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Franciszek Walicki
Polish journalist and musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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 – the first Polish big beat group
- 1960 – Czerwono-Czarni
- 1962 – Niebiesko-Czarni
- 1968 – Breakout
- 1974 – SBB
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Awards and distinctions
- 1996 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Righteous among the Nations medal[citation needed]
- 1998 – Grand Prix, National Festival of Polish Song in Opole
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