Birth name Pavel Bobek Name Pavel Bobek Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer | Instruments Vocals Spouse Marta Bobkova (m. ?–2013) Years active 1964–2013 | |
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Born 16 September 1937
Prague, Czechoslovakia ( 1937-09-16 ) Genres Country, pop, rock and roll Died November 20, 2013, Czech Republic Movies The Last Butterfly, The Perfect Husband Similar People Marie Rottrova, Michal Tucny, Karel Zich, Miloslav Simek, Josef Laufer | ||
Children Pavel Bobek, Klara Mixova | ||
Pavel bobek i keep singing
Pavel Bobek (16 September 1937 − 20 November 2013) was a Czech singer.
Contents
- Pavel bobek i keep singing
- Olympic Sealed With A Kiss live
- Career
- Fame outside the Czech Republic
- Personal life
- References
Olympic - Sealed With A Kiss (live)
Career
From 1963 to 1965 he was the vocalist of the pioneering classic rock group Olympic, and from 1967 he subsequently performed as a member of the Semafor Musical Theatre, with Jiří Brabec. During his career, he performed and recorded his own versions of rock-based standards, such as Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side", and Frank Zappa's "Harder Than Your Husband". In the country style, Bobek covered Kenny Rogers' "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" (with Jiří Grossmann), and John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" (the latter using Czech lyrics by Vladimír Poštulka).
Fame outside the Czech Republic
A fortuitous meeting with American country singer Johnny Cash in 1978 advanced his profile outside of the Czech Republic, when they got together on the floor of the US Embassy to sing the song "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and, in 1980, he was awarded the Zlatá Porta za Zásluhy, a high Czech honour. With their historical connection in mind, in 2010 Bobek went to Nashville, Tennessee, United States, with producer Luboš Malina, where he made a CD of reworked Cash songs which he called "Víc Nehledám" ("Looking No More"). After a long serious illness, which almost cost him his voice years prior to his death, he partially returned to live concerts in May 2012, and released a new album called "Circles".
Personal life
Bobek was born on 16 September 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
After attending high school, he went on to study architecture, among his classmates were Jan Kaplický, Eva Jiřičná and Petr Nárožný.
Bobek died on 20 November 2013, aged 76, in Prague, Czech Republic.