Anna Jantar

Anna Jantar
Born Anna Maria Szmeterling
10 June 1950
Poznań, Poland
Died 14 March 1980 (aged 29)
Warsaw, Poland
Cause of death Plane crash
Resting place Wawrzyszew Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland
Occupation Singer
Spouse(s) Jarosław Kukulski
Children Natalia Kukulska
Website annajantar.pl

Anna Jantar-Kukulska (born Anna Maria Szmeterling; 10 June 1950 – 14 March 1980) was a Polish singer and the mother of singer Natalia Kukulska.

Life and career

Born in Poznań, she graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. She began her career in 1968 with the song Po ten kwiat czerwony. A year later she became the lead vocalist of the band Waganci. Her best-known song from this period is Co ja w tobie widziałam ("what did I see in you"). Jarosław Kukulski, whom she married on 11 April 1971, was also a member of the group and composed many of her hit songs. In 1972, Jantar began her solo career. In 1973, she took part in the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole with the song Najtrudniejszy pierwszy krok ("the first step is the hardest").

Marriage

Jantar married Polish composer Jarosław Kukulski (26 May 1944, Września – 13 September 2010); the couple had one child, a daughter, singer Natalia Kukulska. A widower after Jantar's 1980 death, he remarried after her death to singer Monika Borys, by whom he had a second child, Piotr.[1]

Death

Jantar died in the crash of LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 from JFK International Airport on 14 March 1980, near Okęcie Airport in Warsaw.[2]

Awards

  • 1970 – "Song of the year (1970)" for Co ja w tobie widziałam'
  • 1974 – National Festival of Polish Song in Opole – People's Choice Award for the song "Tyle słońca w całym mieście"
  • 1974 – Coupe d'Europe – 3rd place with Marianna Wróblewska and Tadeusz Woźniak for the song Tyle słońca w całym mieście
  • 1975 – Sopot Festival – 2nd place for her performance of the song "Staruszek świat", people's choice award
  • 1975 – 2nd place for the song Niech ziemia tonie w kwiatach at the Festival of Hit Songs in Dresden
  • 1975 – Polish "Song of the year (1975)" for Tyle słońca w całym mieście
  • 1975 – Polish "Singer of the year (1975)"
  • 1976 – Złota Płyta for her album Tyle słońca w całym mieście at the Sopot Festival
  • 1977 – Złota Płyta for the album "Za każdy uśmiech"
  • 1979 – 2nd place for her performance of her song Tylko mnie poproś do tańca ("Just ask me to dance") at the Festival of Hit Songs in Tampere, Finland
  • 1979 – Polish "Song of the year (1979)" for the song Nic nie może wiecznie trwać ("Nothing lasts forever"), chosen by listeners of the radio station Studia Gama
  • 1979 – Polish "Singer of the year (1979)"

Discography

Singles

  • 1971 – Wszystkie koty w nocy czarne/Marzenia o marzeniach (Waganci)
  • 1974 – Nastanie dzień/Tyle słońca w całym mieście
  • 1975 – Staruszek świat/Dzień bez happy endu
  • 1975 – Będzie dość/Za każdy uśmiech
  • 1975 – Mój tylko mój/Dzień nadziei
  • 1977 – Dyskotekowy bal/Zgubiłam klucz do nieba
  • 1977 – Dyskotekowy bal/Kto umie tęsknić
  • 1978 – Baju-baj proszę pana(Jambalaya)/Radość najpiękniejszych lat
  • 1978 – Po tamtej stronie marzeń/Mój świat zawsze ten sam
  • 1978 – Mój tylko mój/Mój świat zawsze ten sam
  • 1978 – Kto powie nam/Dżinsowe maniery
  • 1978 – Tylko mnie poproś do tańca/Let me stay/Nie wierz mi nie ufaj mi/Zawsze gdzieś czeka ktoś
  • 1979 – Gdzie są dzisiaj tamci ludzie/Nie ma piwa w niebie
  • 1979 – Hopelessly devoted to you/You're the one that I want (with Stanisław Sojka)
  • 1985 – Wielka dama tańczy sama/Moje jedyne marzenie
  • 2005 – Układ z życiem/Nic nie może wiecznie trwać

Albums

  • 1974 – "Tyle słońca w całym mieście", reedition 2001
  • 1975 – "Za każdy uśmiech", reedition 2001
  • 1979 – "Zawsze gdzieś czeka ktoś"
  • 1980 – "Anna Jantar", reedition 1999

Compilations

  • 1980 – "The Best Of"
  • 1986 – "Anna i Natalia" (Anna Jantar, Natalia Kukulska)
  • 1990 – "Piosenki Anny Jantar" (Anna Jantar i inni artyści)
  • 1990 – "The Best Of 2"
  • 1991 – "Piosenki dla dzieci" (Anna Jantar, Natalia Kukulska)
  • 1991 – "Nic nie może wiecznie trwać"
  • 1991 – "Wspomnienie"
  • 1992 – "The collection"
  • 1992 – "Złote przeboje"
  • 1996 – "Cygańska jesień"
  • 1997 – "Antalogia cz.1"
  • 1997 – "Antalogia cz.2"
  • 1999 – "Przyjaciele"
  • 2000 – "Radość najpiękniejszych lat" (Złota kolekcja)
  • 2000 – "Tyle słońca..." live (Koncert poświęcony pamięci Anny Jantar)
  • 2003 – "Perły – Tyle słońca w całym mieście"
  • 2004 – "Platynowa kolekcja – Złote przeboje"
  • 2004 – "The best – Dyskotekowy bal"
  • 2005 – "Tyle słońca..." 3 CD
  • 2005 – "Po tamtej stronie" (Anna Jantar, Natalia Kukulska)
  • 2010 – "Wielka dama" 4 CD

Memorials

  • After the death of Anna Jantar Polish group Budka Suflera dedicated their song for Jantar, "Słońca jakby mniej".
  • Krzysztof Krawczyk dedicated his song "To co dał nam świat" to Jantar.
  • Anna Jantar “Burstyn" Music Club was founded by Agata Materowicz and Zbigniew Rostkowski. Shortly that Club had more than 1600 members in Poland.
  • In 1984 Agata Materowicz, Zbigniew Rostkowski, and Roman Woszczek organized the exhibition Anna Jantar- First Step- Last Step” at the Students Club „Stodola” – Warsaw. Jarosław Kukulski and Natalia opened the exhibition, and songs were performed by Eleni Tzoka and Halina Frackowiak. The collection included photos, her personal mementos, letters from her Fans, dresses and costumes, awards, long play records etc. From Warsaw the exhibition moved to Poznań, Łódź and Lublin.[3][4]
  • In Wrzesnia, the local amphitheater is named after Anna Jantar.

Notes

  1. ↑ Jacek Marczyński "Kompozytor kobiecych przebojów nie żyje", Rzeczpospolita, 13 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Scuba Divers search Polish Jet's Wreckage". The Chronicle Telegram. 15 March 1980.
  3. ↑ Iza Parynow and Renata Jarecka, ‘Co zeslal los trzeba bedzie stracic’, InfoPl, 30 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Bloog Anna Jantar
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