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Omega was a Hungarian rock band formed in 1962, which has been described as the most successful Hungarian band in history. They released more than 20 albums both in Hungarian and English. After several early personnel changes, their classic lineup came together in 1971 and was intact for more than forty years. Singer János Kóbor was with the band continuously from 1962 until his death in 2021; keyboardist/singer László Benkő was present from 1962 until his death in 2020. Guitarist György Molnár and bassist Tamás Mihály joined in 1967, and drummer Ferenc Debreczeni joined in 1971. Omega won several prestigious awards for their contributions to Hungarian culture. History Omega was formed in Budapest in 1962 by Benkő and Kóbor, with trombonist Győző Bánkúti, drummer Tamás Künsztler, saxophonist Péter Láng, guitarist Ferenc Tornóczky, and bassist István Varsányi. The members had all been in previous bands at the same grammar school. Their first concert was at ...
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Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ...
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Gyöngyhajú Lány
"" ("''The girl with pearly hair''") is a song by Hungarian rock band Omega. It was written in 1968, composed in 1969, and released on their album '' 10 000 lépés''. "" was very popular in many countries, including West Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The lyrics were written by Anna Adamis, the music was composed by Gábor Presser and the song was sung by János Kóbor. In 1969, the single "" was released and the song gained popularity. Omega also recorded other versions of this song in foreign languages: English ("Pearls in Her Hair") and German (""). Other versions "" was covered in Poland (as ""), Czech Republic (as "" by and "" by Aleš Brichta and "" by ), Yugoslavia (as "" by Griva), Bulgaria (as "" () by ), Lithuania (as "" by Keistuolių Teatras), in Bosnia and Herzegovina (as war song of The Army of Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina "", and later as "Nirvana" by Krivi Toranj). It was also covered by Frank Sc ...
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10000 Lépés
''10000 lépés'' (literal translation: ''10,000 steps'') is the second album by the Hungarian rock band Omega. It was released in 1969. Track listing Personnel *János Kóbor: lead vocals *Gábor Presser: keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal (B2, B3) *Laszlo Benkő: keyboards, trumpet, backing vocals *Tamas Mihály: bass, backing vocal, lead vocal (B4) *György Molnár: guitar *József Laux: drums, percussion Releases information * LP Qualiton Records LPX 17400 (1969 Hungary) * CD Mega Records HCD 37585 (1992 Hungary) * CD Hungaroton HCD 17400 (2003 Hungary) (with 5 bonus tracks 11–15) References 10000 Lépésat Discogs * 10000 Lépésat Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...10000 Lépés 1969 albums Omega (band) albums Hungarian-language albu ...
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Őriszentpéter
Őriszentpéter () is a town in Vas County, Hungary. Geography The town extends on the hills of the region Őrség, where the river Zala (river), Zala flows through. The Zala has its source about away at Szalafő. The town has an ancient szer structure. It consists of 9 szer: The central grain is at the river Zala: ''Városszer'' and ''Baksaszer'', moreover the ''Alszer'' on the northern side. Also important are the ''Kovácsszer'', ''Siskaszer'', ''Templomszer'', ''Keserűszer'' and ''Galambszer'' districts. History The village of Őriszentpéter is first mentioned in chronicles from 1280. The inhabitants of the village were defenders of the border of Hungary on the west frontier. They were free people and served the king of Hungary as soldiers. They built their church in the 12th century. During the Turkish wars the religion changed and the Catholic Church became a Reformed church. In the 17th century the leading aristocrats of west Hungary, the Batthyány family became t ...
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COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever, fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, anosmia, loss of smell, and ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, shock (circulatory), shock, or organ dysfunction, multiorgan dysfunction). Older people have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms. Some complicati ...
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Kossuth Prize
The Kossuth Prize (, ) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1936, by the Hungarian National Assembly, to acknowledge outstanding personal and group achievements in the fields of science, culture and the arts, as well as (during the Hungarian People's Republic) in the building of socialism in general. Since 1963, the domain has been restricted to culture and the arts. Today, it is regarded as the most prestigious cultural award in Hungary, and is awarded by the President of Hungary, President. Recipients Note: This is not a complete listing. *Aladár Rácz (1948) *Zoltán Kodály (1948) *István Csók (1948 and 1952) *Ferenc Erdei (1948 and 1962) *Milán Füst (1948) *Gizi Bajor (1948) *Pál Turán (1948 and 1952) *Géza Zemplén (1948) *Béla Balázs (1949) *Jenő Egerváry (1949) *Annie Fischer (1949, 1955, 1965) *József Marek (1949) *Ferenc Mérei (1949) *Ági Mészáros (194 ...
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Klaus Meine
Klaus Meine (; born 25 May 1948) is a German singer, best known as the longtime frontman and primary lyricist of the hard rock band Scorpions. Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album, though he did not join the band until 1969. This was four years after its founding. Meine placed at number 22 on ''Hit Parader''s 'Top Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time' list in 2006. Biography Meine wrote most of the lyrics to Scorpions' songs. He and former Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell also shared lyrical authorship on some songs, including the major hit " Rock You Like a Hurricane". Meine composed some songs alone like " Wind of Change", " You and I", "But the Best for You", "Does Anyone Know", "A Moment in a Million Years", "Moment of Glory", "I Wanted to Cry", "Back to You", "My City, My Town", "Follow Your Heart", "Rock'n' Roll Band", "The World We Used to Know" and "Who We Are". He has played guitar on two Scorpion ...
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Rudolf Schenker
Rudolf Schenker (born 31 August 1948) is a German guitarist, founder and leader of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm and lead guitarist, primary songwriter and the sole constant member of the band. He is also the CEO/owner-manager of the Scorpions Musik-Produktions-und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (Scorpions music production and publishing company) and owner/founder of the Scorpio-Sound-Studios in Lower Saxony. He is the older brother of Michael Schenker. Schenker performing in 2007, leftSchenker was awarded the City of Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ... Plaque as well as the Cross of Merit First Class of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit in 2000. Equipment Some of Schenker's main live guitars in recent years have been Dommenget — the same maker ...
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Ferenc Puskás Stadium
The Ferenc Puskás Stadium (), or formerly People's Stadium (''Népstadion''), was a multi-purpose stadium in the 14th district (Zugló) of Budapest, Hungary. It was situated between the Puskás Ferenc Stadion and the Keleti pályaudvar metro stations. It was used mainly for football matches. The stadium, which was an all-seater, in the 2000s had a safe capacity of 38,652, though its original capacity exceeded 100,000. The stadium was closed in 2016 and demolished in 2017 to give place to the Puskás Aréna. History The first plan of a national stadium were drafted as early as 1896 when there were chances that Budapest would host the first modern Olympic Games. In 1911 Budapest was one of the frontrunners to host the 1920 Olympics. However, after Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I, the Games were awarded to Antwerp instead. The location of the first plan included Budapest XI. district and Budapest X. district. In 1924 the government imposed a sport tax which w ...
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Omega (együttes)
Omega (, ; uppercase Ω, lowercase ω; Ancient Greek ὦ, later ὦ μέγα, Modern Greek ωμέγα) is the twenty-fourth and last letter in the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system/isopsephy (gematria), it has a value of 800. The word literally means "great O" (''o mega'', mega meaning "great"), as opposed to omicron, which means "little O" (''o mikron'', mikron meaning "little"). In phonetic terms, the Ancient Greek Ω represented a long open-mid back rounded vowel , comparable to the "aw" of the English word ''raw'' in dialects without the cot–caught merger, in contrast to omicron, which represented the close-mid back rounded vowel , and the digraph ''ου'', which represented the long close-mid back rounded vowel . In Modern Greek, both omega and omicron represent the mid back rounded vowel or . The letter omega is transliterated into a Latin-script alphabet as ''ō'' or simply ''o''. As the final letter in the Greek alphabet, omega is often used to ...
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