Anna German (February 14, 1936 - August 26, 1982) - was a popular Polish and Russian singer

Biography

Anna German was born in Urgench, small city in southern Uzbekistan, USSR. Her ancestors from the mother side came to Russia from Netherlands in 17th century. In 1937 Anna's father was arrested in Stalin's purges and later executed. Later Anna's mother married a Polish citizen, but he was killed in the World War II. In 1946 Anna with her mother and grandmother moved to Poland.

Anna has graduated Geological Institute of Wroclaw University. At the university years she began her music carrier at theater Kalambur. The success came to Anna when she won in 1964 II Festival of Polish songs in Opole with her song Tańczące Eurydyki. Year later she came first in the international song contest in Sopot. She was invited to perform in Italy in the prestigious San Remo Music Festival in 1967. In Italy Anna German survived a hard car crash, but fully came back to the stage only in 1972, after a long rehabilitation period. Anna performed in Marché international de l'édition musicale in Cannes, as well as on stages of Belgium, Germany, USA, Canada and Australia. In the last years of her life she composed some church songs. She passed away in 1982 from cancer and was buried in Warsaw.

Anna German was immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union. She released over a dozen of music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several albums with Russian reperoire. She was singing also in English, Italian, Spanish, Latin and German. In 2001 six of her Polish albums were reprinted on CDs. In the recent years also many compilation albums of her songs have been released in both Russia and Poland.

Discography

 
1964 Na tamten brzeg LP
1964 The Man I Love (Single )
1965 Tańczące Eurydyki LP
1967 Recital piosenek LP
1967 I classici della musica napoletana LP
1970 Człowieczy los LP
1971 Domenico Scarlatti - Arie z opery "Tetida in Sciro" LP
1972 Wiatr mieszka w dzikich topolach LP
1974 To chyba maj LP
1977 Anna German (Kogda tsveli sadi, etc.) LP
1979 Anna German (Друг дельфин etc.) LP
1979 Pomysl o mnie LP
1979 Tylko w tangu / Dookola kipi lato* LP
1979 Śpiewa Anna German LP
1980 Надежда (Nadezhda) LP
1982 Последняя встреча (Poslednyaya vstrecha) LP
1982 Niezapomniane przeboje LP

Later reprints and compilation albums
1984 Jesteś moja miłością LP
1987 Эхо любви (Echo lubvi) - live '79 LP
1989 Anna German LP
1989 Znaki zapytania LP
1990 Powracające salowa vol.1 LP
1990 Powracające słowa vol. 2 LP
1991 Zakwitnie róża CD
1991 Recital piosenek CD
1994 Nasza ścieżka CD
1994 Złote przeboje neopolitanskie MC
1995 Planeta Anna part 1 MC
1995 Planeta Anna part 2 MC
1996 Незабытый мотив (Nezabitiy motiv) CD
1996 Лучшие песни (Luchshie pesni) CD
1998 Когда цвели сады (Kogda tsveli sadi) CD
1998 Wiatr mieszka w dzikich topolach CD
1999 Tańczące Eurydyki CD
1999 Platynowa kolekcja CD
1999 Złote przeboje CD
1999 Bal u Posejdona (Złota kolekcja) CD
1999 Антология советского шлягера (Antologia sovetskogo shlagera) MC
2000 Анна герман. Российская эстрадная музыкальная энциклопедия (Rossiyskaya estradnaya muzikalnaya encyclopaedia) CD
2000 Последняя встреча (Poslednyaya vstrecha) CD
2001 Любви негромкие слова (Lubvi negromkie slova) CD
2001 Ваши любимые песни (Vashi lyubimie pesni) CD
2001 Tańczące Eurydyki CD
2001 Recital piosenek CD
2001 Człowieczy los CD
2001 Wiatr mieszka w dzikich topolach CD
2001 Domenico Scarlatti - Arie z opery "Tetida in Sciro" CD
2001 To chyba maj CD
2001 Pomysl o mnie CD
2001 Luchshee - Zvyozdi sovetskoy estradi CD
2002 Najlepsze piosenki CD
2003 Наши лучшие песни (Nashi lyubimie pesni) CD
2003 Czlowiecy los collection CD
2003 Золотой век русской эстрады (Zolotoy vek russkoy estrady) CD
2003 Посидим, помолчим. Полное собрание песен (Posidim, pomolchim) vol.1 CD
2003 Спасибо тебе мое сердце. Полное собрание песен (Spasibo tebe moyo serdtse) vol.2 CD
2004 Zlote przeboje CD
2004 Самое лучшее (Samoe luchshee) CD