Franciszek Walicki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish musician and journalist
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Place of Birth: Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
About Franciszek Walicki
- Franciszek Walicki (20 July 1921 – 3 October 2015) was a Polish journalist.
- He was considered the father of Polish beat and rock music, calling them big-beat as rock and roll was unacceptable name for communist authorities. 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
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