Karel Gott
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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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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).
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