Karel Gott

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1= Die Biene Maja
2= Einmal um die ganze Welt
3= Fang das Licht
4= Jede Nacht
5= No More Bolero

Karel Gott ( Plzeň , July 14, 1939 ) is a popular Czech schlager singer known as the Golden Voice of Prague .
Gott was born in Pilsen. At the time of his birth, Czechoslovakia was occupied by Nazi Germany , which declared the area in which Pilsen had declared the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia . He wanted to become a painter but after being rejected for the art academy ( UMPRUM ), he followed a degree as an electrician.


His musical career began in Prague dance cafes. Good was noted in a talents game. In 1963 he released a Czech version of Moon River and was allowed to perform at the Semafor Theater. In 1967 he participated in a Cannes festival and had a show in Las Vegas for six months.

In 1968 Gott Austria represented at the Eurovision Song Contest , taking 13th place with the song Tausend Fenster . He performed in numerous television shows - in programs presented by him or as a guest at others. He was also reportedly a great source of inspiration for the funky vocalist Chet Baker. Gott took about 120 albums.

It is not exactly known how many albums he has sold, but he estimates about 30 million to 100 million. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia alone, he sold 15 million records. [source?]
His most songs are in German and Czech , but Gott also took many songs in English, Russian and Italian. He also sang a few songs in French , Ukrainian , Hebrew , Latin , Spanish , Romani , Polish , Hungarian , Croatian and Slovak . [source?]
He also voted in the title song of the German version of Maja de Bij .
To date, he has already won the Český slavic prize for best singer twelve times.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WMJEGpo6NM


The Bee Maja is a song by the Czech composer Karel Svoboda and the lyricist Florian Cusano . It was sung in the first version by the percussionist Karel Gott as title song for the German version of the German-Japanese cartoon series The Bee Maja of 1975. Also in the new German-French version of the same series produced since 2013, the song serves as a title song, this time sung by Helene Fischer .

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP6f9TzPTCk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLlBJnZPKVQ

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q68EGYwawTA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtOlB2A4ksM