Zbynek Drda
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Zbyněk Drda, is a Czech singer he was born on March 29, 1987, in Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District)
. He lived in Karlovy Vary for most of his life. His father works in a spa in one of the many hotels and his mother (an indigenous Russian) teaches Russian at a local school. He also has an older brother named Svatoslav.
for nearly nine years and he became a life-guard because of his swimming ability. In September 2007, he took his final examination at his economic lyceum. He couldn't do it in May because he was already fully involved in "the madness of show-business" and he didn't have enough time to study. By this time, he was living at his temporary address in the center of Prague and he was still trying to gain a stable place in Czech music. Despite his high-pressure time schedule, he's currently starting to study at the Financial and Administrative University in Prague (VŠFS).
Zbyněk's musical style is not, as he says himself, strictly specified, but his voice is definitely not made for hard rock or metal. He experiments with pop and pop-rock, swing, jazz, ballads and other genres.
He is currently working on his second album. It's supposed to be mainly pop-rock, following the similar style as his first album. He also joined the sport club "Real Top Prague" which is a team of famous people who play various kinds of sports, generally for charity.
. His friends wanted him to try out for the second season, but he decided to wait until he was sure of himself. Despite bad tongues, he won the third season. After his victory on December 17, 2006, he started to give interviews, found a band and recorded his first CD named "Pohled do očí". It was released in April 2007 and sold well. Right after the CD came out, he started to sing at concerts with his band.
Zbyněk ended the cooperation with his original band in June 2008, and found himself a new band which is more experienced and can help further his career.
Stanislav Marhoun - the second guitar
Ivan Chudoba - bass guitar, vocalist
Erich Ciompa - keys
Alan Reisich - drums
Former members:
Lukáš Novák - keys
If Tomorrow Never Comes
(Ronan Keating
)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
(Elton John
)
Maybe
(Enrique Iglesias
)
Mandy
(Barry Manilow
)
I've Got You Under My Skin
(Frank Sinatra
)
Yesterday
(The Beatles
)
Les temps des cathédrales (Notre-Dame de Paris musical)
I Got You Babe
(duet with Canadian singer Jennie)
When You Say Nothing at All
(Ronan Keating
)
I'll be there for you (Rembradts)
She could be (Corbin Bleu
)
Burn (Van Velsen)
The rain has come (Silkstone
)
Aquarius
(Hair
musical)
Jen ten, kdo má tě rád (Only the one who loves you) - duet with Lucie Vondráčková
Show must go on (the anthem of TV Barrandov) - sung with Josef Vojtek, Helena Vondráčková
, Šárka Vaňková
, Ilona Csáková
, Petr Muk, Petr Bende, Martina Balogová and Pavel Vítek
Jdi za štěstím (Go after your luck) - Karel Gott
Angelina (Karel Gott
) - with other artists
Smích (Smile) - Karel Gott
Zbyněk's songs:
Vím, že budeš mou (I know you’ll be mine)
Kdo z nás (Who of us)
Miliony přání (Thousands of wishes) - the first single
Dík tobě (Thanks to you)
Sfoukni svíčku (Blow out the candle)
Uvěř zázrakům (Believe in miracles)
Zítřky (Tomorrows)
Svítání (Sunrise)
Powerless
Mám kam jít (I’ve got a place to go)
Everyday
Možná (Maybe) - the second single + official music video
Nebudu lhát (I won’t lie)
Breaking my heart
Ať nám vládne hřích (Let a sin reign over us)
Cesta (The journey) - the third single
You should know me by now
Proti proudům (Against the flow)
Here I am
??.??.2007 – "Zlatý Otto" 1st place in the category Newcomer
24.06.2007 – Jetix
Kids Awards, 1st place in the category Singer
08.12.2007 - "Český Slavík", the "Jumper" of the year (jumped from 81st to 13th place) and 13th place in the category Singer
09.02.2008 - "Alianz album of the year", 1st place in the category Newcomer
03.03.2008 - "Hit parade Czech Twelve", Gold Twelve and Iron Twelve (for 41 weeks in hit parade)
12.07.2009 - International festival "Slovanský bazar", 7th place in the singing contest
18.08.2009 - International festival "Amberstar", 3rd place in category "Pop-rock"
Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District)
Ostrov , is a town in the Carlsbad Region, Czech Republic. It is located at a foothill of the Ore Mountains about 10 km northeast of Karlovy Vary and has a population of 16,999 ....
. He lived in Karlovy Vary for most of his life. His father works in a spa in one of the many hotels and his mother (an indigenous Russian) teaches Russian at a local school. He also has an older brother named Svatoslav.
Life
Zbyněk was talented, especially when it came to music and sports. His parents didn't lead him to music; but because of his talent, he enlisted in various competitions on his own initiative and even signed up for a singing class in a local art school. He was also very active in athletics. He took karateKarate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
for nearly nine years and he became a life-guard because of his swimming ability. In September 2007, he took his final examination at his economic lyceum. He couldn't do it in May because he was already fully involved in "the madness of show-business" and he didn't have enough time to study. By this time, he was living at his temporary address in the center of Prague and he was still trying to gain a stable place in Czech music. Despite his high-pressure time schedule, he's currently starting to study at the Financial and Administrative University in Prague (VŠFS).
Zbyněk's musical style is not, as he says himself, strictly specified, but his voice is definitely not made for hard rock or metal. He experiments with pop and pop-rock, swing, jazz, ballads and other genres.
He is currently working on his second album. It's supposed to be mainly pop-rock, following the similar style as his first album. He also joined the sport club "Real Top Prague" which is a team of famous people who play various kinds of sports, generally for charity.
Music
Although he began singing during his childhood, he only became famous during the third season of "Česko hledá SuperStar", the Czech version of Pop IdolPop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
. His friends wanted him to try out for the second season, but he decided to wait until he was sure of himself. Despite bad tongues, he won the third season. After his victory on December 17, 2006, he started to give interviews, found a band and recorded his first CD named "Pohled do očí". It was released in April 2007 and sold well. Right after the CD came out, he started to sing at concerts with his band.
Zbyněk ended the cooperation with his original band in June 2008, and found himself a new band which is more experienced and can help further his career.
Band line-up
Roman Masha Šandor - the first guitar, vocalist, band-masterStanislav Marhoun - the second guitar
Ivan Chudoba - bass guitar, vocalist
Erich Ciompa - keys
Alan Reisich - drums
Former members:
Lukáš Novák - keys
Songs
Other artists:If Tomorrow Never Comes
If Tomorrow Never Comes
"If Tomorrow Never Comes" served as the first single from Irish singer/songwriter Ronan Keating's second studio album, Destination. The song was produced by Steve Mac. The song peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as making the Top 10 in Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Germany,...
(Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...
)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
250px|thumb|right|Simba and Nala embrace during the "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" sequence."Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film, The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. It was described by Don Hahn , Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff as...
(Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
)
Maybe
Maybe (Enrique Iglesias song)
"Maybe" is a pop song written by Kara DioGuardi, Enrique Iglesias, Steve Morales and David Siegel for Iglesias' 2001 album Escape. Iglesias stated in many interviews that the song was his favorite track from the album Escape. In 2002, the album was reissued with two new tracks, one of which was a...
(Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
)
Mandy
Mandy (song)
"Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song jointly written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr."Brandy" had been a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand...
(Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
)
I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Got You Under My Skin
"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song by Cole Porter.I've Got You Under My Skin may also refer to:* "I've Got You Under My Skin" , a 1998 episode of the television series Charmed...
(Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
)
Yesterday
Yesterday (song)
"Yesterday" is a song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. The song first hit the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. The song remains popular today with more than 1,600 cover versions, one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded...
(The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
)
Les temps des cathédrales (Notre-Dame de Paris musical)
I Got You Babe
I Got You Babe
"I Got You Babe" is a 1965 #1 single by American pop music duo Sonny & Cher.-Background and composition:Sonny Bono, a songwriter and record producer for Phil Spector, wrote the lyrics to and composed the music of the song for himself and his then-wife, Cher, late at night in their basement. Session...
(duet with Canadian singer Jennie)
When You Say Nothing at All
When You Say Nothing at All
"When You Say Nothing at All" is the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The song was recorded in 1999 for the soundtrack of the film Notting Hill. It also appeared on Keating's debut solo album, Ronan. The song was released on July 26, 1999 in the United Kingdom. It peaked...
(Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...
)
I'll be there for you (Rembradts)
She could be (Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu Reivers , known professionally as Corbin Bleu, is an American actor, model, dancer, producer, and singer-songwriter. He performed in the High School Musical film series, the Discovery Kids drama series Flight 29 Down, and the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In!...
)
Burn (Van Velsen)
The rain has come (Silkstone
Silkstone
Silkstone is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, between the towns of Barnsley and Penistone, and includes the village of Silkstone Common...
)
Aquarius
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical Hair by James Rado & Gerome Ragni , and Galt MacDermot , released as a single by The 5th Dimension. The song peaked at number one for six weeks on the U.S...
(Hair
Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
musical)
Jen ten, kdo má tě rád (Only the one who loves you) - duet with Lucie Vondráčková
Lucie Vondrácková
Lucie Vondráčková is a Czech singer and actress. She is the niece of Czech singer Helena Vondráčková. She played in Czech Lion award-winning film Snowboarďáci. She also gained considerable fame as a pop-singer in the Czech Republic especially for her song Strach.Lucie Vondrácková comes from a...
Show must go on (the anthem of TV Barrandov) - sung with Josef Vojtek, Helena Vondráčková
Helena Vondrácková
Helena Vondráčková is a Czech singer whose career has spanned five decades.- Early life/career :Vondráčková spent her childhood years in the town of Slatinany. She took piano lessons from an early age...
, Šárka Vaňková
Šárka Vanková
Šárka Vaňková is a Czech singer from Jirkov. She was a contestant on Česko hledá SuperStar in 2004. After finishing in second place with 621,235 votes, Vaňková released her first CD. In May 2006, she released her second album called Teď a Tady which is a mix of pop and funky music with elements...
, Ilona Csáková
Ilona Csáková
Ilona Csáková is a Czech popular singer.- Biography :Ilona Csáková wanted to be a singer as a child. She sang with child band Butterflies, learnt to play the guitar, and played the drums in the school orchestra in Klášterec nad Ohří. She participated in her first singing competition in 1985. She...
, Petr Muk, Petr Bende, Martina Balogová and Pavel Vítek
Pavel Vitek
Pavel Vítek is a Czech singer and actor.He performed in the musicals Les Misérables , Miss Saigon , Grease , and in the play Romeo and Juliet ....
Jdi za štěstím (Go after your luck) - Karel Gott
Karel Gott
Karel Gott is a Czech Schlager singer, and an amateur painter. He is considered as the most successful male singer in former Czechoslovakia and currently in the Czech Republic; he has being voted the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national pool Český slavík in total thirty-six times...
Angelina (Karel Gott
Karel Gott
Karel Gott is a Czech Schlager singer, and an amateur painter. He is considered as the most successful male singer in former Czechoslovakia and currently in the Czech Republic; he has being voted the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national pool Český slavík in total thirty-six times...
) - with other artists
Smích (Smile) - Karel Gott
Karel Gott
Karel Gott is a Czech Schlager singer, and an amateur painter. He is considered as the most successful male singer in former Czechoslovakia and currently in the Czech Republic; he has being voted the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national pool Český slavík in total thirty-six times...
Zbyněk's songs:
Vím, že budeš mou (I know you’ll be mine)
Kdo z nás (Who of us)
Miliony přání (Thousands of wishes) - the first single
Dík tobě (Thanks to you)
Sfoukni svíčku (Blow out the candle)
Uvěř zázrakům (Believe in miracles)
Zítřky (Tomorrows)
Svítání (Sunrise)
Powerless
Mám kam jít (I’ve got a place to go)
Everyday
Možná (Maybe) - the second single + official music video
Nebudu lhát (I won’t lie)
Breaking my heart
Ať nám vládne hřích (Let a sin reign over us)
Cesta (The journey) - the third single
You should know me by now
Proti proudům (Against the flow)
Here I am
Awards
- 17.12.2006 – The new Czech Superstar (Pop IdolPop IdolPop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
) - 17.02.2007 – "TýTý" The Breakthrough of the Year and 2nd place in the category Singer
??.??.2007 – "Zlatý Otto" 1st place in the category Newcomer
24.06.2007 – Jetix
Jetix
Jetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
Kids Awards, 1st place in the category Singer
08.12.2007 - "Český Slavík", the "Jumper" of the year (jumped from 81st to 13th place) and 13th place in the category Singer
09.02.2008 - "Alianz album of the year", 1st place in the category Newcomer
03.03.2008 - "Hit parade Czech Twelve", Gold Twelve and Iron Twelve (for 41 weeks in hit parade)
12.07.2009 - International festival "Slovanský bazar", 7th place in the singing contest
18.08.2009 - International festival "Amberstar", 3rd place in category "Pop-rock"
External links
- www.drdazbynek.cz – the official site (language: Czech)
- www.drdazbynek.com – the official site of his fanclub (language: Czech, partly English)
- www.youtube.com - watch some videos