Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/May 3

• Frankie Valli, American singer and frontman of The Four Seasons, turns 90.
• Bob Havens, American big band trombonist, turns 94.
• Larry Ochs (musician), American saxophonist, turns 75.
• Mary Hopkin, Welsh folk music singer, turns 74.
• Bob Leatherbarrow, American drummer, turns 69.
• David Ball, British electronic musician of Soft Cell, turns 65.
• John Driskell Hopkins, American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Zac Brown Band , turns 53.
• Josey Scott, American singer, songwriter and former vocalist for Saliva, turns 52.
• Christopher Cross, (born Christopher Charles Geppert) American singer-songwriter, turns 73.

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• James Brown (May 3, 1933 –December 25, 2006), American singer, songwriter and bandleader, would have turned 91 this year.
• Jimmy Cleveland (May 3, 1926 –August 23, 2008), American trombonist, would have turned 98 this year.
• Jymie Merritt (May 3, 1926 –April 10, 2020), American bass player, would have turned 98 this year.
• John Lewis (May 3, 1920 –May 29, 2001), American composer and pianist, would have turned 104 this year.
• Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 –January 27, 2014), American singer and songwriter, would have turned 105 this year.
• Betty Comden (May 3, 1913 –November 23, 2006), (born Basya Cohen) American lyricist, would have turned 111 this year.
• Yank Lawson (May 3, 1911 –February 18, 1995), American trumpeter, would have turned 113 this year.
• Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 –October 14, 1977), (born Harry Lillis Crosby) American actor and singer, would have turned 121 this year.