- May 4 Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
May 5 Columbia Records releases "There Goes Rhymin' Simon", the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features songs "Loves Me Like a Rock", "Kodachrome", and "American Tune"
#1 in the Charts
May 17 Stevie Wonder releases the music single "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life", goes to #1 and wins him a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- May 19 "Smith" opens at Eden Theater, NYC: runs for 17 performances
- May 19 Sentimental ballad "Daisy A Day" by Jud Strunk hits #14
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
May 20 Galt MacDermot and John Guare's musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", starring Clifton Davis and Raul Julia, closes at St James Theater, NYC, after 614 performances and 2 Tony Award wins
Give Me Love
May 25 George Harrison releases single "Give Me Love" in UK
- May 26 "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15
- May 26 "Super Fly Meets Shaft" by John & Ernest hits #31
- May 26 Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970" album (the blue one) goes #1
- May 26 British composer Michael Tippett's 3rd Piano Sonata premieres
- May 30 George Harrison releases his fourth studio album "Living in the Material World" in the US
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