This was the beginning of one of the greatest periods in English cricket history with players such as captain Len Hutton, batsmen Denis Compton, Peter May, Tom Graveney, Colin Cowdrey, bowlers Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Alec Bedser, Jim Laker, Tony Lock and wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans.

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM ( born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago ) is a former West Indian international cricket player.

Listen to Me: Buddy Holly is being produced by Peter Asher and includes contributions from Stevie Nicks, The Fray, Cobra Starship, Jeff Lynne, Train's Pat Monahan, Patrick Stump, Jackson Browne, Chris Isaak, Natalie Merchant, Imelda May, Ringo Starr, Lyle Lovett, Zooey Deschanel, Brian Wilson and more.

In May 2006 a team of scientists led by Dr. Luigi Naldini and Dr. Brian Brown from the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy ( HSR-TIGET ) in Milan, Italy reported a breakthrough for gene therapy in which they developed a way to prevent the immune system from rejecting a newly delivered gene.

* 1947 – Brian May, English singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and author ( Queen and Smile )

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in his Prime Minister's Questions of 3 May 2006 made a shorthand reference to the types of political groups, " Judean People's Front " or " People's Front of Judea ", lampooned in Life of Brian.

Passengers and crew who made calls include Sandra Bradshaw, Todd Beamer, Tom Burnett, Mark Bingham, Peter Hanson, Jeremy Glick, Barbara K. Olson, Renee May, Madeline Amy Sweeney, Betty Ong, Robert Fangman, Brian David Sweeney, and Ed Felt.

In August 2007, Brian May, lead guitarist with the band Queen, handed in his PhD thesis Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud 36 years after starting it and then abandoning it in favour of a musical career.

* May 2 – Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer

* May 21 – Brian Lenihan, Irish politician ( d. 2011 )

* May 22 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler ( d. 1997 )

* May 25 – Brian Urlacher, American football player

* May 29 – Brian Kendrick, American wrestler

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of the late Freddie Mercury ( lead vocals, piano ), Brian May ( guitar, vocals ), John Deacon ( bass guitar ), and Roger Taylor ( drums, vocals ).

Before joining Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had been playing together in a band named Smile with bassist Tim Staffell.

In 1968, guitarist Brian May, a student at London's Imperial College, and bassist Tim Staffell decided to form a band.

It drew little mainstream attention, and the lead single " Keep Yourself Alive ", a Brian May composition, sold poorly.

After the band's six-night stand at New York's Uris Theatre in May 1974, Brian May collapsed and was diagnosed as having hepatitis.

alt = l-r: John Deacon, Brian May, and Freddie Mercury seen live in 1978 In 1978, the band released Jazz, which included the hit singles " Fat Bottomed Girls " and " Bicycle Race " on a double-sided record.

Brian May stated: " I'd never seen anything like that in my life and it wasn't calculated either.

Brian May and Roger Taylor performed together at several award ceremonies and charity concerts, sharing vocals with various guest singers.

alt = l-r: Paul Rodgers, Roger Taylor, and Brian May live in 2005 for the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour.

On 15 August 2006, Brian May confirmed through his website and fan club that Queen + Paul Rodgers would begin producing their first studio album beginning in October, to be recorded at a " secret location ".

At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May.

Australian player Brian Cain otherwise known as Indiana Phoenix mixes a range of playing techniques with modern equipment developed by playing with traditional acoustic guitar players to heavy rock and metal bands.

The two-part drama, under the name The Sinking of the Laconia, is a 2010 British-German co-production written by Alan Bleasdale, directed by Uwe Janson, and with Andrew Buchan, Brian Cox, Ken Duken ( playing Hartenstein ), Lindsay Duncan, Thomas Kretschmann and Franka Potente playing the leading roles.

In January 2007, Thiessen joined the cast of ABC's drama What About Brian, playing the boss of Brian, and a potential love interest for Adam.

* Liberally adapted by playwright Wallace Shawn, the work was brought back to Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company in March 2006 with Alan Cumming playing Macheath, Nellie McKay as Polly, Cyndi Lauper as Jenny, Jim Dale as Mr Peachum, Ana Gasteyer as Mrs Peachum, Carlos Leon as Filch, Adam Alexi-Malle as Jacob and Brian Charles Rooney as a male Lucy.

Richards, Taylor, and Jagger found Brian Jones as he sat in playing slide guitar with Alexis Korner's seminal London R & B band, Blues Incorporated, at the Ealing Jazz Club.

Also at the first rehearsal were guitarist Geoff Bradford and vocalist Brian Knight, both of whom refused to join the band citing objections to playing the Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs preferred by Jagger and Richards.

The play has been performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival five times beginning in 1975 with William Hutt playing " Lady Bracknell " in both the 1975 and 1976 productions and Brian Bedford in the 2009 production.

* In DC Comics ' Starman series it is revealed that The Shade is a whist player, and enjoyed playing with Brian Savage ( it was also noted that The Shade would regularly win at whist, while Savage would regularly win at poker ).

The music then commenced with short sets from bands that were influenced by the music of Queen, including Metallica, Extreme ( playing a Queen medley ), Def Leppard ( who brought Brian May onstage for a faithful version of " Now I'm Here "), and Guns N ' Roses.

The next day Nicol, after playing a number of concerts in Sydney and Adelaide, giving interviews and signing autographs was escorted to the airport by Brian Epstein and flew home to Britain.

Staged as a band of travelling thespian players who are attempting to put on a serious production of Titus, and starring Brian Colonna as Titus, Erin Rollman as Tamora ( and Marcus ), Hannah Duggan as both Aaron and Lavinia ( when playing Aaron she wore a fake moustache ), Erik Edborg as Lucius and Saturninus, and Evan Weissman as Someone Who Will Probably Die ( he is killed over thirty times during the play ).

Additional actors included Seán G. Griffin as the Sultan ; Don Darryl Rivera as Iago ; and, playing Omar, Babkak, and Kassim – a trio of characters originally conceived by the film's creators but not used – Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Brian Gonzales, and Brandon O ' Neill.

Recruiting David Marks, who had been playing electric guitar ( and practicing with Carl ) for years, Brian and the revamped Beach Boys cut new tracks at Western Recorders including an updated " Surfin ' Safari " and " 409 ".

" During the recording of " Good Vibrations " in 1966, Parks suggested to Brian Wilson that he have cellos playing eighth notes.

NFL running back Brian Westbrook, known for playing for the Philadelphia Eagles and currently playing for the San Francisco 49ers, grew up in Clinton.

However, Darby tricks the leprechauns into embarking on a fox hunt by playing " The Fox Chase " for them on a beautiful Stradivarius violin, loaned to him by King Brian.

On his best known album, Blues from the Gutter for Atlantic, in 1959 he was accompanied on guitar by Larry Dale, whose playing on that record inspired Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones.

The ensemble playing of Mackay, Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Brian Wilde, and the writing by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, made Porridge one of the most successful comedy series of the 1970s.

Jimi Hendrix helped to develop the controlled and musical use of audio feedback in electric guitar playing, and later Brian May was a famous proponent of the technique.