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Maryla Rodowicz (born as Maria Antonina Rodowicz, 8 December 1945 in Zielona Góra) is a Polish singer.Early life
She studied at Liceum Ziemi Kujawskiej (The Kujawy region high school) in W<#322;oc<#322;awek and graduated from the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego (The Academy of Physical Education) in Warsaw. In her youth she participated in athletics among other things at Kujawiak W<#322;oc<#322;awek.
Career
Her career began in 1967, after winning first prize at "Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich" (The Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków. Two years later she recorded her first well-known song, "Mówi<#322;y mu" ("The girls told him", English version known as "Love Doesn't Grow On Trees"), and in 1970 - her first longplay. In 1973, she gained popularity with the song "Ma<#322;go<#347;ka" with lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka. A year later, during the World Cup Opening Ceremony in Munich, she performed a song "Futbol" ("Football").
The singer's body of work comprises over 600 recorded songs, with over 20 Polish albums as well as albums in English, Czech, German and Russian. Apart from "Ma<#322;go<#347;ka", the artist's most famous songs are "Niech <#380;yje bal" ("Long live the ball"), "To ju<#380; by<#322;o" ("Done that"), "Wielka Woda ("Great water"), "Rozmowa przez ocean" ("Talk over the ocean"), "Bossanova do poduszki" ("Bedside bossanova"), "<#321;atwopalni" ("Inflammables") and her latest album's hits such as "Wszyscy chc<#261; kocha<#263;" ("Everybody wants to love") and "B<#281;dzie co ma by<#263;" ("What is to be, will be"). In 2005 she recorded an album "Kocha<#263;" ("To love") with lyrics by Katarzyna Nosowska. On the occasion of World Cup 2006, she recorded a song "Za Janasa" ("For Janas") with Nosowska's lyrics.
Rodowicz has performed in concert worldwide: in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia. She has won awards for her singing. She has also participated in various festivals including outside the borders of Poland, for example in Oklahoma City, Los Angeles, and Tulsa, as well as in Poland including Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich (The Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków and at Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej (The National Polish Song Festival) in Opole.
Rodowicz is also an actress who has performed in several movies and in musical entertainment. She regularly performs in a Polsat TV channel series Rodzina zast<#281;pcza (Foster Family).
In 1992 she released her autobiography under the title of Niech <#380;yje bal.
Selected discography
Rodowicz in Warsaw, 2007
<#379;yj mój <#347;wiecie (Live, my world), 1970
Wyznanie (Confession), 1972
Maryla Rodowiczova (CSRS) (a Czechoslovakian release), 1972
Maryla Rodowicz (NRD) (an East Germany release), 1973
Rok (A year), 1974
Sing-Sing, 1976
Wsi<#261;<#347;<#263; do poci<#261;gu (To enter a train), 1978
Cyrk noc<#261; (A circus at night/A night lark), 1979
<#346;wi<#281;ty spokój (The sacred peace), 1982
Maryla Rodowicz (ZSRR) (A Soviet Union release), 1983
By<#322; sobie król (There once was a king), 1984
Gejsza nocy (The geisha of a night), 1984
Polska Madonna (Polish Madonna), 1987
Full, 1991
Absolutnie nic (Absolutely Nothing), 1992
Marysia Biesiadna (Folklore Marysia), 1994
Z<#322;ota Maryla (Golden Maryla), 1995
Tribute to Agnieszka Osiecka. <#321;atwopalni (... Inflammables), 1997
Przed zakr<#281;tem (Before the turn), 1998
Karnawa<#322; 2000 (The 2000 Carnaval), 1999
Niebieska Maryla (Blue Maryla), 2000
12 Najpi<#281;kniejszych kol<#281;d (The 12 most beautiful Christmas carols), 2001
<#379;ycie <#322;adna rzecz (The life, a nice thing), 2002
Maryla i przyjaciele (Maryla and friends), 2003
Nejvetsi hity (a Czech release), 2003
Kocha<#263; (To love), (60,000 copies sold) 2005
Jest Cudnie (It's wonderful), 2008
50 (50), 2010
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