Maryla Rodowicz

Maryla Rodowicz
Rodowicz in 2012
Born	Maria Antonina Rodowicz December 8, 1945 Zielona Góra, Poland
Alma mater	Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
Occupation	Singer, actress
Spouse(s)	Andrzej Dużyński (1986-present)
Partner(s)	Krzysztof Jasiński
Children	3 (1 daughter, 2 sons)
Musical career
Genres	Pop, rock
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1962–present
Labels	Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland, Universal Music Poland
Website	www.marylarodowicz.pl
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Maryla Rodowicz (born Maria Antonina Rodowicz, 8 December 1945 in Zielona Góra) is a Polish singer and actress.

Early life

Originally the Rodowicz family came from Vilnius (Polish: Wilno); her father worked at the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius before the war and her grandparents were the owners of a pharmacy near the famous Gate of Dawn (Polish: Ostra Brama).^[1] Rodowicz studied at Liceum Ziemi Kujawskiej (Cuiavian Land High School) in Włocławek and graduated from the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego (Academy of Physical Education) in Warsaw. In her youth, she was a keen participant in athletics among other things at Kujawiak Włocławek.

Career

Her career began in 1967, after winning first prize at the Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich (Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków. Two years later she recorded her first well-known song, "Mówiły 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 "Małgośka" 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 "Małgośka", the artist's most famous songs are "Niech żyje bal" ("Long live the ball"), "To już było" ("Done that"), "Wielka Woda" ("Great water"), "Rozmowa przez ocean" ("Talk over the ocean"), "Bossanova do poduszki" ("Bedside bossa nova"), "Łatwopalni" ("Inflammables") and her latest album's hits such as "Wszyscy chcą kochać" ("Everybody wants to love") and "Będzie co ma być" ("What is to be, will be"). In 2005 she recorded an album Kochać (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, Tulsa, and Los Angeles, as well as in Poland including the Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich (Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków and the Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej (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 zastępcza (Foster Family).

In 1992 she released her autobiography under the title of Niech żyje bal.

She was featured in a 2012 episode of the Polish Name That Tune, known as Jaka to Melodia, in which she sang her rendition of the popular Chór Czejanda number Czerwony Autobus ("The Red Bus") after a celebrity contestant guessed the song.

Songs

The notable Polish Madonna written by Agnieszka Osiecka (an emotional portrait of an average Polish woman trying to make ends meet) contains clear Catholic symbolism and references to the social circumstances characteristic to Poland in the late eighties that marked the last years of the communist era in Poland. In this song, the author questions whether the "Polish Madonna" (or, in other words, the Catholic Saint Mary, usually portrayed as holding baby Jesus in her arms) has enough money to pay for rent, promising her that the child will get a welcome allowance to the public kindergarten. The old communist promises are never fulfilled for her, and her dreams of having a lipstick "made in France" can only come true in her dreams. The song won the journalists' prize at the Opole festival in 1987.

Personal life

She has three children, Jan Jasiński (born in 1979) and Katarzyna Jasińska (born in 1982) with her first husband, Krzysztof Jasiński. She also has a son Jędrzej (born in 1987) with her second (and present) husband Andrzej Dużyński.

Discography

Rodowicz in Warsaw, 2007

Polish-language albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [2][3][4][5][6]
Żyj mój świecie	Released: 1970 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD, digital download[7]	—	POL: 160,000+	POL: Gold[8]
Wyznanie	Released: 1972 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD,[9] digital download[10]	—
Rok	Released: 1974 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD,[11] digital download[12]	—
Sing-Sing	Released: 1976 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD,[13] digital download[14]	—
Wsiąść do pociągu	Released: 1978 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD,[15] digital download[16]	—	POL: 160,000+	POL: Gold
Cyrk nocą	Released: 1979 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD, digital download[17]	—
Święty spokój	Released: 1982 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD, digital download[18]	—
Był sobie król	Released: 1984 Label: Polton Formats: LP, CD,[19] digital download[20]	—
Gejsza nocy	Released: 1986 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD,[21] digital download[22]	—
Polska Madonna	Released: 1987 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD, digital download[23]	—
Full	Released: 1991 Label: Polton Formats: LP, CD	—
Absolutnie nic	Released: 1992 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD,[24] digital download[25]	—
Złota Maryla	Released: 1995 Label: Tra-La-La Formats: CD, digital download[26]	—
Marysia biesiadna	Released: 1995 Label: Tra-la-la Formats: CD[27]	—	POL: 100,000+	POL: Gold[28]
Przed zakrętem	Released: 1998 Label: PolyGram Poland Formats: CD, digital download[29]	—	POL: 50,000+[30]	POL: Gold[31]
Karnawał 2000	Released: November 22, 1999[32] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[33]	—
Życie ładna rzecz	Released: November 8, 2002[34] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[35]	—
Maryla i przyjaciele	Released: January 12, 2004[36] Label: Polskie Radio Formats: CD	—
Kochać	Released: September 23, 2005[37] Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download[38]	5	POL: 30,000+[39]	POL: Platinum[40]
Jest cudnie	Released: May 12, 2008[41] Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download[42]	2	POL: 30,000+[39]	POL: Platinum[43]
50	Released: November 22, 2010[44] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[45]	3	POL: 30,000+[39]	POL: Platinum[46]
Buty 2^[a]	Released: November 25, 2011[47] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[48]	16	POL: 30,000+[39]	POL: Platinum[49]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

German-language albums

Title	Album details
Maryla Rodowicz	Released: 1973 Label: Amiga Formats: LP
Die Grossen Erfolge	Released: 2007 Label: Amiga Formats: CD

Russian-language albums

Title	Album details
Maryla Rodowicz	Released: 1984 Label: Melodia Formats: LP

Multilingual albums

Title	Album details	Notes
Maryla Rodowiczova	Released: 1972 Label: Supraphon Formats: LP	released in Czechoslovakia

Tribute albums

Title	Album details
Tribute To Agnieszka Osiecka. Łatwopalni	Released: June 28, 1997[50] Label: PolyGram Poland Formats: CD

Christmas albums

Title	Album details	Notes
12 najpiękniejszych kolęd	Released: 2001 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD	Pani Domu magazine insert

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [2]
Niebieska Maryla	Released: September 14, 2000[51] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD	10	POL: 50,000+[30]	POL: Gold[52]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Sales	Certifications
Antologia 1	Released: October 19, 1996[53] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD	POL: 100,000+	POL: Gold[54]
Antologia 2	Released: October 19, 1996[55] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD
Antologia 3	Released: October 19, 1996[56] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD
Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. I (1967-1970)	Released: November 5, 2012[57] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[58]
Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. II (1970-1973)	Released: December 4, 2012[59] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[60]
Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. III (1974-1977)	Released: March 19, 2013[61] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[62]
Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. IV (1977-1982)	Released: April 16, 2013[63] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[64]
Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. V (Lata 80-te cz. I)	Released: May 28, 2013 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[65]
Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. VI (Lata 80-te cz. II)	Released: May 28, 2013 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[66]
Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. VII (1990-2000)	Released: August 6, 2013 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[67]

Notes

a. ^{^} Re-released as 2 CD set on October 23, 2012 under title Buty 2 1/2.^[68][69]

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External links

• (Polish) Official website