Musicians Born on May 26

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927)

American free form/interpretative dancer, born in San Francisco, California

1883 Mamie Smith, American vaudeville singer, dancer and actress (Crazy Blues), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1946)

Al Jolson (1886-1950)

American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee), born in Seredžius, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire

1893 Eugene Goossens, British conductor and composer (Perseus), born in London, England (d. 1962)
1898 Ernst Bacon, American composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
1898 Gérard Bertouille, Belgian composer, born in Tournai, Belgium (d. 1981)
1904 George Formby, British singer and comedian, born in Wigan, Lancashire, England (d. 1961)
1904 Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 2002)
1905 Hans Holewa, Austrian-born Swedish composer, born in Vienna (d. 1991)
1908 Vera Van [Webster], American radio and dance band singer, born in Marion, Ohio (d. 2006)
1914 Ziggy Elman [Harry Finkelman], American big band jazz trumpeter (Benny Goodman; Tommy Dorsey), bandleader, and klezmer musician, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
1916 Moondog [Louis Thomas Hardin], American composer, musician and poet, born in Marysville, Kansas (d. 1999)

Peggy Lee (1920-2002)

American singer ("Fever"; "Is That All There Is?"), songwriter ("Mañana"), and actress (Pete Kelly's Blues; Lady and the Tramp), born in Jamestown, North Dakota

1926 Joseph Horovitz, British composer (Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo; Euphonium Concerto; Rumpole of the Bailey), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2022)
1926 Maria de Lourdes Martins, Portuguese pianist and composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2009)

Miles Davis (1926-1991)

American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (Kinda Blue; Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet; Sketches of Spain), born in Alton, Illinois

1932 Alvin Ing, American stage and screen singer and actor (Flower Drum Song), born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaiʻi (d. 2021)
1937 Yehuda Yannay, Romanian-Israeli-American composer (Exit Music at Century's End), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1970-2004), born in Timișoara, Romania
1938 Jaki Liebesit, German drummer (Can), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2017)
1938 Teresa Stratas [Anastasia Stratakis], Canadian operatic soprano (Salome), born in Toronto, Ontario
1938 William Bolcom, American pianist and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Oracles), born in Seattle, Washington
1940 Levon Helm, American drummer and singer (The Band - "Up On Cripple Creek"; "The Weight"), and actor (Coal Miner's Daughter; The Right Stuff), born in Elaine, Arkansas (d. 2012)
1941 Art Sharp, British rock singer (Nashville Teens - "Tobacco Road"), born in Woking, Surrey, England
1941 Imants Kalniņš, Latvian classical, choral and rock composer ("Hey, You There!"), born in Riga, Latvian SSR
1941 John Maxwell Geddes, Scottish composer and pedagogue, born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2017)
1942 Ray Ennis, British rock guitarist (Swinging Blue Jeans - "You're No Good"), born in Huyton, England
1943 John "Poli" Palmer, British Progressive rock keyboardist, and vibraphone player (Family -"In My Own Time"), born in Worcester, England
1944 (Terence) Verden Allen, Welsh rock keyboardist (Mott the Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), born in Crynant, Neath, Wales
1945 Garry Peterson, Canadian drummer (Guess Who - "American Woman"; "No Sugar Tonight"), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1946 Mick Ronson, English rock guitarist and producer (Mott the Hoople; The Spiders From Mars), born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 1993)

Stevie Nicks (75 years old)

1948 American rock singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Rhiannon"; "Landslide"; Bella Donna - "Edge Of Seventeen"), born in Phoenix, Arizona

Hank Williams Jr (74 years old)

1949 Jr, American country singer-songwriter ("All My Rowdy Friends"; "Honky Tonkin'": "There's A Tear In My Beer"), born in Shreveport, Louisiana

1952 David Meece, American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, and piano player, born in Humble, Texas
1957 Kristina Olsen, American folk singer-songwriter ("I'm Keeping This Life of Mine"), and session musician, born in San Francisco, California
1959 Steve Hanley, English rock bassist (The Fall; Tom Hingley and the Lovers; Brix & the Extricated), born in Dublin, Ireland
1959 Wayne Hussey, English rock singer and guitarist (Mission - "Lover for Life"), born in Bristol, England
1962 Colin Vearncombe, British singer-songwriter (Black - "Wonderful Life"), born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England (d. 2016)

Lenny Kravitz (59 years old)

1964 American musician who holds the record for most Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (1999-2002), born in Manhattan, New York

1967 Kristen Pfaff, American rock bassist (Hole, 1993-94), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
1972 Alan Victor White, British rock drummer (Oasis, 1995-2004 - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), born in Lewisham, London, England

Lauryn Hill (48 years old)

1975 American singer-songwriter (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill), born in East Orange, New Jersey

1976 Justin Pierre, American punk-pop singer and guitarist (Motion City Soundtrack), born in Mahtomedi, Minnesota
1977 Mark Hunter, American heavy metal vocalist (Chimaira), born in Parma Heights, Ohio
1978 Jaheim [Hoagland], American R&B singer ("Put That Woman First"), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
1978 Phil Elverum (né Elvrum), American singer-songwriter (The Microphones), born in Anacortes, Washington
1981 Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian pop singer (Eurovision), born in Haapsalu, Estonia
1981 Irini Merkouri, Greek-Romani pop and laïka singer, born in Ilion, Greece
1981 Isaac Sladen, American vocalist, pianist, and songwriter (The Fray - "How To Save A Life"; "You Found Me"), born in Boulder, Colorado
1996 J Hus [Momodou Lamin Jallow], English rapper and singer (Beautiful and Brutal Yard), born in London, England