May 11
- 1943: Birth of Les Chadwick (John Leslie Chadwick) member of Gerry and The Pacemakers
- 1962: Release (UK) of Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
- 1981: Death of Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
- 2003: Death of Noel Redding (Noel David Redding) member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Road, Fat Mattress en The Noel Redding Band