Franciszek Walicki Explained

Franciszek Walicki
Birth Date:	20 July 1921
Birth Place:	Łódź, Poland
Death Place:	Gdynia, Poland
Occupation:	Journalist, musician
Honours:	Righteous Among the NationsOfficer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Franciszek Walicki (20 July 1921 – 3 October 2015) was a Polish journalist.^[1] He was considered the father of Polish beat and rock music, calling them big-beat as rock and roll was unacceptable name for the authorities of the Polish People's Republic at the time.^[2]

In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot. Walicki also founded a number of important Polish bands:

• 1959 – – the first Polish big beat group
• 1960 – Czerwono-Czarni
• 1962 – Niebiesko-Czarni
• 1968 – Breakout
• 1974 – SBB

Awards and distinctions

• 1996 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
• Righteous among the Nations medal
• 1998 – Grand Prix, National Festival of Polish Song in Opole

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nie żyje Franciszek Walicki . https://web.archive.org/web/20151004120514/http://www4.rp.pl/Muzyka/310039966-Nie-zyje-Franciszek-Walicki.html . 2015-10-04 . 3 October 2015 . rp.pl.
2. Web site: Sixties . 2023-12-29 . europopmusic.eu.