May in Rock History

Last Updated on 13 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)
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 (1937), 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 (1942), Ronnie Bond (1942), Georg Wadenius (1945), Darryl Hunt (1950), Colin Bass (1951), Jackie Jackson (1951), Mike Dirnt (1972), Lance Bass (1979)
Birthdays: Tammy Wynette (1942), Steve Cash (1946), Bill Ward (1948), Rex Goh (1951), Angelo Kimball (1954), 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), Bart de Boer (1960), 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), Charles “Prairie” Prince (1950), Bernie Marsden (1951), Paul Leary (1957), Phil “Wizzö” Campbell (1961), Chris O’Connor (1965)
Birthdays: Rick Nelson (1940), Paul Samwell-Smith (1943), Toni Tennille (1943), Gary Glitter (1944), Chris Frantz (1951), Phil Bailey (1951), Alex Van Halen (1953), Billy Burnette (1953), Eric Brittingham (1960), Pepper Keenan (1967)
Birthdays: Nole “Nokie” Edwards (1935), Dave Prater (1937), Nokie Edwards (1939), 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: David Walker (1943), 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 (1940), Jack Bruce (1943), Derek Leckenby (1945), Gene Cornish (1945), 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: Trini Lopez (1937), Graham Goble (1947), Brian Eno (1948), Gary Thain (1948), “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 (1948), 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), William 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), Susan Cowsill (1960), Nick Heyward (1961), Kenny Vasoli (1984)
Birthdays: Ronald Isley (1941), Hilton Valentine (1943), John Dalton (1943), Vincent Crane (1943), Leo Sayer (1948), John Galvin (1955), Stan Lynch (1955), Tim Lever (1961), Deron Miller (1976)
Birthdays: Ian Robertson Underwood (1939), Calvin Simon (1942), Doug Gray (1948), Bernie Taupin (1950), Iva Davies (1955), Jimmy Lyon (1955), Morrissey (1959)
Birthdays: Rosemary Clooney (1928), Ramon “Tiki” Fulwood (1944), Daniel 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), Mark Knight (1965), Adam Gontier (1978)
Birthdays: Peggy Lee (1920), Ray Ennis (1942), Verden Allen (1944), Gary Peterson (1945), Mick Ronson (1946), Stevie Nicks (1948), Hank Williams, Jr. (1949), Lenny Kravitz (1964), Alan Victor 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), Deborah Jo 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), Melanie Brown (1975), David Buckner (1976)
Birthdays: Lenny Davidson (1944), Gladys Horton (1945), Nicky ‘Topper’ Headon (1955), Stephen Duffy (1960), Tom Morello (1964)
Birthdays: Peter Yarrow (1938), (August) “Augie” Meyers (1940), John Bonham (1948), Mike Edwards (1948), Karl Bartos (1952), Fritz Hilpert (1956), Corey Hart (1962), Wesley Willis (1963)