The judges gifted her with an extraordinary singing talent. In addition, the uncrowned queen of Slovak pop, Marika Gombitová, who celebrated her sixty-seventh birthday on September 12, has played piano and guitar since childhood. Later she shone as part of several bands, she experienced a happy and fruitful period especially with the group Modus. She was and is extremely successful on the solo track as well. He is currently looking forward to two January concerts in Prague.
Music was in the family, in which Marika Gombitová she grew up in Turany nad Ondavou in eastern Slovakia, always a place of honor. Her father played the violin, the church organ and also sang. She also liked singing the most out of all the artistic fields she was involved in. Her great role model in this regard was the American blues and rock singer Janis Joplin.
She got her first engagement in the amateur group Matador, in which she sang as a thirteen-year-old with her brothers. During her studies at the Secondary School of Engineering in Košice, she worked in the band Profily and in the Košice dance orchestras of Júlia Olajoš and Juraj Szabadoš.
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Then in 1976, when she accepted an offer from Ján Lehotský to join his group Modus, she became a professional singer. It was an extremely lucky choice for her – alongside the aforementioned Janek Lehotský and Let’s look at Žbirkou they formed a strong interpretation trio, which, thanks to their original repertoire, paid for the brand of the highest musicianship quality. The group released several records and in 1977 won with the song Smile Bratislava lyra. In addition, she gave concerts at home and abroad.
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At the same time, Marika Gombitová also recorded her two regular albums – Girl in the Rain (1979) and My Little Story (1981). A blessing from heaven for her was, in addition to other recognized musicians, the poet and lyricist Kamil Peteraj, with whom they created her style combining rock, pop, chanson and poetry. As a soloist she then recorded on Bratislava lyre further notches, when in 1978 she won gold with the song Študentská láska in a domestic and international competition.
A year later, she won silver for the presentation of the ballad Vyznanie, with which she won in 1980 (together with the song I want to share with you) at the Intervize International Song Festival in Sopot, Poland.
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In the same year, she played the main role in the TV musical Neberte nám princeznú, in which she was partnered by Miro Žbirka, from which the songs Šaty and Tri slova come from. Incidentally, with Miro Žbirka, she also sang the hit V slepě uličkách from 1980 (later also Nespáľme to beautiful v nas and Tajnosľubná).
But then came the shock when, on November 30 of the same year, she became paralyzed due to a traffic accident. The Czech media then senselessly spread the information that she had withdrawn into seclusion, stopped communicating with journalists and fans, that she had finished giving concerts and releasing records.
Marika Gombitová did not give up
On the contrary, she showed her indomitable will when, half a year after the tragic moment that confined her to a wheelchair, she performed again at the Bratislava Lyra. Just a month before the festival, Marika was transferred from the hospital bed to rehabilitation institute in Kladruby. Immediately after the aforementioned Lyra recital, she returned to Kladruby and stayed there for another six months.
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Twenty-five active years followed, during which she sang 134 songs (for 58 of which she wrote the music herself), released seven solo albums (for example, on the album Ateliér duše, which she recorded with Yours truly, she also included a duet with Karl Gott Neznámy pár), completed more than 150 concerts and 114 television appearances. In 2016, she was one of the guests of Meky Žbirka’s Road To Abbey Road tour.
Marika Gombitová is currently preparing for two concerts in Prague’s O2 arena, which will take place on January 16 and 30 next year. “Of course I will miss them the most Karel Gott, Miro Žbirka and Vašo Patejdl. I sang beautiful duets with them and they were my great friends. Not only colleagues,” said the singer.
He continues to live in Bratislava, but he always returns to his eastern Slovakian birthplace. “It’s nice here! I enjoy nature, mountains and forests here immensely. My three dogs keep me company – Láska the Bichon, Majky the Maltese and Bella, who was found on the street,” says Marika Gombitová, who is a living example that a song doesn’t just have to be sung, but can also be experienced.
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She won many awards as Singer of the Century or Woman of the 21st Century. Her song Vyznanie won the Hit of the Century poll and is probably the most emotional song in the history of Slovak pop.
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Did you also sing that you want to live non-stop with Michal David, or did you play zigzag together with Dalibor Janda? Do you remember the hits of Iveta Bartošová, Michal Penek, Marika Gombitová, Sagvan Tofi, Pavel Vítek, Věra Martinová, Stanislav Hložek, Petr Kotvald and other stars of Czechoslovak popular music?
Then the new series of the Diary They sang in the 80s is just for you. From August 2, a series will be published in Deník every Wednesday, in which you will learn how the singers and singers who accompanied us in the eighties of the last century ended up. In it, you can read about how they experienced their heyday and what they are doing today. We will also remind you of their most famous songs, which accompanied us through the hit parades of late socialism and often early capitalism.
In the era of disco and dispatchers, when synthesizers and cover songs dominated music, stars often shone that nobody remembers today, but many others still create and sing today. We will also take a look at their beginnings and private life, which often got into trouble with their popularity. Living male and female singers will also add their memories of the golden eighties for them.
The reporters of Deník also focused on photos from their career or interesting things, such as the typical sign of the artist, the biggest disappointment, scandal or failure that he experienced, his quote, the biggest hit or the most watched video on YouTube. And you will also learn what you may not have known about him. There will be many more photos and videos (including the most famous video clips) on the Deník website.
He started everything Michal Davidthey followed Stanislav Hložek with Petr Kotvald, Dalibor Janda, Iveta Bartošová, Michal Penk, Sagvan Tofi a Marika Gombitová. Gradually, other stars of our pop music will join. You can find the stories of Czech and Slovak male and female singers at www.denik.cz/osmdesatky.
A selection of the greatest hits
Confession (1979)
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The Right Girl (1979)
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Wonderland (1982)
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Solar Calendar (1982)
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A Land Named Love (1985)
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Address Me, Address You (1986)
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Colosseum (1987)
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Studio of the Soul (1987)
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Unobtrusive (1987)
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Where do people go? (1993)
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A typical sign
The singer has a voice that is absolutely extraordinary, both in terms of timbre and overall range. Besides, she always paid for a nice girl or woman with a typical blonde mane.
The biggest hit
“I know, you had a cap full of dreams, I know, I guess what happened to her, so come, stand and wander in the dark corridor, ring the bell, I’ll come to unlock…” he sings in the song Vyznanie, which is the most emotional song in the history of Slovak pop.
Happy season
She experienced it in the band Modus, to which she was invited by Ján Lehotský, and Miro Žbirka also worked as a singer in it. She then collaborated with him many more times, they recorded several duets, they also starred together in the film Neberte nam princessu.
The biggest shock
A turning point in her life was a car accident that confined her to a wheelchair. She had to go through personal hell as well as it crushed her fans. But Marika faced adversity and continued to work.
Successes with an overlap abroad
She was the first Slovak singer to appear in the Austrian hit show Die Grossen Zehn. At the invitation of Stevie Wonder, she sang with him twice during his visit to Bratislava. She also succeeded at foreign festivals – for example at the Schlagerfestival in Dresden, one of the highlights of her career was the victory at the Intervize festival in Sopot, Poland.
What you may not know
To date, more than a million of her music carriers have been sold. In the exclusive poll of the 100 best Slovak albums, she is represented by the highest number of titles – nine albums.
2023-09-13 03:20:43
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