May 12
- 1942: Birth of Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Blockheads and Kilburn and the High Roads)
- 1942: Birth of Michel Fugain, French singer-songwriter
- 1942: Birth of Billy Swan, American singer-songwriter
- 1944: Birth of Brian Kay, English singer, conductor, and radio host (The King's Singers)
- 1945: Birth of Ian McLagan, English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Small Faces, Faces, and The New Barbarians)
- 1948: Birth of Steve Winwood, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith)
- 1950: Birth of Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1955: Birth of Kix Brooks, American singer-songwriter
- 1958: Birth of Eric Singer, American drummer and songwriter (Kiss, Avantasia, Badlands, and Eric Singer Project)
- 1961: Birth of Billy Duffy, English guitarist and songwriter (The Cult, Theatre of Hate, and The Nosebleeds)
- 1973: Birth of Kendra Kassebaum, American actress and singer