May 6th

Pop Evil

half•alive

They Might Be Giants

Hootie and The Blowfish

Fastball

Judith Hill

Taking Back Sunday

Chris Shiflett

Patent Pending

Haley Mae Campbell

Protest The Hero

Quinn XCII

Andrew Allen

Lisa Lavie

Mary MacGregor

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Cliff Carlisle

Bob Seger

The Cleftones

Bobby Bazini

Musical Birthday Notes – May 6th

• Cliff Carlisle – country/blues singer/songwriter/steel guitar – songs include – Tom Cat Blues – Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Back – Memphis Yodel – (5/6/1903 – 4/5/1983)
• Denny Wright – British jazz guitarist/piano/session musician/band leader – associated acts include – Ella Fitzgerald – Lonnie Donegan – Johnny Duncan – (5/6/1924 – 2/8/1992)
• Leon Hughes – multi award winning doo-wop singer – best known an original member of – The Coasters – 2014 Doo Wop Music Hall of Fame – groups hits include – Down In Mexico – Searchin’ – Youngblood – (5/6/1932 – 3/1/2023)
• Herbie Cox – doo-wop/R&B/soul singer – The Cleftones – group songs include – Can’t We Be Sweethearts – Little Girl Of Mine – (5/6/1939 – 12/8/2019)
• Colin Earl – English keyboardist – associated acts include – Mungo Jerry – Foghat – 1942
• Bob Seger – singer/songwriter/musician – hits include – Turn The Page – Old Time Rock & Roll – Against The Wind – Night Moves – 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame – 1945
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore – country singer/songwriter/guitar/actor/producer – associated acts include – The Flatlanders – 1945
• Mary MacGregor – pop singer – best known for the 1976 hit – Torn Between Two Lovers – 1948
• Robbie McIntosh – drummer – Average White Band – associated acts include – The Senate – Herbie Mann – Chuck Berry – (5/6/1950 – 9/23/1974)
• Davey Johnstone – British rock guitarist/vocalist – best known with – Elton John – solo artist – 1951
• Bones Hillman (Wayne Stevens) – New Zealand bassist – best known with – Midnight Oil – group hits include – Beds Are Burning – Blue Sky Mine – (5/6/1958 – 11/7/2020)
• John Flansburgh – singer/songwriter/guitar/multi-instrumentalist – best known with alt-rock band – They Might Be Giants – group songs include – Ana Ng – Birdhouse In Your Soul – 1960
• Larry Steinbachek – English singer/songwriter/keyboardist/percussion/multi-instrumentalist – associated acts include – Bronski Beat – Jimmy Somerville – Steve Bronski – (5/6/1960 – 12/7/2016)
• Adam Yellin – record producer/engineer – associated acts include – Ramones – 1962
• Tony Scalzo – singer/songwriter/bass/keyboards/guitar – founding member of the group – Fastball – best known for the 1998 hit – The Way –  solo artist – 1964
• David Narcizo – drummer – best known with – Throwing Muses – 1966
• Mark Bryan – guitarist/songwriter/piano/backing vocals – founding member of – Hootie & The Blowfish – group hits include – Hold My Hand – Let Her Cry – Only Wanna Be With You – Time – 1967
• Laetitia Sadier – French singer/multi-instrumentalist – associated acts include English avante-pop band – Stereolab – Monade – solo artist – 1968
• Athena Cage – pop-R&B singer/songwriter/producer – 1969
• Chris Shiflett – guitarist/vocals/mandolin – best known as lead guitarist for – The Foo Fighters – 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – associated acts include – Chris Shiflett and The Dead Peasants – 1971
• Andrew Allen – Canadian singer/songwriter/musician – numerous artist associations and collaborations – 1981
• Mark O’Connell – drummer – rock band – Taking Back Sunday – group songs include – MakeDamnSure – Twenty-Twenty Surgery – 1981
• Hayley Cramer – British rock drummer – associated acts include – Pop Evil – McQueen – 1983
• Lisa Lavie – Canadian pop-R&B-soul singer/songwriter – associated acts include – Yanni – Trans Siberian Orchestra – 1983
• Judith Hill – pop-R&B singer/songwriter/musician – associated acts include – Prince – Michael Jackson – Josh Groban – 1984
• Rob Felicetti – guitarist/singer – associated acts include – Patent Pending – The Ataris – 1986
• Rody Walker – metal singer – lead vocalist for Canadian progressive metal band – Protest The Hero – 1986
• Meek Mill (Robert Rihmeek Williams) – hip hop/rapper/songwriter – 1987
• Bobby Bazini – French-Canadian singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica – 1989
• Brett Kramer – drummer – alt-rock indie-pop group – Half Alive (half•alive) – 1991
• Quinn XCII (Mikael Temrowski) – pop – hip-hop – soul singer/songwriter – 1992
• Haley Mae Campbell – country music singer – songs include – Never Been In Love – Grey – Lose My Number – 1998