May 2003 in Music History

Events in Music

Academy of Country Music Awards

May 21 38th Academy of Country Music Awards: Toby Keith, Martina McBride & Kenny Chesney win

May 24 48th Eurovision Song Contest: Sertab Erener for Turkey wins singing "Everyway That I Can" in Riga

Music Concert

May 24 Paul McCartney performs in his first-ever concert in Russia, in Moscow's Red Square, to a crowd of over 100,000 people

Birthdays in Music

May 19 JoJo Siwa, American dancer, singer and YouTube personality, born in Omaha, Nebraska

Weddings in Music

May 10 "Broadway" singer-actress Carol Channing (82) weds Harry Kullijian at Big Valley Grace Community Church in Modesto, California

Deaths in Music

May 2 George Wyle [Bernard Weissman], American composer ("The Ballad of Gilligan's Island"; "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"), and orchestra leader (The Flip Wilson Show), dies at 87
May 5 David Lewin, American composer, dies at 69
May 11 Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Purple Haze"), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 57

June Carter Cash (1929-2003)

May 15 American Grammy Award-winning country singer (The Carter Family; Johnny Cash Show), songwriter ("Ring Of Fire"), and actress, dies from complications after heart valve replacement surgery at 73

May 23 Csaba Szabo. Hungarian composer, dies at 67
May 23 Edward Boguslawski, Polish composer, dies at 62
May 25 Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta), dies of a heroin overdose at 27
May 27 Luciano Berio, Italian composer (Chemins), dies at 77
May 28 Janet Collins, American ballerina, choreographer, and teacher, dies at 86
May 30 Mickie Most [Michael Hayes], British record producer (Herman's Hermits; The Nashville Teens; Donovan; Lulu), dies of stomach cancer at 64