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
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