The Bridge Digital newspapers Croatian edition 1990s | Page 49

Mieczysław Fogg - the icon of Polish song
Today we have got an amazing singer in our studio, the legend of Polish music
- Mieczysław Fogg. -Good morning. Thank you for accepting our invitation .
Can you tell us about beginnings of your career?
-Hello. Yeah I will tell you about it. It started in 1922. I was singing in the choir in
St. Anne's church in Cracow. Then I went to learn singing to music school. I was
singing also on weddings and funerals.
-
Is it true that Your performance was transmitted by Polish television as
first?
-Yes , it is. It was on the 5th of October.
-What was Your career during the time of the second World War?
-
I had concerts for polish viewers in restaurants. In 1944 before the Warsaw
Uprising I worked as a waiter. I took part in the Warsaw Uprising as a soldier of
Home Army .
-After war You had the café and the
record label. What happened with
them?
-
Unluckily , both have been
nationalized and they are closed.
-What are you doing now ? What are
your plans on the future?
-Actually I am concerting , recording
"The Favorite of Warsaw" and also I am
planning a concert tour.
-Thank you for the interview and I wish you next successes in Your career. -Thank
you. Goodbye.
Marcin Doroż
Great success on Eurovision - 1994
Poland at the Eurovision festival. This
year's event was organized in Ireland.
Poland was represented by a young
singer Edyta Górniak. Although she
was a
debutant, she did really well and took
the second place.
But all this could have been ruined
because of a small mistake during the
rehearsal before the concert. She
sang an easier version of this song in
English language.
Several teams that were competing in
the Eurovision festival protested
because, according to the rules of the
competition, each artist had to sing a
song in the
language of the country he or she was
representing.