May 1995 in Music History

Events in Music

May 10 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire win

May 13 40th Eurovision Song Contest: Secret Garden for Norway wins singing "Nocturne" in Dublin
May 14 "My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 16 performances
May 28 "An Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 454 performances

May 9 Andrea Motis, Spanish jazz singer and trumpeter (Emotional Dance), born in Barcelona, Spain
May 11 Nilüfer Yanya, British indie-rock singer-songwriter, born in London, England
May 15 Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian singer

May 20 "Eagles" singer Don Henley (47) weds model Sharon Summerall (33) in Malibu

May 4 Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist, dies at 91
May 5 Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63
May 6 Clarence Paul [Pauling], American songwriter, and record producer (Motown; Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips"), dies at 67
May 6 Leonard "Red" Truss, American R&B singer (The Steelers - "Get It From The Bottom"), dies at 47
May 7 Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), dies at 84
May 8 Carroll Best, American bluegrass banjo player and educator, shot to death by his brother at 64
May 8 Teresa Teng [Li-chun], Taiwanese pop singer ("Aijin"; "The Power Of Love"; "Airport"), and actress, dies from a severe asthma attack at 42
May 9 Marshall Royal, American jazz alto saxophonist & clarinetist (Count Basie Orchestra), dies at 82
May 10 Jimmy Raney, American jazz guitarist, dies at 67
May 11 Tibor Sarai, Hungarian composer, dies at 76
May 12 Marcel Rubin, Austrian composer, dies at 89
May 15 Johnny Van Derrick, British jazz violinist (Pink Panther Theme), dies at 68
May 15 Perry Lederman, folk singer, dies at 52
May 16 Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer and actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
May 17 Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, South African singer (Manhattan Brothers) and actor, dies at 72
May 18 Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer & actor (Witness), dies at 45

May 18 André-François Marescotti, Swiss organist & composer, dies at 93
May 18 Gordon Reynolds, English organist & master of the Choristers at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, dies at 74
May 23 Keith Humble, Australian composer, dies at 67
May 23 Mick Pyne, British touring and session jazz pianist (Tubby Hayes; Georgie Fame: Charlie Watts), dies at 54
May 25 Dick Curless, American country music singer-songwriter (A Tombstone Every Mile), dies of stomach cancer at 63
May 26 Ron Weatherburn, British jazz pianist, dies at 61
May 27 C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at 64
May 27 László Kalmár, Hungarian composer (Triangles), dies at 63
May 27 Ulysses Kay, American neoclassical composer (Of New Horizons: Overture), dies of Parkinson's disease complications at 78
May 28 Henning Kronstam, Danish dancer, dies at 60
May 31 Pavel Sivic, Slovenian composer, dies at 87