Czerwone Gitary
The band Czerwone Gitary (German: Red Guitars ) is one of the most popular bands in Polish music history and is known as "the Polish Beatles ".
history
The band, which appears in German-speaking countries under the name Die Roten Guitars , was founded on January 3, 1965 by Henryk Zomerski and Jerzy Kossela in Gdańsk . Together with Bernard Dornowski, Krzysztof Klenczon and Jerzy Skrzypczyk, the band went on their first major tour in Poland a few months later under the motto We play and sing loudest in Poland . The first replacement took place in December 1965. Zomerski left the band shortly after the formation and was replaced by Seweryn Krajewski , who composed most of the group's titles in the following years.
At Midem , the world's largest music fair, in 1968 they and the Beatles received an award for the best-selling records in Poland. This award marked the breakthrough in the international music business. In the German Democratic Republic alone they sold over a million records in the 1970s and 1980s. Eight years later they were again in an international arena; In 1977 they won the 2nd prize at the Grand Prix de Intervision Sopot with Nie Spoczniemy ( We're moving on ).
Their 1999 album ... jeszcze gra muzyka was named the best album in the band's history by critics. Since 2000 tours have taken the Red Guitars to Poland, the USA , the Moscow Kremlin and Germany , Austria and Switzerland .
Artur Chyb has been a guitarist and singer in the band since 2013. He is to be the successor of Jerzy Kossela.
occupation
Current occupation
- Jerzy Skrzypczyk (drums, vocals)
- Jerzy Kossela (guitar)
- Mieczyslaw Wadolowski (guitar, vocals)
- Arkadiusz Wisniewski (guitar, bass guitar, vocals)
- Marek Kisielinski (guitar, piano, keyboard, vocals)
- Artur Chyb (guitar, vocals)
Former band members
- Henryk Zomerski (born December 9, 1942 - † April 16, 2011 - guitar, bass guitar, keyboard)
- Krzysztof Klenczon (born January 4, 1942 - † April 7, 1981 - guitar, vocals)
- Bernard Dornowski (guitar, vocals)
- Seweryn Krajewski (bass guitar, vocals)
- Dominik Konrad (flute, guitar, vocals)
- Ryszard Kaczmarek (bass guitar)
- Jerzy Bartz (drums)
- Jan Pospielszalski (bass guitar)
Discography
Studio albums
- 1966: To właśnie my , Polskie Nagrania (Pronit) (PL:
gold) - 1967: Czerwone Gitary 2 , Polskie Nagrania (Muza)
- 1968: Czerwone Gitary 3 , Polskie Nagrania (Muza)
- 1970: Na fujarce , Polskie Nagrania (Muza)
- 1970: Czerwony Gitary - Warszawa , Amiga
- 1971: Consuela , Amiga
- 1971: Spokój serca , Polskie Nagrania (Muza)
- 1974: Rytm Ziemi , Polskie Nagrania (Muza)
- 1976: Dzień every w roku , Polskie nagrania (Muza)
- 1976: Czerwony Gitary , Polskie Nagrania (Muza)
- 1977: Port Piratów , Port Piratów
- 1978: Red guitars , Amiga
- 1979: The best of Czerwony Gitary Vol. I-III , Polskie Nagrania, CDs 1991
- 1999: Jeszcze gra muzyka , Rubikon
- 2005: OK , Czerwony Gitary Group (PL:gold)
- 2020: Złota kolekcja (Nie spoczniemy) (PL:gold)
CDs (in German)
- 2007: 40 years of Amiga - Box 10 - Red Guitars (Amiga, BMG )
- 2009: Hearts given away (German album), Sony Music
Singles (German speaking)
- 1970: Anna Maria (A), If you want (B) (Amiga)
- 1971: Such beautiful eyes (A), today you don't know me anymore (B) (Amiga)
- 1971: kisses at night (A), being awake in the dark (B) (Amiga)
- 1971: Far and Far (A), Life with you (B) (Amiga)
- 1975: Anna M. (A), Outside by the pastures (B) (Amiga)
- 1975: Wedding (A), words are waves (B) (Amiga)
- 1976: And it's raining (A), A good day (B) (Amiga)
- 1977: Weißes Boot (A), Piraten Lied (B) (Amiga)
- 1977: We move on (A), do you remember (B) (Amiga)
- 1980: Like sand in the wind (A), old couple (B) (Amiga)
Video albums
- 2011: Concert Jubileuszowy (PL:gold)
literature
- HP Hofmann: Beat Lexicon. Performers, authors, technical terms . VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag, Berlin (East) 1977.
Web links
- Official website (German)
- Official website (Polish)
- Red guitars at ostbeat.de ( Memento from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Czerwony Gitary are the Polish Beatles
- ↑ Portrait ( memento from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at thomann-management.de (archive version)
- ↑ Awards for music sales: PL