Phil May (singer)

Phil May
May on stage with the Pretty Things in 2013
May on stage with the Pretty Things in 2013
Background information
Birth namePhilip Dennis Arthur Wadey
Also known asPhilip Dennis Arthur Kattner
Born(1944-11-09)9 November 1944
Dartford, Kent, England
Died15 May 2020(2020-05-15) (aged 75)
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
Years active1965–2020

Philip Dennis Arthur May (born Wadey, later Kattner; 9 November 1944 – 15 May 2020[1][2]) was an English vocalist. He gained fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of Pretty Things, of which he was a founding member. May remained a member throughout the band's changing line-up over the years, and was one of the band's main lyricists. He was the primary lyricist for the album S.F. Sorrow.

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  2. ^ Delinotte, Didier (2000). Les Pretty Things, une institution. Camion Blanc. ISBN 9782357797697.

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