Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/May 26

• Lew Tabackin, American flautist and tenor saxophonist, turns 85.
• Garry Peterson, Canadian drummer with The Guess Who, turns 80.
• Stevie Nicks, American singer of Fleetwood Mac fame, turns 77.
• Hank Williams, Jr., American country music singer, turns 76.
• Lee Musiker, American conductor and pianist, turns 69.
• Lenny Kravitz, (born Leonard Albert Kravitz) American arranger, singer and songwriter, turns 61.
• Kevin Moore, American keyboardist of Dream Theater fame, turns 58.

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• Levon Helm (May 26, 1942 –April 19, 2012), American drummer with The Band, would have turned 83 this year.
• Neil Ardley (May 26, 1937 –February 23, 2004), Brit composer, would have turned 88 this year.
• Miles Davis (May 26, 1926 –September 28, 1991), (born Miles Dewey Davis III) American bandleader, composer, and trumpeter, would have turned 99 this year.
• Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 –January 21, 2002), (born Norma Deloris Egstrom) American composer, lyricist, and vocalist, would have turned 105 this year.
• Calvin Jackson (May 26, 1919 –December 09, 1985), American pianist, would have turned 106 this year.
• Moondog (May 26, 1916 –September 08, 1999), (born Louis Hardin) American composer, percussionist, and vocalist, would have turned 109 this year.
• Vernon Alley (May 26, 1915 –October 03, 2005), American bass player, would have turned 110 this year.
• Harold Shorty Baker (May 26, 1914 –November 08, 1966), American trumpeter, would have turned 111 this year.
• Ziggy Elman (May 26, 1914 –June 26, 1968), (born Harry Aaron Finkelman) American trumpeter, would have turned 111 this year.
• Ady Rosner (May 26, 1910 –August 08, 1976), German bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, would have turned 115 this year.
• Mamie Smith (May 26, 1883 –August 16, 1943), American vocalist, would have turned 142 this year.