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| Czesław Niemen | |
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Czesław Niemen (Celebrity Alley, Kielce) |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki |
| Born |
February 16, 1939 in Stare Wasiliszki, Nowogródek Voivodeship, Poland (now Belarus) |
| Died | January 17, 2004 (aged 64) in Warsaw, Poland |
| Genres | Rock & roll, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, folk music, avant-garde jazz, electronic music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet |
| Instruments | Multi-instrumentalist (mostly electronic instruments and keyboards) |
| Years active | 1967–2001 |
| Associated acts | Niebiesko-Czarni, Andrzej Kurylewicz |
| Website | Niemen at polishmusic.ca |
Czesław Niemen (Polish pronunciation: [t͡ʂɛswaf ɲemɛn]; February 16, 1939 – January 17, 2004), born Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki, and often credited as just Niemen, was one of the most important and original Polish singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the last quarter-century, singing mainly in Polish.
Niemen was born in Stare Wasiliszki in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic (now in the Grodno Region of Belarus). Czesław Niemen belonged to a community of Poles, living outside the eastern borders of contemporary Poland, on the eastern lands of the historical Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (called 'Kresy' - 'borderlands' - in Polish).
In the dawn of World War II these ethnic Belarusian lands were annexed by the Soviet Union and became a part of Belorussian SSR, according to Europe's post-war reorganization performed during the Yalta Conference
He made his debut in the early 1960s, singing Polish rock and soul music. He possessed an unusually wide voice range and equally rich intonation. He was also an ardent composer and a keyboard player.
In 1964 at Congress Hall, Warsaw, Niemen, together with his group, played as a support act to Marlene Dietrich during her concert. She heard his song "Czy mnie jeszcze pamiętasz" ("Do you still remember me?") there. She enjoyed it so much that she soon recorded her own version of it "Mutter, Hast du Mir Vergeben" ("Mother, have you forgiven me?") writing her own lyrics for the song.
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