May 5

Events

 * 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.



Births

 * 1869 – Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
 * 1901 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)
 * 1908 – Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
 * 1934 – Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
 * 1936 – Patrick Gowers, British composer
 * 1937 – Johnnie Taylor, American singer (d. 2000)
 * 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, British Electronic Music composer (d. 2001)
 * 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
 * 1943 – Raphael, Spanish singer
 * 1948 – Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath)
 * 1950 – Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer
 * 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer of Echo & the Bunnymen
 * 1962 – Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
 * 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
 * 1971 – David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
 * 1972 – Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad)
 * 1973 – Erik Kowalski, American IDM composer behind Casino Versus Japan
 * 1976 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American Musician (d. 2003)
 * 1981 – Craig David, English singer
 * 1984 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
 * 1987 – Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer
 * 1988 – Brooke Hogan, American singer
 * 1988 – Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * 1988 – Adele, English singer
 * 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer and actor