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Alibabki was a Polish all-female vocal band active during 1963-1988 (with a hiatus during the 1980s). All the performers resided in Warsaw.[1] Their major musicals styles were pop music, "big beat", and ska. They performed both as an individual band and as a support group for various musicians.[2] Alone and together with other artists, Alibabki performed about 2000 songs.[1] Their singing was used in a number of Polish films.[2][3] Occasionally the group name is incorrectly referred to as Ali-babki.[4] The band was a recipient of multiple awards.
The name of the band is a pun, a portmanteau of "Ali Baba" and "babki", the latter word being a colloqiallism for "women", an example of exoticism in pop music of Communist Poland. [5]
Awards and recognition
edit- A number of awards from the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, including for the songs „Idzie świt” (1964), „Gdy zmęczeni wracamy z pól” (1965),„To ziemia” (1968), and „Kwiat jednej nocy” (1969)
- 1967: They were backup singers for the award-winning song Dziwny jest ten świat by Czesław Niemen[6]
- 2009: Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.[7]
- 2009: A star for Alibabki was installed at the Alley of Stars of the Polish Song Festival in Opole[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Alibabki: Brniemy dalej w to radosne szaleństwo, an interview July 5, 2017, Interia
- ^ a b Article Ali-Babki, in: Ryszard Wolański, Leksykon Polskiej Muzyki Rozrywkowej, Warszaw, Agencja Wydawnicza Morex, 1995, ISBN 83-86848-05-7, pp. 3–4.
- ^ Alibabki (zespół) at filmpolski.pl
- ^ "Alibabki czy Ali-Babki?" Katarzyna Kłosińska, Uniwersytet Warszawski, September 12, 2017(retrieved December 15, 2017)
- ^ Ewa Mazierska, "From South to East: Exoticism in Polish popular music of the state socialist period", Popular Music History, vol. 11 no. 1, March 2018, pp. 47-60, doi:10.1558/pomh.36188
- ^ Catalog entry for the album Dziwny jest ten świat at the Catalog of Polish Gramophone Records
- ^ Medale Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis August 12, 2009 (awardees: Ewa Brzozowska, Anna Dębicka-Czaplicka, Agata Dowhań, Krystyna Grochowska, Sylwia Krajewska, Wanda Narkiewicz, – the last lineup of the band) (retrieved December 15, 2017)
- ^ "Nowe gwiazdy w w Alei Gwiazd w Opolu" (retrieved December 15, 2017)
External links
edit- Alibabki singing their largest hit, Kwiat jednej nocy, a documentary at the Digital Repository of National Film Library (Repozytorium Cyfrowe Filmoteki Narodowej)
- Alibabki at IMDb