Clik here to view.
Wendy Rene born 1947
Wendy Rene was the stage name of soul singer and songwriter Mary Frierson, later Mary Cross (1947 – December 16, 2014). She recorded for Stax Records in the mid 1960s. Mary Frierson was born in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pete Wingfield born 7 May 1948
William Peter Wingfield (born 7 May 1948) is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist. The NazzWingfield was born in Liphook, Hampshire, England in 1948. He...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Miyoshi Umeki born 8 May 1929
Miyoshi Umeki (May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a Japanese-American singer and actress. Umeki was a Tony Award- and Golden Globe-nominated actress and the first East Asian-American woman to win an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don Gardner born 9 May 1931
Donald Gardner (May 9, 1931 – September 4, 2018) was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and drummer. His records included the 1962 pop hit "I Need Your Lovin'", with Dee Dee Ford. Don...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fred Astaire born 10 May 1899
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
King Oliver born 11 May 1885
Joseph Nathan "King" Oliver (May 11, 1885* – April 10, 1938) was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of mutes in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Billy Thorburn born 12 May 1900
Billy Thorburn (May 12, 1900 - April 4, 1971) was a British pianist, arranger and dance band leader. William Arthur Belmont Thorburn was the son of a church verger. He began playing the church organ at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gil Evans born 13 May 1912
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vic Flick born 14 May 1937
Vic Flick (born 14 May 1937) is an English studio guitarist, best known for playing the guitar riff in the "James Bond Theme". Victor Harold Flick was born at Worcester Park, Surrey, England. His...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Andy Anderson born 15 May 1935
Andy Anderson (born 15 May 1935) is one of the mainstays of Mississippi rockabilly and the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the original Rolling Stones that predate the British rock band by years....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Woody Herman born 16 May 1903
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and Big band leader. During his lifetime,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jackie McLean born 17 May 1931
John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the DownBeat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Doris Duke born 18 May 1941
Doris Willingham (May 18, 1941* – March 21, 2019), known for much of her singing career as Doris Duke, was an American gospel and soul singer, best known for her 1969 album I'm a Loser which is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Johnny Hicks born 19 May 1918
Johnny Hicks (May 19, 1918 - April 9, 1997) was a radio announcer, singer and songwriter, better known as co-producer of KRLD's Big "D" Jamboree. Johnny Hicks was born on a farm near Kansas City,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rufus Harley born 20 May 1936
Rufus Harley Jr. (May 20, 1936 – August 1, 2006) was an American jazz musician known primarily as the first jazz musician to adopt the Great Highland bagpipe as his primary instrument. Rufus Harley,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Billy Wright born 21 May 1932
William Wright (May 21, 1932 – October 28, 1991) was an American jump blues singer. Nicknamed the ″Prince of the Blues,″ he is considered one of Little Richard's greatest influences in his formative...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scatman Crothers born 23 May 1910
Benjamin Sherman Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986), known professionally as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor and musician. He performed on drums and piano in several bands. He also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stan Barker born 24 May 1926
Stan Barker (24 May 1926 – 2 July 1997) was an English jazz pianist born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, who enjoyed an international reputation. There is not much information regarding Stans early life...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jerry Woodard born 25 May 1941
Jerry Woodard (May 25, 1941 - August 9, 1980) was a rockabilly singer and guitarist.Jerry Eugene Woodard was born in Anniston, Alabama. His father was a minister who did not approve of rock ‘n roll and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catherine Sauvage born 26 May 1929
Catherine Sauvage (26 May 1929 – 20 March 1998) was a French singer and actress. Born Marcelle Jeanine Saunier in Nancy, France, she moved with her family in 1940 to the Free Zone in Annecy. After high...
View Article