Jerzy Kossela
- Birth Date:
- 15.07.1942
- Death date:
- 07.01.2017
- Length of life:
- 74
- Days since birth:
- 29862
- Years since birth:
- 81
- Days since death:
- 2657
- Years since death:
- 7
- Person's maiden name:
- Jerzy Kosela
- Extra names:
- Jerzy Kossela, Jerzy Kosela
- Categories:
- Composer, Guitarist, Rock musician, Singer, Songwriter
- Nationality:
- pole
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Jerzy Kossela (actual surname Kosela; born July 15, 1942 in Częstochowa; died January 7, 2017 in Gdynia) was a Polish guitarist, vocalist and founding member of the bands Electron, Niebiekso-Czarni, Pięciolinie and Czerwone Gitary.
He was the first founding member of the band Czerwone Gitary, during 1965-1967. Following his departure from the band, he continued to remain active in Polish music and performed on stage until 1976 after which he would then spend 15 years as a music presenter. Upon the band’s reunion in 1991, he once again became its guitarist and singer. In 1993, he left the band once more due to a conflict with former band founder, Seweryn Krajewski. As of 1999, Jerzy Kossela is, for the third time, a member in the Czerwone Gitary band. His often goes by his on-stage nicknames, Ciamcialamcia or Juras.
He is the creator of many timeless hits, including: "Bo ty się boisz myszy" (music and lyrics), "Historia jednej znajomości", "Matura" (lyrics to the music of Krzysztof Klenczon). He is also co-author of the book Czerwone Gitary to właśnie my! (Czerwone Gitary, that’s us!) He is married to Jana (Janina) Karst.
In 2010 he received the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.
On the Czerwone Gitary's album Jeszcze raz (One More Time), which debuted March 14, 2015, the song "Kocham dwie dziewczyny" appeared, originally written in 1965.
From May 2015 he stopped performing in concerts with the band Czerwone Gitary, citing health reasons.
Source: wikipedia.org
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03.01.1965 | Założono zespół Czerwone Gitary
Zespół został założony przez Jerzego Kosselę, Krzysztofa Klenczona, Henryka Zomerskiego 3 stycznia 1965 roku, w kawiarni „Crystal” w Gdańsku Wrzeszczu.
10.12.1966 | Grupa Czerwone Gitary wydała swój pierwszy album "To właśnie my"
To właśnie my – pierwszy album studyjny polskiej grupy bigbitowej Czerwone Gitary. Został wydany 10 grudnia 1966 nakładem wytwórni Pronit. 24 września 2008, po ponad 40 latach od premiery, album uzyskał status złotej płyty.