Birthdays in Music on 5th May

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1657 - Jacques Danican Philidor, composer
1680 - Giuseppe Porsile, composer
1715 - Daniel Dal Barba, composer
1749 - Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer
1819 - Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
1842 - Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer
1846 - Federico Chueca, composer
1848 - Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer
1854 - Antonio Smareglia, composer
1865 - Felicjan Szopski, composer
1867 - Thomas Tertius Noble, composer
1869 - Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
1871 - Alberto Cametti, composer
1883 - Leopold Samuel, composer
1883 - Petar Konjovic, composer
1886 - Manuel Borguno, composer
1900 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt)
1901 - Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist (d. 1959)
1907 - Yoritsune Matsudaira, composer
1916 - Mutal' Burkhanov, composer
1918 - Erbie Bowser, pianist
1921 - Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters)
1922 - Phil Gordon, Meridian Miss, singer/actor (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies)
1924 - Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master
1927 - Charles Rosen, NYC, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms)
1932 - Aurel Stroe, composer
1934 - Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
1936 - Patrick Gowers, British composer
1938 - Johnnie Taylor, Crawfordsville, Arkansas, R&B and multi-genre singer (Disco Lady, I Believe in You), (d. 2000)
Country singer Tammy WynetteCountry singer Tammy Wynette (1942)
1942 - Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh], Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man), (d. 1998)
1943 - Raphael, Spanish singer
1945 - Jiri Svoboda, composer (Accumulator 1)
1945 - Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)
1948 - Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath)
1948 - Frank Esier-Smith, rocker
1950 - Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
1950 - Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress
1951 - Rex Goh, rock guitarist (Air Supply)
1952 - Louis Cortelezzi, rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille)
1954 - Angelo Kimball, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
1956 - Dick Kemper, Amsterdam Neth, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg)
1957 - Thereza Bazaar, rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me)
1959 - Ian McCullough, rock vocalist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
1962 - Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
1963 - James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
1964 - Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums)
1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
1971 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
Singer-songwriter Craig DavidSinger-songwriter Craig David (1981)
1981 - Craig David, Southhampton England, English singer (7 Days, Insomnia)
1982 - Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer
1984 - Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
1984 - Eve Torres, American dancer and model
1985 - Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
1987 - Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer
1988 - Brooke Hogan, American singer
1988 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
1988 - Adele, English singer
1989 - Chris Brown, American singer

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