Bogusław Mec (21 January 1947 – 11 March 2012) was a Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and artist. Bogusław Mec was born in

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in 1947. His career began in 1969, at ''Łódzka Giełda Piosenki'' song contest. In 1972, at X National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, he received a Ministry of Culture and Art award for the song "Jej portret". In the 1980s, he toured the US,

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, Yugoslavia, Spain, and

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. Since 2001, he had suffered from

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and died on 11 March 2012, at a hospital in

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. He was 65.

Discography

Albums

*To nie był sen (1971) *Bogusław Mec 2 (1979) *Bogusław Mec 3/4 (1981) *Nie biegnij tak (Pronit) (1983) *Mały szu (Polskie Nagrania Muza) (1987) *Jej portret the best of (1995) *Po kolędzie (1997) *Malarz i poeta (1998) *Boże Narodzenia ((1998)) *The best – Jej portret (2004) *2004 Recepta na życie (2004) *Duety (2008) *Mec Bogusław, The best of (2010) *Bogusław Mec – Malarz i poeta (4everMusic) (2013)

Singles

*"Z wielkiej nieśmiałości" (1980) *"Przyjaciele po to są" *"Filozof" (wraz z Justyną Steczkowską) (2008) *"Stare buty Van Gogha" (wraz z Frument Project) (2011)

Art exhibitions

*Art exhibition in

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(1990) *Art exhibition in Prag (1991) *One-person art exhibition (1992) *Art exhibition in

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(1992) *Art exhibition in the USA (1993)

References

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