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Czerwone Gitary The Red Guitars Is One Of The Most Popular Rock Bands In The History Of Polish Popular Music. The Band Formed In 1965 And Achieved Its Greatest Success From 1965 To 1970. Often Considered The Polish Equivalent Of The Beatles Many Of Their Hits Are Now Classics In Poland. The Group Toured Extensively Outside Poland In Czechoslovakia Hungary USA Germany And Soviet Union But Had Mostly Disappeared From The Polish Scene By The 1980s. The Band Reformed In The 1990s. Czerwone Gitary Were Founded By Guitarist/vocalist Jerzy Kossela July 15 1942 – January 7 2017 And Bassist Henryk Zomerski On 3 January 1965 In Gdańsk. Initial Members Included Bernard Dornowski Guitar/vocals Krzysztof Klenczon Lead Guitar /vocals And Jerzy Skrzypczyk Drums/vocals Four Members Dornowski Klenczon Kossela And Zomerski Had Played Previously In Another Notable Polish Band The Niebiesko-Czarni The Blue-Blacks . Note Radio Disc Jockey Neil Kempfer-Stocker Was The First Person To Air The Blue-Blacks 45 Rpms In America While At WRMC Radio Bethlehem Pennsylvania In 1968. In Autumn 1965 Zomerski Was Replaced By Seweryn Krajewski Bass/vocals Around That Time The Band Also Launched Their First Tour In Poland Under The Slogan "We Play And Sing The Loudest In Poland". Their 1966 Debut Album "To Właśnie My" "It's Us" Sold 160 000 Copies And Their May 1967 Follow Up Czerwone Gitary 2 Sold A Then-Record For Poland 240 000. In The Same Year Krajewski Received A Special Award At The National Festival Of Polish Song In Opole Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej W Opolu . In 1967 Kossela Left The Band. The Band's 1968 Third Album Sold 220 000 Copies And The Group Received An Award In Opole For Their Song "Takie Ładne Oczy" "Such Pretty Eyes" . In 1969 The Band Received A MIDEM Award In Cannes For The Largest Number Of Discs Sold In Poland Up To That Date This Was The Same Year That The Beatles Received This Award. Thereafter The Czerwone Gitary Would Be Known As The Polish Beatles See Also Beatlesque . The Same Year The Group Received A Special Award From Billboard Magazine And In Poland Another Award From Opole Festival For "Biały Krzyż" "White Cross" . Klenczon Left In 1970 The Year Of The Band's Acclaimed LP "Na Fujarce" "On The Flute" . Krajewski Then Took Lead As The Group Turned To Mainstream Folk-Tinged Pop In The 1970s. After A Hiatus The Czerwone Gitary Returned In The Early 1990s With Kossela Dornowski And Skrzypczyk Resurrecting The Group. Krajeski Refused To Participate And Even Released A Solo Album Credited To Czerwone Gitary By Seweryn Krajewski Called "Koniec" "The End" . Initially The New Lineup Played The Old Hits Its First New Album Since The 1970s Was "...Jeszcze Gra Muzyka" "...Still The Music Plays" In 1998. In A 2000 Poll For The Polish Magazine Polityka Czerwone Gitary Were Selected As "One Of The Best Polish Bands Of The 20th Century". In 2005 A New Song "Senny Szept" "Sleepy Whisper" Took Fourth Place In The Sopot International Song Festival. Members Jerzy Kossela Guitar Vocals Founder Leader Left In 1967 Returned In 1991 Left Again In 1993 And Returned Again In 1999 Stopped Touring In 2015 Due To Health Problems And Died In 2017 Henryk Zomerski Bass Keyabords '90 & '00 Only Founder Left The Band Soon After It Was Founded In Late 1965 In The Band Since 1999 Till His Death In 2011 Bernard Dornowski Guitar Vocals Bass One Of The Original Members Left In 1999 Jerzy Skrzypczyk Drums Vocals Percussion One Of The Original Members Still In The Band As Of 2016 Krzysztof Klenczon Lead Guitar Vocals Harmonica One Of The Original Members Left In 1970 Seweryn Krajewski Bass Vocals Guitar Piano Violin Keyboards Replaced Zomerski In December 1965 Left In 1997 Dominik Kuta Guitar Flute Vocals Briefly In 1970 Ryszard Kaczmarek Bass 1971–1975 Jan Pospieszalski Bass 1976–1980 Wojciech Hoffman Guitar 1997–2000 Arkadiusz Malinowski Guitar Bass 1999–2002 Dariusz Olszewski Guitar Vocals 2000–2004 Rejoined In 2010 Still In The Band As Of 2016 Mieczysław Wądołowski Guitar Vocals Joined 1997 Still In The Band As Of 2016 Marek Kisieliński Guitar Keyboards Joined 2003 Left In 2013 Arkadiusz Wiśniewski Bass Guitar Vocals Joined In 2003 Still In The Band As Of 2016 Artur Chyb Guitar Joined In 2013 Left In 2014 Marcin Niewęgłowski Guitar Vocals 2014-2016 Marek Jabłoński Guitar Joined In 2016 Artur Żurek Percussion Additional Drums Joined In 2016 read less