Born: May 19, 1894

Died: May 23, 1975

Hugely successful stand-up comedienne from the vaudeville era with 17 charting albums in the 60s and one hit, a cover of "Abraham, Martin And John" (#35, R&B #18, 1969), for a time making her the oldest living person to have a Billboard Top 40 hit, died from heart failure on 5/23/1975, age 82

Born: May 19, 1932

Died: October 26, 1966

50s and early 60s rising star Brit traditional pop female vocalist, "Dreamboat" (UK #1, 1955) plus 20 other UK Top 40 hits, died of stomach cancer on 10/26/1966, age 34

Born: May 19, 1940

Died: September 29, 2002

Prolific country music songwriter with dozens of hit songs performed by others, including Top 20 songs on four charts simultaneously, "Here Comes the Rain, Baby" (Eddy Arnold, Country #4, 1968), "Sweet Memories" (Andy Williams, Easy Listening #4, 1968), "Time Is A Thief" (Solomon Burke, R&B #15, 1968) and "Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Pop #5, 1968), plus a solo hit single "An American Trilogy" (#26, 1972), died 9/29/2002, age 62

Born: May 19, 1945

Died: 0000-00-00

Guitarist, songwriter, rock opera composer and vocalist for Brit rock 'n' roll The Who, "I Can See For Miles" (#9, 1967) and 14 other US Top 40 singles, rock opera albums Tommy (1969) and Quadrophenia (1973), Grammy-winning solo career, "Face The Face" (#26, Mainstream Rock #3, 1985)

Born: May 19, 1947

Died: 0000-00-00

Trombonist for jazz-rock/pop-rock horn band Blood, Sweat & Tears, "Spinning Wheel" (#2, 1969)

Born: May 19, 1947

Died: 0000-00-00

Irish folk-pop singer/songwriter and guitarist with The Johnstons and Planxty, then long solo career, "Nobody Knows" (1990)

Born: May 19, 1947

Died: January 31, 1978

Alto saxophone for jazz-rock/pop-rock fusion band Blood, Sweat & Tears, "Spinning Wheel" (#2, 1969), died of a drug overdose on 1/31/1978, age 30

Born: May 19, 1947

Died: April 28, 1981

Bassist for proto-glam-rock T. Rex, "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" (#10, 1971), sessions, died in a car crash on 4/28/1981, age 33

Born: May 19, 1948

Died: 0000-00-00

Grammy-winning jazz-pop-rock multi-reedist, composer, session musician and bandleader, co-founder of the Blues Brothers Band and jazz-rock The L. A. Express, which backed Joni Mitchell, Carole King, George Harrison and others, solo "Tom Cat" (R&B #93, 1975), composer of film soundtracks and TV shows, including the theme song for Starsky And Hutch

Born: May 19, 1948

Died: March 27, 2013

Music journalist and writer, founder and editor of college-rag turned national publication Crawdaddy, the first journal entirely devoted to in-depth commentary about rock music and the career-starter for a generation of rock writers and critics, also wrote articles for Rolling Stone and other rock publications and some two dozen books on a variety of subjects, including three about Bob Dylan, suffered brain trauma in a 1995 bicycle accident and died from complications of resulting dementia on 3/27/2013, age 64.

Born: May 19, 1949

Died: July 28, 2021

Founding member and five-decade bassist, vocalist and occasional keyboardist for venerable Texas blues/boogie rock trio ZZ Top, sang lead on the band's first Top 20 hit, "Tush" (#20, 1975) and played in the band for every live show from 1970 through July 2021 when multiple, decades-long health issues forced an early retirement from touring, died at home from undisclosed causes on 7/28/2021, age 72.

Born: May 19, 1950

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist for Brit prog/avant-garde rock Curved Air, "Back Street Luv" (UK #4, 1974)

Born: May 19, 1950

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer for Brit rock 'n' roll revival Showaddywaddy, "Under The Moon Of Love" (UK #1, 1976) and over 20 other UK Top 40 singles

Born: May 19, 1951

Died: April 15, 2001

Cultural icon, lead vocals and songwriter for seminal punk rock band The Ramones, "Rockaway Beach" (#66, 1978), died from lymphatic cancer on 4/15/2001, age 49

Born: May 19, 1952

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals for 70s R&B/soul-funk-disco B.T. Express, "Do It ('Til Your Satisfied)" (#2, R&B #1, 1974)

Born: May 19, 1952

Died: 0000-00-00

Severely androgynous "Queen of the Gay Discos" and R&B/dance-pop-disco diva, "Pull Up To The Bumper" (R&B #5, Dance/Club #2, 1981), actress

Born: May 19, 1954

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer for Aussie power chord hard rockers AC/DC, "For Those About To Rock" (Mainstream Rock #4, 1982), left in 1983

Born: May 19, 1956

Died: 0000-00-00

Founding member of late-70s synth-pop pioneers The Human League, "Don't You Want Me" (#1, 1981), left to form 80s synth-pop Heaven 17, "Temptation" (UK #2, 1983) and "Contenders" (Dance/Club #6, 1987)

Born: May 19, 1962

Died: 0000-00-00

Founder, guitarist and songwriter for pop and country-rock Del Amitri, "Roll To Me" (#10, 1995)

Born: May 19, 1963

Died: 0000-00-00

Brit dance-pop singer often credited as Yazz And The Plastic Population, "The Only Way Is Up" (#96, Dance/Club #2, 1988)

Born: May 19, 1965

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals for Brit teen-pop blue-eyed soul Curiosity Killed The Cat, "Down To Earth" (UK #3, 1986)

Born: May 19, 1968

Died: 0000-00-00

With brother Phil, Brit electronic dance music duo Orbital, "The Box" (UK #11, 1996)

Born: May 19, 1970

Died: June 07, 2010

Original drummer for Welsh alt rock/trad rock Stereophonics, "Have A Nice Day" (Modern Rock #26, UK #5, 2001), left in 2003 and hosted cable TV show in Wales and BBC Radio Wales, choked to death on 6/7/2010

Born: May 19, 1972

Died: 0000-00-00

Singer and songwriter for Swedish pop-rockers Ace Of Base, "All That She Wants" (#2, 1993)

Born: May 19, 1992

Died: 0000-00-00

Four-time Grammy-winning R&B/pop singer with the 2014 Song of the Year, "Stay With Me" (#2, UK #1, 2014)

Born: May 19, 1949

Died: September 19, 2019

English hard rock guitarist and songwriter with a long resume, including co-founder of late-60s pop-rock The Entire Sioux Nation and original member of heavy metal trio Motörhead during 1975, in between played with ex-T. Rex percussionist Steve Took's Shagrat, Blodwyn Pig, briefly with start-up UFO and the first incarnation of power pop/proto-punk Pink Fairies, after Motörhead wrote and recorded the punk classic "Police Car" in 1977 and became an in-house writer and producer for Stiff Records into the 80s, played in various collaborations before rejoining the Pink Fairies in 1987, released three albums with The Deviants and wrote for Dr. Feelgood in the 90s, continued working alongside other top names in British rock through to the 10s and in 2017 issued The Sound Of Speed, a collection of rare and unreleased tracks, died from undisclosed causes on 9/19/2019, age 70.

Born: May 19, 1938

Died: September 05, 2024

Legendary session bass guitarist and founding member of 70s Brit prop-rock Blue Mink and six UK Top 20 hits, including “The Banner Man” (UK #3, 1970), despite the band’s success continued to work sessions and played on over 500 rock and pop recordings by a litany of top artists in the 70s, including the bass line on Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side” (#16, UK #10, 1972), played in the final line-up of glam-rock T. Rex in the late 70s and formed instrumental jazz-fusion Sky in 1979, continued session work and numerous music projects, mostly in jazz and fusion, through to his death from undisclosed causes on 9/5/2024, age 86.