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Phil May

lead singer of The Pretty Things

United Kingdom • 1944-11-09 – 2020-05-15

Phil May is credited on 700 releases across 203 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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700

Pressings credited

203

Albums

7

Decades active

143

In collections

Biography

Philip Dennis Arthur May (born Wadey, later Kattner; 9 November 1944 – 15 May 2020) was an English vocalist. He gained fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of The 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.

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Credited work

700 releases · 203 albums · active 1964–2026

  • Performance · 1,936
  • Other credits · 49
  • Production · 4

Studios: Olympic Studios · Jackson Studios · Startling Studios · EMI Studios

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