Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/May 21

• Joe Byrd, American bass player, turns 91.
• Ronald Isley, American R&B vocalist with The Isley Brothers, turns 83.
• John Dalton, British bass guitar player with The Kinks, turns 81.
• Bill Champlin, American musician of Chicago and Sons of Champlin fame, turns 77.
• Leo Sayer, (born Gerard Hugh Sayer) Brit singer, turns 76.
• Joe Camilleri, Australian singer and songwriter, turns 75.
• Marc Ribot, American composer, guitarist, and singer, turns 70.
• Chris Kael, American bassist for Five Finger Death Punch, turns 50.
• Alexander Noyes, American singer and one-third member of pop-rock band Honor Society, turns 38.

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• The Notorious B.I.G. (May 21, 1972 –March 09, 1997), (born Christopher George Latore Wallace) American rapper, would have turned 52 this year.
• Hilton Valentine (May 21, 1943 –January 29, 2021), guitarist with The Animals, would have turned 81 this year.
• Terry Lightfoot (May 21, 1935 –March 15, 2013), Brit bandleader and reedist, would have turned 89 this year.
• Tommy Bryant (May 21, 1930 –January 03, 1982), American bass player, would have turned 94 this year.
• Larance Marable (May 21, 1929 –July 04, 2012), (born Lawrence Norman Marable) American session musician (drummer), would have turned 95 this year.
• Bill Holman (May 21, 1927–May 06, 2024), American arranger, bandleader, composer, and tenor saxophonist, would have turned 97 this year.
• Henry Glover (May 21, 1921 –April 07, 1991), American arranger, record producer, and trumpeter, would have turned 103 this year.
• John William Barber (May 21, 1920 –June 18, 2007), American tubist, would have turned 104 this year.
• Fats Waller (May 21, 1904 –December 05, 1943), (born Thomas Wright Waller) American composer, keyboardist, and singer, would have turned 120 this year.