May 4: Maynard Ferguson (1928), Ed Cassidy of Spirit (1931), Tammy Wynette (1932), Dick Dale (1937), Ron Carter (1937), Nick Ashford (1942), George Wadenius of Blood Sweat & Tears (1945), Jackie Jackson of The Jackson Five (1951), Randy Travis (1959), Mike Dirnt of Green Day (1972), Lance Bass of 'N Sync (1979)
May 5: Johnnie Taylor (1938), Bill Ward of Black Sabbath (1948), Martin Simpson (1953), Kevin Mooney of Adam and the Ants (1962), Kevin James LaBrie of Dream Theater (1963)
May 6: Peggy Lee (1920), Colin Earl of Foghat (1942), Bob Seger (1945), Davey Johnstone of Elton John's trio (1951), Billy Burnette of Fleetwood Mac (1954), John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants (1960), Mark Ryan of Hootie and the Blowfish (1967)
May 7: Johannes Brahms (1833), Pyotr Il'yitch Tchaikovsky (1840), jazz/pop singer Teresa Brewer (1931), Motown singer Jimmy Ruffin (1939), Bill Dannoff of Starland Vocal Band (1946), Janis Ian (1951), Marty Wilson-Piper of The Church (1959), Motorhead's Phil Campbell (1961)
May 8: jazz pianist Mary Lou Willams (1910), blues legend Robert Johnson (1911), Ricky Nelson (1940), frat party scenemaker John Fred (1941), Paul Samwell-Smith of The Yardbirds (1943), Toni Tennille of the Captain and Tennille (1943), Chris Frantz of Talking Heads (1951), Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind & Fire (1951), Alex Van Halen (1955), Dave Rowntree of Blur (1964), Savage Garden's Darren Hayes (1972), Enrique Iglesias (1975)
May 9: Hank Snow (1914), Dave Prater of Sam and Dave (1937), Sonny Curtis of The Crickets (1937), Pete Birrell of Freddie and The Dreamers (1941), Tommy Roe (1942), Ritchie Furay of Buffalo Springfield and Poco (1944), Blood, Sweat and Tears' Steve Katz (1945), Billy Joel (1949), Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode (1962), Paul Heaton of The Housemartins (1962)
May 10: Fred Astaire (1899), Maybelle Carter (1909), Fats Domino (1929), session guitarist Bert Weedon (1920), Larry Williams (1935), Donovan born Donovan Phillip Leitch (1946), Graham Goldman of 10cc (1946), Dave Mason (1947), Sly Dunbar of Sly and Robbie (1952), Sid Vicious (1957), Bono born Paul Hewson (1960), Krist Novoselic of Nirvana (1965), Young MC (1967), Jason Dalyrimple of Soul for Real (1980)
May 11: Irving Berlin (1888), Who manager Kit Lambert (1935), jazz pianist-composer Carla Bley (1938), Eric Burdon (1941), Les Chadwick of Gerry and the Pacemakers (1943), Art of Noise's Jonathan Jeczalik (1955)
May 12: Burt Bacharach (1928), singer-songwriter Billy Swan (1942), Ian Dury (1942), Ian McLagan of Small Faces (1945), Steve Winwood (1948), Billy Squier (1950), Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn (1955), Billy Duffy of The Cult (1959), Ray Gillen (1959)
May 13: Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips (1926), Ritchie Valens (1941), Mary Wells (1943), "Magic" Dick Salwitz of The J.Geils Band (1945), Peter "Overend" Watts of Mott the Hoople (1947), Stevie Wonder born Steveland Morris (1950), Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac (1950), Paul Thompson of Roxy Music (1951), Darius Carlos Rucker of Hootie & The Blowfish (1966)
May 14: Bobby Darin born Walden Robert Cassotto (1936), Jack Bruce (1943), Derek Leckenby of Herman's Hermits (1943), David Byrne (1952), Ian Astbury of The Cult (1962), C.C. DeVille of Poison (1962), Fabrice Morvan of Milli Vanilli (1966), Mike Inez of Alice in Chains (1966), Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block (1969), Freaky Tah born Raymond Rogers (1971), Natalie Appleton of All Saints (1973), Shanice (1973)
May 15: Eddy Arnold (1918), Trini Lopez (1937), K.T. Oslin (1942), Graham Goble of the Little River Band (1947), Brian Eno born Brian Peter St. George De La Salle Eno (1948), Dennis Fredericksen of Toto (1951), Mike Oldfield (1953), Prince Be of PM Dawn (1970), Ahmet Zappa (1974)
May 16: Liberace born Wladziu Valentino Liberace (1919), Betty Carter born Lillie Mae Jones (1930), Billy Cobham (1944), Robert Fripp (1946), The Chiffons' Barbara Lee (1947), Nazareth's Darrell Sweet (1947), Iron Maiden's Paul Di'anno (1959), Krist Novoselic (1965), Janet Jackson (1966), New Edition's Ralph Tresvant 1968)
May 17: Taj Mahal (1942), Jesse Winchester (1944), Bill Bruford (1949), George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson (1953), Paul D'Anno of Iron Maiden (1959), Enya (1961), Page McConnell of Phish (1963), Dave Abbruzzese (1964), Trent Reznor (1965), Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block (1970)