May 10

Events


 * 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.

Births


 * 1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (d. 1836)
 * 1863 – Upendrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter and composer (d. 1915)
 * 1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971)
 * 1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972)
 * 1909 – Maybelle Carter, American musician (d. 1978)
 * 1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer
 * 1930 – Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
 * 1946 – Donovan, Scottish musician
 * 1946 – Graham Gouldman, British musician and songwriter (10cc)
 * 1946 – Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic)
 * 1946 – Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and musical theorist
 * 1947 – Jay Ferguson, American musician and composer
 * 1952 – Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
 * 1957 – Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
 * 1960 – Bono, Irish singer (U2)
 * 1961 – Danny Carey, American drummer (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
 * 1967 – Young MC, American rapper
 * 1970 – Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter
 * 1970 – Craig Mack, American rapper
 * 1973 – Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer/songwriter (Blackfield)
 * 1975 – Shin Jung-hwan, Korean singer
 * 1976 – Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
 * 1976 – Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
 * 1977 – Denise Ho, Hong Kong singer
 * 1977 – Keith Murray, American singer (We Are Scientists)
 * 1979 – Lee Hyori, South Korean singer
 * 1992 – Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer