May in Rock History

Last Updated on 27 February 2026

Birthdays: Sonny James (1928), Judy Collins (1939), Nick Fortuna (1946), Jim Clench (1949), Ray Parker Jr. (1954), Nick Feldman (1955), Steve Farris (1957), Johnny Colt (1966), D’arcy Wretzky (1968), Gavilán Rayna Russom (1974)
Birthdays: Bob Henrit (1944), Goldie McJohn (1945), Leslie Gore (1946), Lou Gramm (1950), Jo Callis (1951), John Glascock (1951), Prescott Niles (1951), Jeff Gutt (1976)
Birthdays: James Brown (1933), Frankie Valli (1934), Napoleon XIV (1938), Pete Staples (1944), Christopher Cross (1951), Bruce Hall (1953), Gary Young (1953), Steve Jones (1955), David Ball (1959), Farrah Franklin (1981)
Birthdays: Dick Dale (1937), Nicholas Ashford (1941), Ronnie Bond (1942), Georg Wadenius (1945), Darryl Hunt (1950), Colin Bass (1951), Jackie Jackson (1951), Mick Mars (1951), Mike Dirnt (1972), Lance Bass (1979)
Birthdays: Bunker Hill (1941), Tammy Wynette (1942), Steve Cash (1946), Bill Ward (1948), Rex Goh (1951), Roddy Radiation (1955), Ian McCulloch (1959), Steve Stevens (1959), Kevin Mooney (1962), Shawn Drover (1966), David Reilly (1971), Craig David (1981), Adele (1988)
Birthdays: Colin Earl (1942), Mike Ratledge (1943), Bob Seger (1945), Mary McGregor (1948), Robbie McIntosh (1950), John Flansburgh (1960), Mark Bryan (1967), Chris Shiflett (1971), Emily Armstrong (1986)
Birthdays: Johnny Maestro (1939), Rick West (1943), Bill Kreutzmann (1946), Thelma Houston (1946), Prairie Prince (1950), Bernie Marsden (1951), Paul Leary (1957), Phil Campbell (1961), Chris O’Connor (1965)
Birthdays: Rick Nelson (1940), Toni Tennille (1940), Paul Samwell-Smith (1943), Gary Glitter (1944), Chris Frantz (1951), Phil Bailey (1951), Alex Van Halen (1953), Billy Burnette (1953), Eric Brittingham (1960), Pepper Keenan (1967)
Birthdays: Nokie Edwards (1935), Dave Prater (1937), Danny Rapp (1941), Pete Birrell (1941), Tommy Roe (1942), Don Dannemann (1944), Steve Katz (1945), Billy Joel (1949), Tom Petersson (1950), Dave Gahan (1962), Paul McGuigan (1971)
Birthdays: Larry Williams (1935), Henry Fambrough (1938), Donovan (1946), Sid Vicious (1957), Bono (1960), Gary Daly (1962)
Birthdays: Eric Burdon (1941), Arnie Satin (1943), Les Chadwick (1943), Butch Trucks (1947), Edgar Riley Jr. (1954), Country Dick Montana (1955), Greg Dulli (1965), Christoph Schneider (1966), Apache Indian (1967), Erin Lang (1979), Nilüfer Yanya (1995)
Birthdays: Ian McLagan (1945), Steve Winwood (1948), Billy Squier (1950), Ronnie Foster (1950), Eric Singer (1958), Billy Duffy (1961), Paul D’Amour (1967), Matt Mangano (1976)
Birthdays: Ritchie Valens (1941), Mary Wells (1943), Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz (1945), Pete Overend Watts (1947), Danny Kirwan (1950), Stevie Wonder (1950), Paul Thompson (1951), David Hollestelle (1956), Julian Brookhouse (1963), Darius Rucker (1966), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), Tim McMahon (1974), Michael Madden (1979)
Birthdays: Bobby Darin (1936), Troy Shondell (1939), Derek Leckenby (1943), Jack Bruce (1943), Gene Cornish (1944), Dixie Lee Innes (1946), Al Ciner (1947), David Byrne (1952), Tom Cochrane (1953), Steve Hogarth (1956), Mike Inez (1966), Hunter Burgan (1976), Dan Auerbach (1979)
Birthdays: Eddie Arnold (1918), Trini Lopez (1937), Graham Goble (1947), Brian Eno (1948), Gary Thain (1948), Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen (1951), Freddie Salem (1953), Andrew Eldritch (1959), Seth Putnam (1968)
Birthdays: Robert Fripp (1946), Roger Earl (1946), Darrell Sweet (1947), Alto Reed (1948), Richard Page (1953), Glenn Gregory (1958), Krist Novoselic (1965), Janet Jackson (1966), Yuri Shevchuk (1997)
Birthdays: Pervis Jackson (1938), Udo Lindenberg (1946), Bill Bruford (1949), George Johnson (1953), Enya (1961), Trent Reznor (1965), Josh Homme (1973), Andrea Corr (1974)
Birthdays: Perry Como (1912), Lobby Loyde (1941), Joe Bonsall (1948), Bill Wallace (1949), Rick Wakeman (1949), Bill Wallace (1949), Mark Mothersbaugh (1950), James Moginie (1956), Hugh Whitaker (1961), Christopher Hall (1965), Martin Duffy (1967)
Birthdays: Pete Townshend (1945), Jerry Hyman (1947), Grace Jones (1948), Dusty Hill (1949), Joey Ramone (1951), Phil Rudd (1954), Martyn Ware (1956), Sam Smith (1992)
Birthdays: Jill Jackson (1942), Joe Cocker (1944), Cher (1946), Guy Hoffman (1954), James Henderson (1954), Susan Cowsill (1959), Nick Heyward (1961), Kenny Vasoli (1984)
Birthdays: Ronald Isley (1941), Hilton Valentine (1943), John Dalton (1943), Vincent Crane (1943), Leo Sayer (1948), Carl Carlton (1952), John Galvin (1955), Stan Lynch (1955), Tim Lever (1961), Deron Miller (1976)
Birthdays: Ian Underwood (1939), Calvin Simon (1942), Doug Gray (1948), Bernie Taupin (1950), Iva Davies (1955), Jimmy Lyon (1955), Morrissey (1959)
Birthdays: Rosemary Clooney (1928), Tiki Fulwood (1944), Danny Klein (1946), Bill Hunt (1947), James Mankey (1952), Rick Fenn (1953), Phil Selway (1967), Jewel Kilcher (1974), Scott Raynor (1978), Heidi Range (1983)
Birthdays: Bob Dylan (1941), Derek Quinn (1942), Patti LaBelle (1944), Steve Upton (1946), Albert Bouchard (1947), Roseanne Cash (1955), Rich Robinson (1969), Alessandro Cortini (1976)
Birthdays: Brian “Blinky” Davison (1942), Tim Hinkley (1946), Mitch Margo (1947), Klaus Meine (1948), Robby Steinhardt (1950), Paul Weller (1958), Adam Gontier (1978)
Birthdays: Peggy Lee (1920), Ray Ennis (1942), Verden Allen (1944), Mick Ronson (1946), Stevie Nicks (1948), Hank Williams Jr. (1949), Lenny Kravitz (1964), Alan White (1972), Lauryn Hill (1975), Mark Hunter (1977)
Birthdays: Ramsey Lewis (1935), Billy Adamson (1944), Marty Kristian (1947), Pete Sears (1948), Eddie Harsch (1957), Siouxsie Sioux (1957), Neil Finn (1958), Sean Kinney (1966), Lisa Lopes (1971)
Birthdays: Billy Vera (1944), Gladys Knight (1944), John Fogerty (1945), JoJo Billingsley (1952), Roland Gift (1961), Gavin Harrison (1963), Chris Ballew (1965), Kylie Minogue (1968), Trist Curless (1971), Ashley Ruiz (1977)
Birthdays: Roy Crewdson (1941), Gary Brooker (1945), Danny Elfman (1953), Mars Williams (1955), Mike Porcaro (1955), Mel Gaynor (1959), David Palmer (1961), John Miceli (1961), Melissa Etheridge (1961), Noel Gallagher (1967), Chan Kinchla (1969), Mel B (1975), David Buckner (1976)
Birthdays: Lenny Davidson (1944), Gladys Horton (1945), Topper Headon (1955), Stephen Duffy (1960), Tom Morello (1964)
Birthdays: Peter Yarrow (1938), Augie Meyers (1940), John Bonham (1948), Mike Edwards (1948), Karl Bartos (1952), Fritz Hilpert (1956), Corey Hart (1962), Wesley Willis (1963)