Anna Jantar

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Anna Jantar (born June 10, 1950 in Poznan , † March 14, 1980 in Warsaw ) was a Polish pop singer .

Life

Jantar was born as Anna Maria Szmeterling and went to school in Poznan until he graduated from high school. In 1969 she passed the entrance examination to the State Theater School in Warsaw , but was not accepted due to a lack of places. She began her singing career in 1968. In 1969 she performed with the band Waganci , in which her future husband Jarosław Kukulski also played. The two married in 1971. After studying singing, she began her pop career in 1972 and in 1973 took her stage name Anna Jantar (Polish: Jantar = raw amber ). She quickly became one of the most popular pop singers in Poland in the 1970s and won numerous prizes at national and international pop festivals.

On March 14, 1980, Anna Jantar was killed on the return flight from New York in a plane crash on LOT flight LO 007 shortly before landing at Chopin Airport in Warsaw . In the crash of the Ilyushin Il-62 "Mikołaj Kopernik" (SP-LAA), in which several US boxing representatives died, a total of 77 passengers and 10 crew members were killed.

Her daughter Natalia Kukulska is now a well-known pop singer.

Discography

Singles

  • 1971 - Wszystkie koty w nocy czarne / Marzenia o marzeniach (Waganci)
  • 1974 - Nastanie dzień / Tyle słońca w całym mieście
  • 1975 - Staruszek świat / Dzień bez happy endu
  • 1975 - Będzie dość / Za każdy uśmiech
  • 1975 - Mój tylko mój / Dzień nadziei
  • 1977 - Dyskotekowy bal / Zgubiłam klucz do nieba
  • 1977 - Dyskotekowy bal / Kto umie tęsknić
  • 1978 - Baju-baj proszę pana (Jambalaya) / Radość najpiękniejszych lat
  • 1978 - Po tamtej stronie marzeń / Mój świat zawsze ten sam
  • 1978 - Mój tylko mój / Mój świat zawsze ten sam
  • 1978 - Kto powie nam / Dżinsowe maniery
  • 1978 - Tylko mnie poproś do tańca / Let me stay / Nie wierz mi nie ufaj mi / Zawsze gdzieś czeka ktoś
  • 1979 - Gdzie są dzisiaj tamci ludzie / Nie ma piwa w niebie
  • 1979 - Hopelessly devoted to you / You're the one that I want (with Stanisław Sojka )
  • 1985 - Wielka dama tańczy sama / Moje jedyne marzenie
  • 2005 - Układ z życiem / Nic nie może wiecznie trwać

Albums

  • 1974 - Tyle słońca w całym mieście
  • 1975 - Za każdy uśmiech
  • 1979 - Zawsze gdzieś czeka ktoś
  • 1980 - Anna Jantar

Web links

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