years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
1965 -- present dartford , kent , england phil may solo_singer 9 november 1944 vocals rock and roll , pop , rock phil may -lrb- singer -rrb-
 philip dennis arthur wadey musician , songwriter
phil may -lrb- singer -rrb-

philip `` phil '' arthur dennis may -lrb- born philip `` phil '' arthur dennis wadey 9 november 1944 in dartford , kent -rrb- is 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 has maintained membership throughout the band 's line-up , which otherwise underwent many changes over the years , and he was one of the band 's main lyricists .
he was the primary lyricist for the album , `` s.f. sorrow '' .
controversy still exists as to which band member had the original idea for the piece .
