Maryla Rodowicz
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Maryla Rodowicz is a Polish
singer.
. In her youth she participated in athletics
among other things at Kujawiak Włocławek.
. Two years later she recorded her first well-known song, "Mówiły mu" ("The girls told him", English version known as "Love Doesn't Grow On Trees"), and in 1970 - her first longplay
. In 1973, she gained popularity with the song "Małgośka" with lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka
. A year later, during the World Cup
Opening Ceremony in Munich, she performed a song "Futbol" ("Football").
The singer's body of work comprises over 600 recorded songs, with over 20 Polish
albums as well as albums in English
, Czech
, German
and Russian
. Apart from "Małgośka", the artist's most famous songs are "Niech żyje bal" ("Long live the ball"), "To już było" ("Done that"), "Wielka Woda ("Great water"), "Rozmowa przez ocean" ("Talk over the ocean"), "Bossanova do poduszki" ("Bedside bossanova"), "Łatwopalni" ("Inflammables") and her latest album's hits such as "Wszyscy chcą kochać" ("Everybody wants to love") and "Będzie co ma być" ("What is to be, will be"). In 2005 she recorded an album "Kochać" ("To love") with lyrics by Katarzyna Nosowska. On the occasion of World Cup 2006, she recorded a song "Za Janasa" ("For Janas") with Nosowska's lyrics.
Rodowicz has performed in concert worldwide: in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia. She has won awards for her singing. She has also participated in various festivals including outside the borders of Poland, for example in Oklahoma City
, Los Angeles
, and Tulsa, as well as in Poland including Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich (The Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków
and at Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej (The National Polish Song Festival) in Opole
.
Rodowicz is also an actress who has performed in several movies and in musical entertainment. She regularly performs in a Polsat
TV channel series Rodzina zastępcza
(Foster Family).
In 1992 she released her autobiography
under the title of Niech żyje bal.
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(an emotional portrait of an average Polish woman trying to make ends meet) contains clear Catholic
symbolism
and references to the social circumstances characteristic to Poland in the late eighties that marked the end of the communist era in Poland
. In this song, the author questions whether the "Polish Madonna" (or, in other words, the Catholic Saint Mary, usually portrayed as holding baby Jesus in her arms) has enough money to pay for rent, promising her that the child will get a welcome allowance to the public kindergarten. The old communist promises are never fulfilled for her, and her dreams of having a lipstick
"made in France" can only come true in her dreams. The song won journalists' prize at the Opole festival in 1987.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
singer.
Early life
She studied at Liceum Ziemi Kujawskiej (The Kujawy region high school) in Włocławek and graduated from the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego (The Academy of Physical Education) in WarsawWarsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. In her youth she participated in athletics
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
among other things at Kujawiak Włocławek.
Career
Her career began in 1967, after winning first prize at "Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich" (The Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in KrakówKraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
. Two years later she recorded her first well-known song, "Mówiły mu" ("The girls told him", English version known as "Love Doesn't Grow On Trees"), and in 1970 - her first longplay
Longplay
A longplay is a play-through of a computer or video game, created with the intent of completing it as fully as possible, mainly for the purposes of nostalgia, preservation, and possibly as a walkthrough. Also, for people unable or unwilling to play a certain game, yet wish to know and experience...
. In 1973, she gained popularity with the song "Małgośka" with lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka
Agnieszka Osiecka
Agnieszka Osiecka She was a poet, writer, author of theatre and television screenplays, film director and journalist...
. A year later, during the World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
Opening Ceremony in Munich, she performed a song "Futbol" ("Football").
The singer's body of work comprises over 600 recorded songs, with over 20 Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
albums as well as albums in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
. Apart from "Małgośka", the artist's most famous songs are "Niech żyje bal" ("Long live the ball"), "To już było" ("Done that"), "Wielka Woda ("Great water"), "Rozmowa przez ocean" ("Talk over the ocean"), "Bossanova do poduszki" ("Bedside bossanova"), "Łatwopalni" ("Inflammables") and her latest album's hits such as "Wszyscy chcą kochać" ("Everybody wants to love") and "Będzie co ma być" ("What is to be, will be"). In 2005 she recorded an album "Kochać" ("To love") with lyrics by Katarzyna Nosowska. On the occasion of World Cup 2006, she recorded a song "Za Janasa" ("For Janas") with Nosowska's lyrics.
Rodowicz has performed in concert worldwide: in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia. She has won awards for her singing. She has also participated in various festivals including outside the borders of Poland, for example in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, and Tulsa, as well as in Poland including Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich (The Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
and at Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej (The National Polish Song Festival) in Opole
Opole
Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...
.
Rodowicz is also an actress who has performed in several movies and in musical entertainment. She regularly performs in a Polsat
Polsat
Polsat is Poland's second biggest television channel, founded on December 5, 1992 and owned by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak.Polsat belongs to the Polsat Group , which also owns other channels:*Polsat HD*Polsat 2 International*Polsat News*TV Biznes...
TV channel series Rodzina zastępcza
Rodzina zastepcza
Rodzina zastępcza was a popular Polish primetime comedy series broadcast on Polsat from February 23, 1999 to December 20, 2009...
(Foster Family).
In 1992 she released her autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
under the title of Niech żyje bal.
Selected discography
- Żyj mój świecie (Live, my world), 1970
- Wyznanie (Confession), 1972
- Maryla Rodowiczova (CSRS) (a Czechoslovakian release), 1972
- Maryla Rodowicz (NRD) (an East Germany release), 1973
- Rok (A year), 1974
- Sing-Sing, 1976
- Wsiąść do pociągu (To enter a train), 1978
- Cyrk nocą (A circus at night/A night lark), 1979
- Święty spokój (The sacred peace), 1982
- Maryla Rodowicz (ZSRR) (A Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
release), 1983 - Był sobie król (There once was a king), 1984
- Gejsza nocy (The geisha of a night), 1984
- Polska Madonna (Polish Madonna), 1987
- Full, 1991
- Absolutnie nic (Absolutely Nothing), 1992
- Marysia Biesiadna (Folklore Marysia), 1994
- Złota Maryla (Golden Maryla), 1995
- Tribute to Agnieszka Osiecka. Łatwopalni (... Inflammables), 1997
- Przed zakrętem (Before the turn), 1998
- Karnawał 2000 (The 2000 Carnaval), 1999
- Niebieska Maryla (Blue Maryla), 2000
- 12 Najpiękniejszych kolęd (The 12 most beautiful Christmas carols), 2001
- Życie ładna rzecz (The life, a nice thing), 2002
- Maryla i przyjaciele (Maryla and friends), 2003
- Nejvetsi hity (a Czech release), 2003
- Kochać (To love), (60,000 copies sold) 2005
- Jest Cudnie (It's wonderful), 2008
- 50 (50), 2010
Songs
The notable Polish Madonna written by Agnieszka OsieckaAgnieszka Osiecka
Agnieszka Osiecka She was a poet, writer, author of theatre and television screenplays, film director and journalist...
(an emotional portrait of an average Polish woman trying to make ends meet) contains clear Catholic
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
symbolism
Christian symbolism
Christian symbolism invests objects or actions with an inner meaning expressing Christian ideas. Christianity has borrowed from the common stock of significant symbols known to most periods and to all regions of the world. Religious symbolism is effective when it appeals to both the intellect and...
and references to the social circumstances characteristic to Poland in the late eighties that marked the end of the communist era in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. In this song, the author questions whether the "Polish Madonna" (or, in other words, the Catholic Saint Mary, usually portrayed as holding baby Jesus in her arms) has enough money to pay for rent, promising her that the child will get a welcome allowance to the public kindergarten. The old communist promises are never fulfilled for her, and her dreams of having a lipstick
Lipstick
Lipstick is a cosmetic product containing pigments, oils, waxes, and emollients that applies color, texture, and protection to the lips. Many varieties of lipstick are known. As with most other types of makeup, lipstick is typically, but not exclusively, worn by women...
"made in France" can only come true in her dreams. The song won journalists' prize at the Opole festival in 1987.