Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/May 5

• Jack Walrath, American trumpeter, turns 79.
• Bill Ward, British musician and original drummer for Black Sabbath, turns 77.
• Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer formerly of Megadeth and currently of Act of Defiance, turns 59.
• Craig David, Brit pop music singer, turns 44.
• Adele, (born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins) English jazz and soul singer, turns 37.
• Chris Brown, (born Christopher Maurice Brown) American urban music vocalist, turns 36.

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• Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 –April 6, 1998), (born Virginia Wynette Pugh) American country singer, would have turned 83 this year.
• Stanley Cowell (May 5, 1941 –December 17, 2020), American jazz pianist, would have turned 84 this year.
• Johnnie Taylor (May 5, 1934 –May 31, 2000), American singer, would have turned 91 this year.
• Cal Collins (May 5, 1933 –August 27, 2001), (born Calvin Collins) American jazz guitarist, would have turned 92 this year.
• Joyce Collins (May 5, 1930 –January 03, 2010), American pianist, would have turned 95 this year.
• Numa Smith "Pee Wee" Moore (May 5, 1928 –April 13, 2009), American baritone saxophonist, would have turned 97 this year.
• Sonny Parker (May 5, 1925 –February 07, 1957), American blues singer, would have turned 100 this year.
• Monica Lewis (May 5, 1922 –June 12, 2015), American actress and singer, would have turned 103 this year.
• Pete Daily (May 5, 1911 –August 24, 1986), American cornetist, would have turned 114 this year.
• Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 –February 17, 1969), American big band-era drummer, would have turned 126 this year.
• Vic Berton (May 5, 1896 –December 26, 1951), American bandleader and percussionist, would have turned 129 this year.