Krzysztof Antoni Klenczon (born 14 January 1942 in
Pułtusk
Pułtusk (pronounced ) is a town in northeast Poland, by the river Narew. Located north of Warsaw in the Masovian Voivodeship, it had a population of about 19,000 . Known for its historic architecture and Europe's longest paved marketplace ( in ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
; died 7 April 1981 in
Chicago
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) was a Polish composer, singer and guitarist, member of
Czerwone Gitary
Czerwone Gitary ( lit. The Red Guitars) is one of the most popular rock bands in the history of Polish popular music. The band formed in 1965 and achieved its greatest success from 1965 to 1970. Often considered the Polish equivalent of the ...
(1965-1970), later Trzy Korony (1970-1972).
Composer of the greatest hits of the Red Guitars (next to Seweryn Krajewski) among others: ''Taka jak ty, Historia jednej znajomości, Nikt na świecie nie wie, Biały krzyż, Wróćmy na jeziora, Gdy kiedyś znów zawołam cię, Kwiaty we włosach, Powiedz stary gdzieś ty był, Jesień idzie przez park,'' and from Trzy Korony: ''10 w skali Beauforta, Port, Czyjaś dziewczyna, Natalie-piękniejszy świat''.
On 27 February 1981 Klenczon was seriously injured by a drunk driver in the suburbs of
Chicago
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, on the way back from the
Milford Ballroom in the city's
Polish Village
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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. He died on 7 April at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chicago, and was buried on 25 July 1981 in
Szczytno, Poland on the family's plot,
Solo discography
* (1971) Krzysztof Klenczon i Trzy Korony
* (1977) The Show Never Ends
* (1978) Powiedz Stary Gdzieś Ty Był
External links
Krzysztof Klenczon Polish National Song ContestStowarzyszenie Muzyczne Christopher
1942 births
1981 deaths
People from Pułtusk
Road incident deaths in Illinois
Polish pop singers
Polish rock singers
20th-century Polish male singers
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