Franciszek Walicki

Polish journalist and musician

Franciszek Walicki
Born	(1921-07-20)20 July 1921 Łódź, Poland
Died	3 October 2015(2015-10-03) (aged 94) Gdynia, Poland
Nationality	POL
Occupation(s)	Journalist, musician
Honours	Righteous Among the Nations Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Righteous Among the Nations

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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 – Rythm and Blues [pl] – 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^{[citation needed]}
1998 – Grand Prix, National Festival of Polish Song in Opole

References

^ "Nie żyje Franciszek Walicki". rp.pl. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^ "Sixties". europopmusic.eu. Retrieved 2023-12-29.