Mike Reid
Bob Dylan
Patti LaBelle
The Standells
Albert Bouchard
Billy Gilman
The Black Crowes
Waddy Wachtel
Kiiara
Cameo
Rosanne Cash
Wishbone Ash
Musical Birthday Notes – May 24th
- Prince Buster (Cecil Bustamente Campbell) – Jamaican singer/songwriter/producer – (5/24/1938 – 9/8/2016)
- Bob Dylan – celebrated singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica/keyboards – hits include – Like A Rolling Stone – Blowin’ In The Wind – Lay Lady Lay – The Times They Are A Changin’ – numerous Halls of Fame including – 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1941
- Tony Valentino – guitarist – The Standells – group best known for the 1966 hit – Dirty Water – 1941
- Derek Quinn – best known as the guitarist for – Freddie & The Dreamers – 1942
- Patti LaBelle – multi-award winning R&B/disco – singer/songwriter – hits include – Lady Marmalade – On My Own (with Michael McDonald) – New Attitude – 1944
- David Peacock – bassist/singer/multi-instrumentalist – Chas and Dave – 1946
- Steve Upton – Welsh drummer – best known as a founding member of – Wishbone Ash – 1946
- Albert Bouchard – drummer/guitarist/singer/songwriter – founding member of – Blue Oyster Cult – group hits include – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Burnin’ For You – 1947
- Mike Reid – award winning country singer/songwriter/pianist – hits include – Walk On Faith – Old Folks (with Ronnie Milsap) – Til You Were Gone – As Simple As That – 1947
- Waddy Wachtel – guitarist/singer – best known as a session and touring guitarist for numerous acts including – Jackson Browne – Andrew Gold – Linda Ronstadt – Stevie Nicks – Miranda Lambert – Karla Bonoff – The Motels – James Taylor – Warren Zevon – 1947
- John Illsley – bassist – Dire Straits – 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1949
- Rob Baker – drummer – best known with – Red Rider – 1951
- Rosanne Cash – multi-award winning country-Americana singer/songwriter/guitar – daughter of Johnny Cash – hits include – Seven Year Ache – I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me – My Baby Thinks He’s A Train – 2015 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame – 1955
- Larry Blackmon – R&B-funk singer/frontman – Cameo – group hits include – Word Up – 1956
- Guy Fletcher – multi-instrumentalist – best known as keyboardist for – Dire Straits – 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1960
- Dave Moody – country musician/singer/songwriter – The Moody Brothers – session player – 1962
- Vivian Trimble – keyboardist – best known with rap-rock band – Luscious Jackson – associated acts include – Kostars – Dusty Trails – (5/24/1963 – 4/4/2023)
- Rich Robinson – blues-rock guitarist/songwriter – The Black Crowes – solo artist – group hits include – Hard To Handle – She Talks To Angels – Jealous Again – 1966
- Heavy D (Dwight Errington Myers) – rap-hip-hop singer/producer/actor – Heavy D & The Boyz – (5/24/1967 – 11/8/2011)
- Billy Gilman – pop/country singer – hits include – One Voice – 1988
- Kiiara – pop – alt-electro pop singer/songwriter – best known for 2015 hit – Gold – 1995