Franciszek Walicki
Polish journalist and musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franciszek Walicki (20 July 1921 – 3 October 2015) was a Polish journalist.[1] He was considered the father of Polish beat and rock music, calling them big-beat as rock and roll was unacceptable name for the authorities of the Polish People's Republic at the time.[2]
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Franciszek Walicki | |
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Born | (1921-07-20)20 July 1921 Łódź, Poland |
Died | 3 October 2015(2015-10-03) (aged 94) Gdynia, Poland |
Nationality | POL |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, musician |
Honours | Righteous Among the Nations Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta |
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In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot. Walicki also founded a number of important Polish bands:
- 1959 – Rythm and Blues [pl] – the first Polish big beat group
- 1960 – Czerwono-Czarni
- 1962 – Niebiesko-Czarni
- 1968 – Breakout
- 1974 – SBB