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Miroslav Žbirka
Miroslav "Miro" Žbirka (21 October 1952 – 10 November 2021) was a Slovak pop and rock singer and songwriter, widely popular in 1980s Czechoslovakia. Born in Bratislava to a Slovak father and an English mother, he sang in Slovak, English, and Czech. He sometimes recorded in London, but lived in Slovakia and since early 1990s in Prague, Czech Republic, where he died. In the late 1970s, Žbirka co-founded two Czechoslovak pop music bands, Modus and Limit. In 1982, he rose to fame by winning the annual Zlatý slavík award for the best male singer in Czechoslovakia. After the 1992 division of Czechoslovakia, he repeated this achievement in the Slovak annual Slávik Awards, coming number one in the annual end of year charts in 2002, 2004 and 2005. Žbirka had some performances with Jon Anderson in 2012. Asteroid 5895 Žbirka, discovered by Czech astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová in 1982, was named in his honor (the official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 27 August 20 ...
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Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, some sources estimate daily number of people moving around the city based on mobile phone SIM cards is more than 570,000. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the Danube and the left bank of the Morava (river), River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital to border two sovereign states. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions, including Austrians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarian people, Hungarians, Jews and Slovaks. It was the coronation site and legislative center and capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783; elev ...
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Mladá Fronta DNES
''Mladá fronta Dnes'' (), also known as ''MF Dnes'' or simply ''Dnes'', is a daily newspaper based in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south .... As of 2016, it is the second-largest Czech newspaper, after the tabloid '' Blesk''. History and profile ''Mladá fronta Dnes'' is owned by Mafra a.s., a subsidiary of the Agrofert group, a company owned by the former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Mafra was previously the Czech subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei - und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH, the publisher of the '' Rheinische Post'' that bought it from French press group Socpresse in 1994. The newspaper is published in Berliner format. It consists of four sections, one of which contains regional content. Its orientation c ...
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Doctor Dream
''Doktor Sen'' ('Doctor Dream') is the debut album by Slovak singer Miroslav Žbirka, released on OPUS in 1980. Track listing Official releases * 1980: ''Doktor Sen'', LP, MC, OPUS, #9116 100 * 1999: ''Doktor Sen'', CD, Bonton, No. 49 2930 * 2008: ''Slovenské legendárne albumy II: Doktor Sen'', CD, SME, #91 0017 * 2008: ''Doktor Sen: 2CD Collectors Edition'', bonus CD, OPUS, #91 2716 Credits and personnel * Miroslav Žbirka – lead vocal, writer, acoustic guitar * Marika Gombitová – lead vocal, back vocal * Ladislav Lučenič – bass, guitar, percussion, back vocal * Dušan Hájek – drums, percussion * Jozef Hanák – harmonica, sound engineer * Ján Lehotský – keyboards, back vocal * Štefan Danko – executive producer * Ján Lauko – record producer * Karel Witz – guitar * Martin Karvaš – synthesizer * Kamil Peteraj – lyrics * Július Kinček – liner notes * Tibor Borský – art work Accolades In 2007, ''Doktor Sen'' ranked 19th on the list of ...
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Dúhy
''Dúhy'' (''Rainbows'') is the thirteenth studio album by Slovak singer Miroslav Žbirka, released on Universal Music in 2005. Track listing Official releases * 2005: ''Dúhy'', CD, Universal Music, No. 987 373-5 * 2006: ''Dúhy: The Best of Tour'', CD/DVD, Universal Music, #170 824-4 Credits and personnel * Miroslav Žbirka – lead vocal, writer, acoustic guitar, co-producer * Marika Gombitová – lead vocal * Iva Frühlingová Iva Frühlingová (born 11 May 1982 in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech female singer and model, famous in the Czech Republic and France. Despite her Czech descent she sings mostly in French. Biography Frühlingová was born in Litvíno ... – lead vocal * Aleš Zenkl – producer * Honza Horáček – producer * David Koller – back vocal, producer * Jan P. Muchow – producer * Jiří Charypar – mastered-by Charts References ;General * * * ;Specific External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duhy 2005 albums Miros ...
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Modrý Album
''Modrý album'' (''Blue Album'') is the twelfth studio album by Slovak singer Miroslav Žbirka, released on Universal Music in 2001. Track listing Official releases * 2001: ''Modrý album'', CD, Universal Music, No. 013 754 * 2001: ''Modrý album'', CD, bonus tracks, Universal Music, No. 013 754 * 2010: ''Zlatá edice: Modrý album'', CD, Universal Music, #013 754 Credits and personnel * Miroslav Žbirka – lead vocal, writer, acoustic guitar, co-producer * Marika Gombitová Marika Gombitová (; born 12 September 1956) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and musician. Once a member of Modus (band), Modus, Gombitová started to gain early acclaim as a former female vocalist of the group. Nevertheless, she gradually develop ... – lead vocal * Martha – lead vocal * Aleš Zenkl – producer * Honza Horáček – producer * Andrej Lažo – engineer, mastered-by * Milan Cimfe – engineer, mastered-by Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References ;General * ...
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Doktor Sen
''Doktor Sen'' ('Doctor Dream') is the debut album by Slovak singer Miroslav Žbirka, released on OPUS in 1980. Track listing Official releases * 1980: ''Doktor Sen'', LP, MC, OPUS, #9116 100 * 1999: ''Doktor Sen'', CD, Bonton, No. 49 2930 * 2008: ''Slovenské legendárne albumy II: Doktor Sen'', CD, SME, #91 0017 * 2008: ''Doktor Sen: 2CD Collectors Edition'', bonus CD, OPUS, #91 2716 Credits and personnel * Miroslav Žbirka – lead vocal, writer, acoustic guitar * Marika Gombitová – lead vocal, back vocal * Ladislav Lučenič – bass, guitar, percussion, back vocal * Dušan Hájek – drums, percussion * Jozef Hanák – harmonica, sound engineer * Ján Lehotský – keyboards, back vocal * Štefan Danko – executive producer * Ján Lauko – record producer * Karel Witz – guitar * Martin Karvaš – synthesizer * Kamil Peteraj – lyrics * Július Kinček – liner notes * Tibor Borský – art work Accolades In 2007, ''Doktor Sen'' ranked 19th on the list of ...
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Konk Studios
Konk is the name of a recording studio
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Konk Studios

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David Žbirka
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; page 32; Cambr ...
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