Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/May 21

Joe Byrd, American bass player, turns 92.
Ronald Isley, American R&B vocalist with The Isley Brothers, turns 84.
John Dalton, British bass guitar player with The Kinks, turns 82.
Bill Champlin, American musician of Chicago and Sons of Champlin fame, turns 78.
Leo Sayer, (born Gerard Hugh Sayer) Brit singer, turns 77.
Joe Camilleri, Australian singer and songwriter, turns 75.
Marc Ribot, American composer, guitarist, and singer, turns 71.
Chris Kael, American bassist for Five Finger Death Punch, turns 51.
Alexander Noyes, American singer and one-third member of pop-rock band Honor Society, turns 39.

The Notorious B.I.G. (May 21, 1972 –March 09, 1997), (born Christopher George Latore Wallace) American rapper, would have turned 53 this year.
Hilton Valentine (May 21, 1943 –January 29, 2021), guitarist with The Animals, would have turned 82 this year.
Terry Lightfoot (May 21, 1935 –March 15, 2013), Brit bandleader and reedist, would have turned 90 this year.
Tommy Bryant (May 21, 1930 –January 03, 1982), American bass player, would have turned 95 this year.
Larance Marable (May 21, 1929 –July 04, 2012), (born Lawrence Norman Marable) American session musician (drummer), would have turned 96 this year.
Bill Holman (May 21, 1927–May 06, 2024), American arranger, bandleader, composer, and tenor saxophonist, would have turned 98 this year.
Henry Glover (May 21, 1921 –April 07, 1991), American arranger, record producer, and trumpeter, would have turned 104 this year.
John William Barber (May 21, 1920 –June 18, 2007), American tubist, would have turned 105 this year.
Fats Waller (May 21, 1904 –December 05, 1943), (born Thomas Wright Waller) American composer, keyboardist, and singer, would have turned 121 this year.