Artist: Brian May

Real name

Brian Harold May

Born

July 19, 1947

Country

United Kingdom

Comments

Guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer. May also has obtained a doctorate degree in astrophysics in which field he has published scholarly papers.

Member of

Queen

Family

Anita Dobson Wife

Performances

Covers

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
1	All the Way From Memphis	Brian May	August 31, 1996	Mott the Hoople
2	Alright Now	Paul Rodgers & Brian May	May 2, 2005	Free
3	Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Diana Ross with Brian May	2006	Queen
4	FBI	Brian May	1996	The Shadows
5	I Fought the Law	The Crickets, Albert Lee & Brian May	May 2, 2005	The Crickets
6	I'm Ready	Paul Rodgers featuring Brian May	1993	Muddy Waters and His Guitar
7	Is This the World We Created?	Andrea Corr / Brian May	April 2004	Queen
8	Maybe Baby	The Crickets, Albert Lee & Brian May	May 2, 2005	The Crickets
9	Move It	Cliff Richard with Brian May & Brian Bennett	November 6, 2006	Cliff Richard and The Drifters
10	Move It	Sir Cliff Richard with S Club 7 & Brian May	2002	Cliff Richard and The Drifters
11	Oh Boy	The Crickets, Albert Lee & Brian May	May 2, 2005	Sonny West
12	Peggy Sue	The Crickets, Albert Lee & Brian May	May 2, 2005	Buddy Holly
13	Raining in My Heart	Status Quo - special guest Brian May	1996	Buddy Holly
14	Somebody to Love	Catherine Porter Feat. Brian May	March 30, 2009	Queen
15	Star Fleet	Brian May + Friends	October 1983	Paul Bliss
16	Stay with Me	All Star Line-Up	May 2, 2005	Faces
17	That'll Be the Day	The Crickets, Albert Lee & Brian May	May 2, 2005	Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes
18	Too Much Love Will Kill You	Brian May with Cozy Powell	June 1993	Queen
19	Too Much Love Will Kill You	Brian May	September 28, 1992	Queen
20	Too Much Love Will Kill You	Claire Sweeney (featuring Brian May)	July 15, 2002	Queen
21	We Will Rock You	Dappy & Brian May	October 26, 2012	Queen
22	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joe Cocker with Steve Winwood & Brian May	2002	The Beatles

Songs written by

Original songs

	Title	Written by	Covered by
1	'39	Brian May	(5 artists)
2	Breakthru	Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	Flash Harry
3	Dear Friends	Brian May	(3 artists)
4	Don't Try So Hard	Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	Lana Lane
5	Dragon Attack	Brian May	Testament
6	Fat Bottomed Girls	Brian May	(7 artists)
7	Flash's Theme	Brian May	(2 artists)
8	Hammer to Fall	Brian May	(4 artists)
9	I Want It All	Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	(9 artists)
10	Innuendo	Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor [1]	(3 artists)
11	Is This the World We Created	Brian May, Freddie Mercury	(4 artists)
12	It's Late	Brian May	John Bush, Scott Ian, Zachary Throne, Joey Vera and Jason Ian
13	Keep Yourself Alive	Brian May	(2 artists)
14	Las palabras de amor	Brian May	Elaine Paige
15	Now I'm Here	Brian May	Def Leppard
16	One Vision	Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	(4 artists)
17	Polar Bear	Brian May	Valensia
18	Save Me	Brian May	(5 artists)
19	Sleeping on the Sidewalk	Brian May	Los Lobos
20	Stone Cold Crazy	Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	(3 artists)
21	The Show Must Go On	Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	(18 artists)
22	These Are the Days of Our Lives	Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	(6 artists)
23	Tie Your Mother Down	Brian May	(9 artists)
24	Too Much Love Will Kill You	Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers	(5 artists)
25	Under Pressure	David Bowie, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon	(29 artists)
26	We Will Rock You	Brian May	(32 artists)
27	White Man	Brian May	Stormwind
28	Who Wants to Live Forever	Brian May	(23 artists)

Releases

Audio album

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Back to the Light	Brian May	September 28, 1992	Parlophone
2	Star Fleet Project	Brian May + Friends	October 1983	EMI

Audio single

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Resurrection	Brian May with Cozy Powell	June 1993	Parlophone

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	46664, Part 2 - Long Walk to Freedom	various artists	April 2004	46664 Records
2	BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2012	various artists	October 26, 2012	Sony BMG
3	Claire	Claire Sweeney	July 15, 2002	Telstar Records [1]
4	Don't Stop	Status Quo	1996	Polygram TV
5	Gems for Ruby	Catherine Porter	March 30, 2009	Swing Café Music
6	I Love You	Diana Ross	2006	Angel
7	Moth Poet Hotel	various artists	August 31, 1996	Triad
8	Muddy Water Blues - A Tribute to Muddy Waters	Paul Rodgers	1993	Victory Music
9	Party at the Palace - The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace	various artists	2002	Opus Arte
10	The Strat Pack - Live in Concert - Celebrating 50 Years of the Fender Stratocaster	various artists	May 2, 2005	Eagle Vision
11	Twang! A Tribute to Hank Marvin & The Shadows	various artists	1996	Pang
12	Two's Company - The Duets	Cliff Richard	November 6, 2006	EMI

Forum topics

	Topic	Board	Started by	Replies	Last message
1	Brian May (denis)	Report Errors	Bastien	2	2004-01-07 23:45:18 GMT by Denis
2	Artist: Brian (Harold) May (anto47/ Bastien)	Report Errors	Filip	1	2005-06-10 18:05:06 GMT by anto47
3	One Rainy Wish [Jimi Hendrix] cover by Brian May	Add songs	drakmar68	0	2008-12-28 06:26:54 GMT by drakmar68
4	FBI cover by Brian May	Add songs	Patrick	1	2011-11-25 21:25:38 GMT by Canary
5	Too Much Love Will Kill You by Brian May and by Queen	Add songs	Patrick	1	2012-06-30 12:48:06 GMT by Dave Nebraski
6	Too Much Love Will Kill You by Brian May With Cozy Powell	Add songs	Patrick	2	2012-06-30 12:49:22 GMT by Dave Nebraski
7	Song: Have a Cigar (Bastien)	Report Errors	Jofish	2	2013-01-05 00:51:01 GMT by Dave Nebraski
8	Artists who have covered their songs	Discussion	Simon	15	2013-06-19 07:11:15 GMT by Richard Ju