Link Wray
Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single "Rumble", reached the top 20 in the United States; and was one of the earliest songs in rock music to utilize distortion and tremolo.
2 May 1929
Born on the same birth date (2 May 1929): Jigme Dorji Wangchuck • Édouard Balladur
Born on the same birth day (2 May): Alessandro Scarlatti • Ashley Harkleroad • Belinda Stronach • Catherine Labouré • Catherine the Great • Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels • Christine Baranski • Hans Christian Lumbye • Jigme Dorji Wangchuck • Kumail Nanjiani • Lorenzo Music • Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho • René II, Duke of Lorraine • Régis Labeaume
Born in the same month (May 1929): Ahmed Fouad Negm • Ernie Carroll • Henry McGee • J. F. Ade Ajayi • Jack Sanford • Jigme Dorji Wangchuck • John C. Bogle • Norman St John-Stevas • Paul Lauterbur