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Karel Gott

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Karel Gott

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Czech singer and actor (1939–2019)

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Karel Gott was a male artist from Czechia who worked from 1958 until his death in 2019. His musical genres included czech, german, pop, and schlager. He was born on July 14, 1939, and died on October 1, 2019. Gott had four children and was buried or cremated on October 12, 2019.

His recorded works include *Karel v zrcadle doby* and *Říkám to písní*. He is associated with tags such as Czech, Schlager, pop, oldies, and 70s.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Karel v zrcadle doby
  • Říkám to písní

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
84,216
Total plays
1,067,702

Tags

CzechSchlagerpopoldies70s

Karel Gott (July 14, 1939 - October 1, 2019) was one of the most successful and widely-known Czech singers. He is known as "the golden throat of Prague" and "Sinatra of the East". Born in Plzeň, Western Bohemia, Gott was initially trained as a mechanic; at the same time, he performed as an amateur singer in various Prague pubs of the late 1950s. In the 1960s he started to study singing at the Prague Conservatoire, his first short record Měsíční řeka (a Czech version of Henry Mancini's "Moon Ri

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Key facts

Also known as
Golden Voice of Prague, (German: Goldene Stimme aus Prag ), Sinatra of the East , (Czech: Sinatra Východu ), Divine Charlie , (Czech: Božský Kája )
Born
( 1939-07-14 ) 14 July 1939, Plzeň , Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Died
1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) (aged 80), Prague , Czech Republic
Genres
Pop rock'n'roll swing blues country operetta
Occupations
Singer songwriter painter
Years active
1958–2019
Labels
Supraphon Polydor Electrola Melodiya Amiga
Website
www .karelgott .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Karel Gott (14 July 1939 – 1 October 2019) was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. He was voted the country's best male singer in the annual Český slavík (Czech Nightingale) national music award 42 times, most recently in 2017.

He achieved considerable success in the USSR and the German-speaking countries, where he was known as "the Golden Voice of Prague", winning the Goldene Stimmgabel award three times (1982, 1984, and 1995).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karel Gott” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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