May 18

Events


 * 1974 – Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.

Births


 * 1616 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. 1667)
 * 1854 – Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and music teacher (d. 1924)
 * 1902 – Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
 * 1911 – Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (d. 1985)
 * 1912 – Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
 * 1913 – Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
 * 1920 – Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
 * 1922 – Kai Winding, Danish-born musician (d. 1983)
 * 1941 – Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)
 * 1946 – Bruce Gilbert, English musician (Wire)
 * 1949 – Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician (Yes)
 * 1949 – Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (The Guess Who)
 * 1950 – Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
 * 1952 – George Strait, American musician
 * 1954 – Reinhold Heil, German composer
 * 1957 – Michael Cretu, German musician (Enigma)
 * 1962 – Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer
 * 1962 – Sandra Cretu, German singer
 * 1965 – Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (d. 1995)
 * 1966 – Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait)
 * 1967 – Rob Base, American rapper
 * 1969 – Martika, Cuban-American singer
 * 1975 – Jack Johnson, American musician
 * 1979 – David Nail, country singer
 * 1980 – Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model