Musicians Born on May 10

Fred Astaire (1899-1987)

American stage and screen tap dancer, singer ("Night And Day"; "Cheek To Cheek"; "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"), and actor (Royal Wedding; Easter Parade; Swingtime), born in Omaha, Nebraska

1905 Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter, born in Ano Syros, Greece (d. 1972)
1907 (Walter) "Pee Wee" Hunt, American jazz trombonist (Casa Loma Orchestra, 1929-43; "Twelfth Street Rag", "Oh!"), and bandleader, born in Mount Healthy, Ohio (d. 1979)
1907 Harilaos Perpessas, Greek composer (Christus Symphony; The Infinite Bliss), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2005)

Maybelle Carter (1909-1978)

American country singer (Johnny Cash Show), born in Nickelsville, Virginia

1912 Erik Jorgensen, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2005)
1915 Bert van Dongen [Albert Cohen], Dutch singer, impressionist and actor (Het meisje met den blauwen hoed), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982)
1916 Milton Babbitt, American mathematician, composer of serial and electronic music (Correspondences), and teacher (Princeton; Juilliard), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
1919 Tibor Sarai, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1995)
1920 Bert Weedon, English guitar player ("Play in a Day" books), born in London (d. 2012)
1931 Yūzō Toyama, Japanese composer and conductor, born in Tokyo, Japan
1935 Larry Williams, American R&B singer-songwriter ("Dizzy, Miss Lizzie"; "Slow Down"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1980)
1937 Mike Melvoin, American jazz and studio pianist, composer, and arranger, born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (d. 2012)
1938 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]
1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Russian-American pianist and conductor, born in Leningrad, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
1938 Philip Gordon Winsor, American composer, born in Morris, Illinois (d. 2012)
1940 Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me"), whose songs were covered by The Beatles ("Anna"), The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), and Bob Dylan ("Sally Sue Brown"), born in Sheffield, Alabama (d. 1993) [1] [2]
1942 Bill Coday, American musician and singer (You’re Gonna Want Me), born in Coldwater, Mississippi (d. 2008)
1942 Ingram Douglass Marshall, American composer (Alcatraz; Fragility Cycles), born in Mount Vernon, New York
1943 Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer (artistic director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1944 Jackie Lomax, British singer-songwriter (Is This What You Want?; Sour Milk Sea), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2013)
1946 Dave Mason, British guitarist and singer-songwriter ("We Just Disagree"), born in Worcester, England

Donovan (77 years old)

1946 Scottish guitarist and singer-songwriter ("Sunshine Superman"; "Mellow Yellow"; "Season Of The Witch"), born in Glasgow, Scotland

1946 Graham Gouldman, English bassist and singer-songwriter (10cc), born in Manchester, England
1947 Jay Ferguson, American rocker (Spirit - "Thunder Island";"I Got A Line on You") and composer (theme for The Office), born in Burbank, California
1949 Nolan Porter, American R&B singer-songwriter ("Keep On Keeping On"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
1951 Ron Banks, American R&B singer and songwriter (Dramatics - "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2010)
1952 Bob Glaub, American session and touring bass player (Jackson Browne; Nicolette Larson, Warren Zevon; Linda Ronstadt; John Fogerty), born in Los Angeles, California
1952 Kikki Danielsson, Swedish pop and country singer, yodeler, and accordion player, born in Osby, Sweden
1952 Lee Brilleaux, British musician (Dr Feelgood), born in Durban, South Africa
1952 Sly Dunbar, Jamaican reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1953 Alex Foster, American jazz and session saxophonist (SNL Band; Mingus Big Band), born in Oakland, California
1953 Steve Thomas, American drummer (Shooting Star - "Summer Sun"), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1955 Mbongeni Ngema, South African playwright, lyricist, composer, and theatre producer (Sarafina!), born in Verulam, South Africa (d. 2023) [1]
1956 Bakithi Kumalo, South African session and touring bassist, and composer (Paul Simon - "Graceland"; "Call Me Al"; Mickey Hart's Planet Drum; Harry Belafonte), born in Alexandra, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sid Vicious (1957-1979)

English musician and bassist (Sex Pistols), born in London

Bono (63 years old)

1960 Irish rock singer and lyricist (U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"; "Desire"; "Beautiful Day"; "One"), born in Dublin, Ireland

1961 Danny Carey, American drummer (Tool), born in Lawrence, Kansas
1962 Gary Daly, British new wave rock keyboardist and singer (China Crisis - Wishful Thinking), born in Kirkby, Merseyside, England
1967 Young MC [Marvin Young], British American rapper (Bust a Move), born in London, England
1970 Craig Mack, American rapper (Flava In Ya Ear), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2018)
1970 Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist, born in Caracas, Venezuala
1970 Perry Blake, Irish singer-songwriter (The Hunchback of San Francisco), born in Sligo, Ireland
1976 Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Mogwai, born in South Lanarkshire, Scotland)
1976 Udo Mechels, Belgian singer (Isn't It Time), born in Brussels, Belgium**-
1979 Lee Hyori, South Korean R&B and K-pop singer, born in Cheongwon, South Korea
1991 Kenny Beats [Blume], American hip-hop record producer and songwriter, born in Greenwich, Connecticut
1993 Jake Zyrus [Charice Pempengco], Filipino pop and R&B singer, born in Cabuyao, Philippines