Music Birthdays

May 1

1928 Sonny James

1939 Judy Collins

1945 Rita Coolidge

May 2

1929 Link Wray

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)

May 4

1937 Dick Dale

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 (The Silver Bullet Band)

May 7

1936 Jimmy Ruffin

1946 Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead)

1951 Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake)

May 8

1940 Ricky Nelson

1941 John Fred (John Fred & 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)

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

1953 Richard Page (Mr. Mister)

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)

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

1950 Bernie Taupin

1955 Iva Davies (Icehouse)

1959 Morrissey (The Smiths)

May 23

1974 Jewel

May 24

1941 Bob Dylan

1944 Patti LaBelle

1947 Albert Bouchard (Blue Öyster Cult)

May 25

1948 Klaus Meine (Scorpions)

May 26

1920 Peggy Lee

1940 Levon Helm (The Band)

1946 Mick Ronson (The Spiders from Mars)

1948 Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)

May 27

1945 Bruce Cockburn

1957 Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees)

1958 Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House)

May 28

1944 Gladys Knight (Gladys Knight & the Pips)

1945 John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

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