May Birthdays

May 1

1928 – Sonny James

1939 – Judy Collins

1945 – Rita Coolidge

1954 – Ray Parker Jr.

May 2

1929 – Link Wray

1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck

1946 – Lesley Gore

1950 – Lou Gramm (Foreigner)

May 3

1903 – Bing Crosby

1919 – Pete Seeger (The Weavers)

1933 – James Brown

1934 – Frankie Valli (The Four Seasons)

1951 – Christopher Cross

May 4

1937 – Dick Dale

1941 – Nickolas Ashford (Ashford & Simpson)

1951 – Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)

1970 – Gregg Alexander (New Radicals)

May 5

1942 – Tammy Wynette

1959 – Ian McCulloch (Echo & the Bunnymen)

May 6

1945 – Bob Seger (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band)

May 7

1936 – Jimmy Ruffin

1946 – Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead)

1946 – Thelma Houston

1951 – Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake)

1956 – Anne Dudley (Art of Noise)

May 8

1940 – Ricky Nelson

1940 – Toni Tennille (Captain & Tennille)

1941 – John Fred (John Fred and his Playboy Band)

1944 – Bill Legend (T. Rex)

1944 – Gary Glitter

1951 – Chris Frantz (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)

1951 – Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire)

1953 – Alex Van Halen (Van Halen)

May 9

1937 – Dave Prater (Sam & Dave)

1942 – Tommy Roe

1944 – Don Dannemann (The Cyrkle)

1949 – Billy Joel

1950 – Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick)

1962 – Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode)

May 10

1942 – Carl Douglas

1946 – Donovan

1947 – Jay Ferguson (Spirit)

1957 – Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols)

1960 – Bono (U2)

May 11

1941 – Eric Burdon (The Animals, War)

1947 – Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band)

May 12

1928 – Burt Bacharach

1948 – Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force)

1950 – Billy Squier

1961 – Billy Duffy (The Cult)

May 13

1941 – Ritchie Valens

1943 – Mary Wells

1950 – Stevie Wonder

May 14

1936 – Bobby Darin

1943 – Jack Bruce (Cream)

1944 – Gene Cornish (The Young Rascals)

1952 – David Byrne (Talking Heads)

1962 – C.C. DeVille (Poison)

1962 – Ian Astbury (The Cult)

May 15

1937 – Trini Lopez

May 16

1919 – Liberace

1953 – Richard Page (Mr. Mister)

1958 – Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)

1966 – Janet Jackson

May 17

1949 – Keith

1965 – Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)

May 18

1911 – Big Joe Turner

1912 – Perry Como

1949 – Rick Wakeman (Yes)

1950 – Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo)

May 19

1945 – Pete Townshend (The Who)

1948 – Grace Jones

1949 – Dusty Hill (ZZ Top)

1951 – Joey Ramone (Ramones)

1954 – Phil Rudd (AC/DC)

May 20

1944 – Joe Cocker

1946 – Cher

1958 – Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's)

1959 – Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills)

1961 – Dan Wilson (Semisonic)

1961 – Nick Heyward (Haircut One Hundred)

May 21

1941 – Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers)

1947 – Bill Champlin (Chicago)

1948 – Leo Sayer

May 22

1924 – Charles Aznavour

1950 – Bernie Taupin

1955 – Iva Davies (Icehouse)

1959 – Morrissey (The Smiths)

May 23

1910 – Scatman Crothers

1910 – Artie Shaw

1928 – Rosemary Clooney

1974 – Jewel

May 24

1941 – Bob Dylan

1944 – Patti LaBelle

1947 – Albert Bouchard (Blue Öyster Cult)

1956 – Larry Blackmon (Cameo)

1967 – Heavy D (Heavy D & the Boyz)

May 25

1948 – Klaus Meine (Scorpions)

May 26

1886 – Al Jolson

1920 – Peggy Lee

1926 – Miles Davis

1940 – Levon Helm (The Band)

1946 – Mick Ronson (The Spiders from Mars)

1948 – Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)

1964 – Lenny Kravitz

1975 – Lauryn Hill (The Fugees)

May 27

1945 – Bruce Cockburn

1957 – Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures)

1958 – Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House, Finn Brothers, Fleetwood Mac)

May 28

1944 – Gladys Knight (Gladys Knight & the Pips)

1945 – John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

1959 – Steve Strange (Visage)

1968 – Kylie Minogue

May 29

1935 – Sylvia Robinson (Mickey & Sylvia)

1945 – Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)

1949 – Francis Rossi (Status Quo)

1953 – Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo)

1955 – Mike Porcaro (Toto)

1961 – Melissa Etheridge

May 30

1945 – Gladys Horton (The Marvelettes)

1958 – Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)

1960 – Stephen Duffy (Duran Duran)

May 31

1938 – Johnny Paycheck

1938 – Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary)

1948 – John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)

1962 – Corey Hart