Events in Music
- May 7 "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
- May 8 Beatles release "Let it Be" album
- May 13 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
Event of Interest
May 16 Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70
Bill Cosby
- May 18 Beatles' last released LP, "Let It Be", released in US
- May 20 Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK
- May 23 Grateful Dead's 1st performance outside US (England)
- May 24 Peter Green quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
- May 30 "Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 80 performances
Birthdays in Music
- May 4 Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
- May 10 Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter
- May 10 Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist, born in Caracas
- May 10 Craig Mack, American rapper (Flava In Ya Ear), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2018)
- May 15 Prince Be [Attrell Cordes], American rapper (PM Dawn), born in Jersey City (d. 2016)
- May 15 Martin Rossiter, Welsh Musician
- May 17 Jordan Knight, American singer-songwriter (New Kids on the Block), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- May 24 Tommy Page, Glenridge, New Jersey, American singer (I'll Be Your Everything)
