- May 6 Bart de Boer, Dutch guitarist (Ivy Green)
- May 6 John Flansburgh, American musician (They Might Be Giants), born in Lincoln, Massachusetts
- May 6 Phyllis Treigle, American soprano
- May 7 Adam Bernstein, American music video and television director, born in Princeton, New Jersey
- May 8 Eric Brittingham, American rock bassist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), born in Salisbury, Maryland
- May 9 Jim Reilly, Northern Irish drummer (Red Rockers), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- May 14 Anne Clark, English singer
- May 19 Yazz [Yasmin Evans], singer (Fine Time), born in London, England
- May 20 Susan Cowsill, rock vocalist (The Cowsills - We Can Fly), born in Newport, Rhode Island
- May 24 Guy Fletcher, British musician and keyboardist (Dire Straights), born in Maidstone, Kent
- May 25 Wallace Roney, American post-bop jazz trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020) [1]
- May 30 Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy, rocker (Lilac Time-Paradise Song)
About May 1960
How Old? 60 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: Yes