stereophonics
1983 Heidi Range – vocals Sugababes
Deaths
1991 Will Sinnott – bass Shamen
2002 Umberto Bindi – Italian singer/songwriter
May 24
Births
1941 Bob Dylan
1941 Charles Earland – US jazz musician
1942 Derek Quinn – guitar Freddie’s Dreamers
1944 Patti Labelle
1945 Dave Peacock – vocals/guitar Chas and Dave
1946 Steve Upton – drums Wishbone Ash
1947 Nanette Licari – vocals Reperata and The Delrons
1952 Cerrone
1956 Helen Terry
1967 Heavy D
1969 Rich Robinson – guitar Black Crowes
1976 TQ
Deaths
1963 Elmore James – US blues musician
1974 Duke Ellington – jazz musician
1991 Gene Clark – vocals/percussion Byrds
2006 Desmond Dekker
2010 Steve New – guitar Rich Kids
2010 Paul Gray – bass Slipknot
2023 Tina Turner
2024 Doug Ingle – keyboards Iron Butterfly
May 25
Births
1921 Hal David – composer with Burt Bacharach
1921 Kitty Kallen
1927 Norman Petty – producer/composer
1936 Donnie Elbert
1945 Dave Lee Travis
1947 Mitchell Margo – piano/drums Tokens
1947 Jessi Colter – vocals Duane Eddy’s Rebelettes
1948 Klaus Meine – vocals Scorpions
1949 Colonel Abrams
1955 John Grimaldi – guitar Argent
1956 Sugar Minott
1958 Paul Weller
1959 Rick Smith – vocals/keyboards Underworld
1960 Julian Clary
1972 Lena Fiagbe
1988 Jamie Hamblett – vocals Union J
Deaths
1934 Gustav Holst – classical composer
2001 Brian Pendleton – guitar Pretty Things
May 26
Births
1904 George Formby
1920 Peggy Lee
1926 Miles Davis – US jazz trumpeter
1930 Sivuca
1940 Levon Helm – drums Band
1941 Arthur Sharp – vocals Nashville Teens
1942 Ray Ennis – guitar Swinging Blue Jeans
1944 Verden Allen – piano Mott The Hoople
1945 Garry Peterson – drums Guess Who
1946 Mick Ronson – guitar/piano Mott The Hoople
1948 Stevie Nicks – vocals Fleetwood Mac
1952 Berni Flint
1953 Richard Sohl – piano Patti Smith Group
1958 Marian Gold – vocals Alphaville
1959 Wayne Hussey – vocals/guitar Mission
1962 Colin Vearncombe – vocals Black
1964 Lenny Kravitz
1975 Lauryn Hill
Deaths
1933 Jimmie Rodgers – US country singer
1977 Billy Powell – vocals O’Jays
2022 Andy Fletcher – synthesizer Depeche Mode
May 27
Births
1935 Ramsey Lewis
1935 Rudy Lewis – vocals Drifters
1939 Don Williams –US country singer
1943 Cilla Black
1947 Marty Kristian – guitar New Seekers
1948 Peter Sears – bass Jefferson Starship
1949 James Mitchell – vocals Detroit Emeralds
1957 Siouxsie Sioux
1958 Neil Finn
1966 Sean Kinney – drums Alice In Chains
1971 Lisa ‘Left-Eye’ Lopez – vocals TLC
Deaths
1997 Willie Woods – guitar Junior Walker’s All-Stars
2011 Gil Scott-Heron
2017 Gregg Allman
May 28
Births
1938 Prince Buster
1943 Tony Mansfield – drums Billy J. Kramer’s Dakotas
1944 Gladys Knight
1945 John Fogerty – vocals Creedence Clearwater Revival
1948 Ray Laidlaw – drums Lindisfarne
1949 Wendy O Williams – vocals Plasmatics
1956 Paul Woods – vocals Kane Gang
1959 Steve Strange – vocals Visage
1961 Kit Clark – keyboards Danny Wilson
1962 Roland Gift – vocals Fine Young Cannibals
1964 Wes Burt-Martin – guitar New Bohemians
1967 Tania Evans – vocals Culture Beat
1968 Kylie Minogue
1970 Mark Richardson – drums Skunk Anansie
1980 Mark Feehily – vocals Westlife
Deaths
1992 Duncan Browne
2001 Tony Ashton – piano/vocals Ashton, Gardner and Dyke
2015 Johnny Keating – UK orchestra leader
May 29
Births
1935 Sylvia Robinson (Mickey and Sylvia)
1942 Disco Tex
1945 Gary Brooker – vocals/piano Procol Harum
1949 Francis Rossi
1955 Mike Porcaro – bass Toto
1956 La Toya Jackson
1956 Larry Blackmon – vocals Cameo
1959 Mel Gaynor – drums Simple Minds
1962 John Pedder – bass Babybird
1967 Noel Gallagher – guitar Oasis
1970 Cicero – UK singer
1975 Mel B
1978 Dan Pearce – vocals One True Voice
1978 Adam Rickett
Deaths
1997 Jeff Buckley
2010 Little Benny
2021 B. J. Thomas
2022 Steve Broughton – drums Edgar Broughton Band
May 30
Births
1909 Benny Goodman
1944 Lenny Davidson – guitar Dave Clark 5
1944 Gladys Horton – vocals Marvelletes
1949 Nicky Thomas
1955 Topper Headon – drums Clash
1958 Marie Frederickson – vocals Roxette
1960 Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy
1964 Tom Morello – guitar Rage Against The Machine
1964 Wynonna Judd – vocals The Judds
1967 Tim Burgess – vocals Charlatans
1971 Idina Menzel
1974 Cee-Lo Green
Deaths
2003 Mickie Most (b: Michael Hayes) – UK producer
2010 Anita Humes – vocals The Essex
May 31
Births
1930 Clint Eastwood
1938 Peter Yarrow – vocals Peter, Paul and Mary
1947 Junior Campbell – guitar/keyboard Marmalade
1948 John Bonham – drums Led Zeppelin
1948 Mike Edwards – Cello Electric Light Orchestra (1972 -1975)
1952 Karl Bartos – percussion Kraftwerk
1954 Vicki Sue Robinson – US singer
1963 Wendy Smith – vocals Prefab Sprout
1964 Scotti Hill – guitar Skid Row
1964 Kid Frost – US rapper
1964 Darryl McDaniels – rapper Run DMC
1965 DJ Casper
1980 Andy Hurley – drums Fall Out Boy
1991 Azealia Banks
Deaths
2000 Johnnie Taylor
2009 Danny La Rue