Franciszek Walicki

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Birth Date:
20.07.1921
Death date:
03.10.2015
Length of life:
94
Days since birth:
37543
Years since birth:
102
Days since death:
3135
Years since death:
8
Extra names:
Franciszek Walicki, Jacek Grań
Categories:
Composer, Journalist, Publicist
Nationality:
 pole
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Franciszek Walicki (20 July 1921 – 3 October 2015) was a Polish journalist. He was considered the father of Polish big beat and rock.

In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot. Walicki also founded a number of important Polish bands:

  • 1959 - Rhythm and Blues - the first Polish big beat group
  • 1960 - Czerwono-Czarni
  • 1962 - Niebiesko-Czarni
  • 1968 - Breakout
  • 1974 – SBB

Awards and distinctions

  • 1996 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
  • Righteous among the Nations medal
  • 1998 - Grand Prix, National Festival of Polish Song in Opole

 

Source: wikipedia.org

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