Musicians Born in May 1938

May 10 Henry Fambrough, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2023 - "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?"; "The Rubberband Man"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2024) [1] [2]
May 10 Maxim Shostakovich, Russian-American pianist and conductor, born in Leningrad, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
May 10 Philip Gordon Winsor, American composer, born in Morris, Illinois (d. 2012)
May 11 Bruce Langhorne, American session and touring folk guitarist and tambourine man, born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 2017)
May 11 Harvey Sollberger, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
May 15 Lenny Welch, American singer (Since I Fell for You), born in New York
May 17 Pervis Jackson, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2008 - "Games People Play"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2008)
May 19 [Brian Keith] Herbie Flowers, English bassist and session musician (Lou Reed, Harry Nilsson, T-Rex), born in Isleworth, England
May 20 Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer, helped establish The Beatles image, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2020)
May 20 Marinella [Kyriaki Papadopoulou], Greek pop, folk, and rebetiko singer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
May 21 (Henry) Lee "Shot" Williams, American blues singer ("I Like Your Style"), born in Mississippi (d. 2011)
May 22 Alain Gagnon, Canadian composer (Chansons d'Orient), and music educator (Université Laval, 1967-2008), born in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec (d. 2017)
May 24 Prince Buster [Cecil Bustamente Campbell], Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer ("Al Capone"; "Madness", "Whine and Grine"), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2016)
May 26 Jaki Liebesit, German drummer (Can), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2017)
May 26 Teresa Stratas [Anastasia Stratakis], Canadian operatic soprano (Salome), born in Toronto, Ontario
May 26 William Bolcom, American pianist and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Oracles), born in Seattle, Washington
May 28 Prince Buster [Cecil Bustamente Campbell], Jamaican-born reggae musician and producer (Madness), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2016)
May 30 Lone Koppel, Danish operatic soprano (Danish Royal Theatre, 1962-93) and avant garde rock singer (Savage Garden), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
May 31 Johnny Paycheck [Donald Lytle], American country singer ("Take This Job and Shove It"), born in Greenfield, Ohio (d. 2003)
May 31 Peter Yarrow, American folk singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul & Mary - "Puff (The Magic Dragon)"), born in New York City

About May 1938

How Old? 85 or 86 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Signs: Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20), Gemini (May 21 - Jun 20)