Krzysztof Krawczyk
| Krzysztof Krawczyk | |
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| Born |
September 8, 1946 Katowice, Poland |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1963 - current |
| Spouse(s) | 1. Grażyna Adamus (divorced) 2. Halina Żytkowiak (divorced) 3. Ewa Krawczyk |
| Children | 4 (1 son, 3 daughters) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Pop, country, tango, dance, rhythm and blues, disco polo |
| Labels | Pronit, Polskie Nagrania Muza, Wifon, TRC Records, PZ Tesco, Sonic, Brawo, Omega, Snake's Music, Hallmark Records, Credo Records, Intersound, Marfix, Koch International Poland, PolyPop/PolyGram Polska, Pomaton EMI, Point Music, Selles, Fan Music, Gama, GM Music, Zic Zac/BMG Poland, Accord Song, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland, Agencja Artystyczna MTJ, Warner Music Poland |
| Associated acts | Trubadurzy, Goran Bregović |
| Website | www.krzysztofkrawczyk.eu |
Krzysztof January Krawczyk [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf ˈkraft͡ʂɨk] (born September 8, 1946 in Katowice) is a Polish pop singer having a baritone voice, a guitarist and composer. He was the vocalist of a popular Polish band, Trubadurzy (English translation: Troubadours), from 1963 to 1973 when he started his solo career. He was co-founder of the Post-secondary School of Stage Art in Łódź. His creative activity in the area of music is characterized by a combination of various music genres such as rock and roll, country music and rhythm & blues. His album To co w życiu ważne reached number one on the Polish Music Charts.
Krawczyk learned to play the guitar on his own, whereas his vocal abilities were practised when he attended secondary school of music in Łódź. However, he had to quit his musical studies and become an errand-boy, because his father, an actor, died and his mother suffered from depression. He was the only member of the family to earn a living.
In 1963 he founded, together with Ryszard Poznakowski, Marian Lichtman, Sławomir Kowalewski and Halina Żytkowiak, one of the best known Polish beat music bands of the 1960s, Trubadurzy, who combined elements of rock with Polish folk music.
Ten years after that band's establishment, Krawczyk started his solo career. In the 1970s he recorded several successful songs such as Parostatek (The steamship), Pokochaj moje marzenia (Love my dreams), Pamiętam Ciebie z tamtych lat (I remember you from those years) or Ostatni raz zatańczysz ze mną (You'll dance with me that last time). He had numerous performances at festivals in Opole, Sopot and Kołobrzeg. He also toured in all the countries of the Warsaw Pact as well as in Sweden, Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland. His work of the 1970s was considered to be kitsch by some critics. Nevertheless, his songs of that time have been genuinely popular to this day.
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