Saturday, 19 February 2011

Czerwone Gitary - heyday years 1965 - 1970

Czerwone Gitary
Czerwone Gitary - one of the most successful Polish bands from the 1960s. Sometimes referred as the Polish Beatles.

The band was founded in 1965 in Gdansk. Their debut album called "To wlasnie my" (Engl. It's us) was released in 1966. From then every following album up till 1970 sold a record number of units. In that time the band achieved the greatest success.
Czerwone Gitary (Engl. Red Guitars) received various Polish awards, won the 1969 MIDEM trophy based on their record sales and in the same year the "Billboard" magazine award.



Line up in 1966:

  • Seweryn Krajewski - vocal / guitar
  • Krzysztof Klenczon - guitar / vocal
  • Jerzy Kossela - guitar / vocal
  • Bernard Dornowski - bass / vocal
  • Jerzy Skrzypczyk - drums / vocal
 

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