Events in Music
Event of Interest
May 11 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
Donald Fagen
Event of Interest
May 17 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 15th String quartet
Dmitri Shostakovich
Birthdays in Music
- May 2 Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
- May 13 Tim McMahon, American hardcore singer (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Triple Threat)
- May 15 Ahmet Rodan Zappa, son of Frank/rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV)
- May 16 Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer
- May 16 Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
- May 21 Havoc [Kejuan Muchita], American rapper (Mobb Deep), born in Queensbridge, Queens, New York
Jewel Kilcher
May 23 Jewel Kilcher, American singer-songwriter (Pieces of You), born in Payson, Utah
Jewel Kilcher
- May 23 Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer, born in Figueres, Spain
- May 23 Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer (Seven Swords), born in Hong Kong
- May 25 Frank Klepacki, American musician
- May 30 Cee-Lo Green [Thomas Callaway], American Grammy winning singer-songwriter (Crazy, F*** You), reality TV judge (The Voice), record producer, and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- May 30 Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
Deaths in Music
Duke Ellington
May 24 Duke Ellington, American musician, dies of cancer at 75
Duke Ellington
- May 25 Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose