Entertainment Music May Birthdays Share PINTEREST Email Print Hulton Archive / Stringer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Music Rock Music Top Artists Top Picks Holiday Music Pop Music Alternative Music Classical Music Country Music Folk Music Rap & Hip Hop Rhythm & Blues World Music Punk Music Heavy Metal Jazz Latin Music Oldies Learn More By Dave White Dave White is a longtime radio DJ and music journalist who covered classic rock for more than four decades. our editorial process Dave White Updated March 17, 2017 May 1 Judy Collins - 1939Rita Coolidge - 1945Nick Fortuna - The Buckinghams - 1946 May 2 Link Wray - 1929Bunk Gardner - Mothers of Invention - 1933Bob Henrit - The Kinks, Argent - 1944Goldy McJohn - Steppenwolf - 1945Lou Gramm - Foreigner - 1950John Glascock - Jethro Tull - 1951Prescott Niles - The Knack - 1954Jo Callis - The Human League - 1955 May 3 Pete Seeger - 1919James Brown - 1933Peter Staples - The Troggs - 1944Bruce Hall - REO Speedwagon - 1953 May 4 David LaFlamme - It's A Beautiful Day - 1941Ronnie Bond - The Troggs - 1943George Wadenius - Blood, Sweat & Tears - 1945 May 5 Bill Ward - Black Sabbath - 1948Ian McCulloch - Echo and the Bunnymen - 1959Kevin Mooney - Adam and the Ants - 1962 May 6 Colin Earl - Foghat, Mungo Jerry - 1942Bob Seger - 1945Robbie McIntosh - Average White Band - 1950 May 7 Ray Monette - Rare Earth - 1946Jerry Nolan - New York Dolls, Heartbreakers - 1946Bill Kretzmann - Grateful Dead - 1946Prairie Prince - The Tubes, Journey, New Cars - 1950 May 8 Paul Samwell-Smith - Yardbirds - 1943Alex Van Halen - Van Halen - 1953Gary Glitter - 1944 May 9 Billy Joel - 1949Tom Petersson - Cheap Trick - 1950Richie Furay - Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Souther Hillman Furay Band - 1944 May 10 Donovan - 1946Jay Ferguson - Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne - 1947Sid Vicious - Sex Pistols - 1957Bono - U2 - 1960Dave Mason - Traffic - 1946 May 11 Eric Burdon - The Animals, War - 1941Butch Trucks - Allman Brothers Band - 1947 May 12 Ian McLagan - Faces - 1945Steve Winwood - Traffic, Blind Faith, Spencer Davis Group - 1948Billy Squier - 1950 May 13 Ritchie Valens - 1941Magic Dick - J. Geils Band - 1945Pete "Overend" Watts - Mott the Hoople - 1947Danny Kirwan - Fleetwood Mac - 1950 May 14 Jack Bruce - Cream - 1943Gene Cornish - Young Rascals - 1946David Byrne - Talking Heads - 1952Ian Astbury - The Cult - 1962 May 15 Graham Goble - Little River Band - 1947Brian Eno - Roxy Music - 1948Gary Thain - Uriah Heep - 1948Dennis Frederickson - Toto - 1951Mike Oldfield - 1953 May 16 Roger Earl - Foghat, Savoy Brown - 1946Robert Fripp - King Crimson - 1946Darrell Sweet - Nazareth - 1947 May 17 Malcolm Hale - Spanky & Our Gang - 1941Roy Adams - Climax Blues Band - 1952Bill Bruford - Yes, King Crimson - 1949Paul Di'Anno - Iron Maiden - 1959 May 18 Rick Wakeman - Yes, Strawbs - 1949Bill Wallace - The Guess Who - 1949 May 19 Pete Townshend - The Who - 1945Greg Herbert - Blood, Sweat, and Tears - 1947Jerry Hyman - Blood, Sweat, and Tears - 1947Steve Currie - T Rex - 1947Dusty Hill - ZZ Top - 1949Phil Rudd - AC/DC - 1954Martyn Ware - The Human League - 1956 May 20 Joe Cocker - 1944Jimmy Henderson - Black Oak Arkansas - 1954Jane Wiedlin - Go-Go's - 1958 May 21 Hilton Valentine - The Animals - 1943Vincent Crane - Atomic Rooster, Crazy World of Arthur Brown - 1943Bill Champlin - Sons of Champlin, Chicago - 1947Stan Lynch - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 1955 May 22 Bernie Taupin - 1950 May 23 Danny Klein - J. Geils Band - 1946Bill Hunt - Electric Light Orchestra - 1947Rick Fenn - 10cc - 1953 May 24 Bob Dylan - 1941Steve Upton - Wishbone Ash - 1946 May 25 Blinky Davison - The Nice - 1942Klaus Meine - Scorpions - 1948Robby Steinhardt - Kansas - 1950John Grimaldi - Argent - 1955 May 26 Levon Helm - The Band - 1940Verden Allen - Mott the Hoople - 1945Garry Peterson - The Guess Who - 1945Stevie Nicks - Fleetwood Mac - 1948 May 27 Pete Sears - Jefferson Starship - 1948Siouxsie Sioux - Siouxsie & the Banshees - 1957 May 28 Papa John Creech - Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Hot Tuna - 1917John Fogerty - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1945Wendy O. Williams - Plasmatics - 1949Eddie Jobson - Roxy Music - 1955John McGeoch - Siouxsie & the Banshees - 1955 May 29 Gary Brooker - Procol Harum - 1945 May 31 Junior Campbell - Marmalade - 1946John Bonham - Led Zeppelin - 1948