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Otto Bash born 10th May 1926
Otto Bash (10 May 1926 – May 2010) was a Nashville based drummer singer and songwriter. Otto Edward Bash followed in his band-leading father’s footsteps, and neither of them wore cowboy boots. Born in...
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R. Dean Taylor born 11 May 1939
R. Dean Taylor (May 11, 1939 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian musician, most notable as a singer, songwriter, and record producer for Motown during the 1960s and 1970s. He was an unlikely pop star of...
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Burt Bacharach born 12 May 1928
Burt Bacharach (May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of...
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Terry Fell born 13 May 1921
Terry Fell (May 13, 1921 – April 4, 2007) was an American country musician. Unless you’re a truly devoted fan of early post-World War II country music, you’ve probably never heard of Terry Fell. His...
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Lois Johnson born 15 May 1942
 Lois Johnson Scoggins (May 15, 1942 – July 7, 2014) was an American country music singer. An icon representing a specific niche in country music and a legend among her peers, Lois Johnson was born and...
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Roy Hudd born 16 May 1936
Roy Hudd, OBE (16 May 1936 – 15 March 2020) was an English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host, author and authority on the history of music hall entertainment. Hudd was born in Croydon on 16 May...
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Jesse Winchester born 17 May 1944
James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. Winchester was born at Barksdale Army Air Field, near Bossier City, Louisiana,...
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Lou Bennett born 18 May 1926
Lou Bennett (May 18, 1926 – February 10, 1997) was an American jazz organist. Lou Bennett was born Jean-Louis Benoît in Philadelphia. His father, who came from Martinique/French West Indies abandoned...
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Sonny Fortune born 19 May 1939
Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune (May 19, 1939 – October 25, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute. Born in Philadelphia,...
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Shorty Long born 20 May 1940
Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long (May 20, 1940 – June 29, 1969) was an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Standing a little over five feet in height, he was one of the...
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Mack Self born 22 May 1930
Wiley Laverne "Mack" Self (22 May 1930 – 14 June 2011) was an American rockabilly singer, songwriter and musician and was a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Mack Self is one those unsung heroes...
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Artie Shaw born 23 May 1910
Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader and also an author. Arthur Arshawsky was born and raised in Connecticut, Shaw took up the saxophone...
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Charles Earland born 24 May 1941
Charles Earland (May 24, 1941 – December 11, 1999) was an American jazz organist. Charles Earland came into his own at the tail-end of the great 1960s wave of soul-jazz organists, gaining a large...
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Bill Dicey born 25 May 1936
Bill Dicey (May 25, 1936 – March 17, 1993) was an American blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter. He recorded two live albums and one studio album in his own name, as well as playing the harmonica...
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Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) born 26 May 1916
Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments....
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Albert Nicholas born 27 May 1900
Albert Nicholas (May 27, 1900 – September 3, 1973) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. A superb clarinetist with an attractive mellow tone, Albert Nicholas had a long and diverse career...
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Papa John Creach born 28 May 1917
John Henry Creach (May 28, 1917 – February 22, 1994), better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. Early in his...
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Carl Story born 29 May 1916
Carl Story (May 29, 1916 – March 31, 1995 was an American bluegrass musician, and leader of his band the Rambling Mountaineers. He was dubbed "The Father of Bluegrass Gospel Music" by the governor of...
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Pee Wee Erwin born 30 May 1913
George "Pee Wee" Erwin (May 30, 1913 – June 20, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter. An excellent trumpeter who spent most of his career on the fringe of fame, Pee Wee Erwin made many fine records...
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Eddie Thompson born 31 May 1925
Edgar Charles Thompson, known professionally as Eddie Thompson (31 May 1925 – 6 November 1986) was a British jazz pianist. Thompson was born blind in Shoreditch, London, England. He attended the same...
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