Birthdays in Music
- May 1 Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano
- May 1 Felipe Padilla de Leon, composer
- May 3 Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
- May 4 Lou Brown, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show), born in Brooklyn, New York
- May 10 Erik Jorgensen, composer
- May 12 Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet
- May 13 Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988)
- May 15 Arthur Victor Berger, American composer (Ideas of Order), born in NYC, New York
- May 17 Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher conductor
- May 18 Perry Como, [Pierino], Canonsburg Pa, singer/TV (Perry Como Show)
- May 24 Joan Hammond, Australian operatic soprano, born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1996)
- May 25 Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas)
- May 31 Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d. 1979)
Deaths in Music
- May 26 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61