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 Włocławek 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 Włocławek.
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, "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 bossanova"), "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, 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 zastępcza (Foster Family).
In 1992 she released her autobiography under the title of Niech żyje bal.
Selected discography
Rodowicz in Warsaw, 2007 Żyj mój świecie (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 Wsiąść do pociągu (To enter a train), 1978 Cyrk nocą (A circus at night/A night lark), 1979 Święty spokój (The sacred peace), 1982 Maryla Rodowicz (ZSRR) (A Soviet Union release), 1983 Był 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 Złota Maryla (Golden Maryla), 1995 Tribute to Agnieszka Osiecka. Łatwopalni (... Inflammables), 1997 Przed zakrętem (Before the turn), 1998 Karnawał 2000 (The 2000 Carnaval), 1999 Niebieska Maryla (Blue Maryla), 2000 12 Najpiękniejszych kolęd (The 12 most beautiful Christmas carols), 2001 Życie ładna rzecz (The life, a nice thing), 2002 Maryla i przyjaciele (Maryla and friends), 2003 Nejvetsi hity (a Czech release), 2003 Kochać (To love), (60,000 copies sold) 2005 Jest Cudnie (It's wonderful), 2008 50 (50), 2010
