László Komár (28 November 1944 – 17 October 2012) was a Hungarian

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singer. His most popular songs include "No Miss", "Mondd kis kócos", "Táncoló fekete lakkcipők" and "Mambo Italiano". During his career, he released 18 studio albums. He has sold an overall 3 million records. Born in 1944 in Adásztevel, he was the singer of from 1962 to 1965, which is considered to have been the first rock and roll band in Hungary. In 1966, he took part in the first edition of '' Táncdalfesztivál''. Heavily influenced by

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, Komár was widely described as "the Hungarian Elvis". In 2011, he was presented with a lifetime achievement award by

Hungaroton Hungaroton is the oldest record and music publisher company in Hungary. Hungaroton was founded in 1951, when its only competitors in the Hungarian music market were record labels like Melodiya, Supraphon and from other socialist countries. P ...

. He died on 17 October 2012 at the age of 67.

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* 1944 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Hungarian male singers People from Veszprém County {{Hungary-singer-stub