Niebiesko-Czarni
Niebiesko-Czarni (German Die Blau-Schwarzen ) were a Polish band that existed from 1962 to 1976 .
The band was founded in Gdynia in 1962 by the music journalist and "father of Polish rock music" Franciszek Walicki . In June of the same year she won the first Festival of Young Talents , followed by the first radio and recordings. With a certain justification they can be called the very first Polish rock band.
In the course of its existence the band played in a very frequently changing line-up. It included singers who were also shaping the style of Polish pop music in a different context, such as Czesław Niemen , Krzysztof Klenczon , who later became the lead singer of the band Czerwone Gitary , Helena Majdaniec and Wojciech Korda .
Particularly unusual for their time was the very large international presence of a band from a communist state. This not only included appearances in France and the USA, but also in a number of other countries, repeatedly on major radio and television stations such as Radio Luxemburg (1967) or the Danny Sullivan Show (1971). In 1973 they created Naga (Naked), the first Polish rock opera , which premiered on April 22nd in Gdynia . After another sensational concert in Lviv , then Soviet , the band split up in 1976.
In the course of its existence it released eight long-playing records and 24 singles, which sold a total of 3.5 million times. There have been several unsuccessful attempts at comeback since the 1980s.
Discography
- Niebiesko-Czarni
- Alarm! (1967)
- Mamy dla Was kwiaty (1968)
- Wart (1970)
- Naga 1 (1973)
- Naga 2 (1973)
- Old Rock Meeting
- Gwiazdy Mocnego Uderzenia
