Events in Music
Music Awards
May 18 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, and Carrie Underwood win
Carrie Underwood
Brad Paisley
- May 24 53rd Eurovision Song Contest: Dima Bilan for Russia wins singing "Believe" in Belgrade
Weddings in Music
- May 17 Singer-songwriter and actress Ashlee Simpson (23) weds rock band Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz (28) in Encino, California
Deaths in Music
- May 3 Uroš Krek, Slovenian composer, dies at 85
- May 5 Thomas Boggs, American rock drummer (Box Tops), dies at 63
- May 5 Jerry Wallace, American country and pop singer ("Primrose Lane"; "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry"), dies of heart failure at 79
- May 8 Eddy Arnold, American Country music singer, dies at 89
- May 10 Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
- May 11 Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer, dies at 74
- May 11 John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush), dies at 55
- May 15 Alexander Courage, American composer of original Star Trek theme, dies at 88
- May 16 Wilfrid Howard Mellers, English musicologist and composer (François Couperin and the French Classical Tradition), dies at 94
- May 25 David Gahr, American photographer noted for his work with folk, jazz and rock musicians (Time Magazine; Folkways albums), dies at 85 [1]
- May 28 Dennis Moss, British jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 80