Maciej
Kossowski a legendary singer, musician and songwriter became famous
after becoming a lead singer of the most popular big-beat group in Poland:
Czerwono - Czarni,
( The Red Blacks.)
Working
with the group from 1963 to 1967 Maciej gave approximately three
thousand concerts in Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Canada
and USA to the massive audience of approximately 5.000.000 people.
On
more then ten occasions Maciej sang to as many as a 150.000 (hundred
fifty thousand people) in outdoor performances.
Since
1967 he continued to perform with group Tajfuny on the
three months tour of USSR playing his trumpet and singing in Polish,
Russian and English for the numerous Soviet audiences in a biggest concert
halls of that country.
Since
1968 Maciej continued as a solo recording artist, producer, composer,
arranger and musician working for the Polish Radio in Warsaw for the
program of Studio Rytm.
Between
1968 and 1969 he limited his live performances to only few and instead
participated in many TV appearances and TV films singing his newly written
songs.
In
the the same two years Maciej has produced, co-written and wrote orchestral
arrangements to many hit songs which either he or other groups and singers
recorded.
After
40 years passed Polish people still recognize the titles of songs Maciej
co-wrote and recorded:
Z
cyganami w swiat (With Gypsies A Wonder) Music: Maciej
Kossowski, Lyrics: Marek Glogowski
Nie
mowie zegnaj (I Don't Say Good-bye) Music: Maciej Kossowski,
Lyrics: Marek Gaszynski, Bogdan Loebl
Uparta
dziewczyna (Stubborn Girl) Music: Maciej Kossowski,
Lyrics: Krzysztof Rogulski
To
ty Mario (It's you Maria) Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics:
Bogdan Loebl
Oczy
ci zaslonie (I Shall Cover Your Eyes) Music: Maciej Kossowski,
Lyrics: Zbigniew Jerzyna
Pokaz
mi droge (Show Me The Way) Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics:
Bogdan Loebl
Trzeba
miec troche szczescia (You've Got To Have Some Luck)
Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics: Jerzy Kleyny
Domowe
strachy (Household Scares) Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics: Jonasz
Kofta
Lepiej
odzejdz - (You Better Leave) Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics:
Bogdan Loebl
Nie
pozwol mi (Don't Let Me) Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics:
Andrzej Tylczynski
Saga
o cygance Darii - (Saga of Gypsy Daria) Music: Maciej
Kossowski, Lyrics: Andrzej Tylczynski
Nie
wroci taki dzien (That Day Will Never Return) Music:
Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics: Andrzej Tylczynski
Gdy
was tyle jest - ( When There's So Many Of You) Music: Maciej
Kossowski, Lyrics: Krzysztof Rogulski
The
songs written for Maciej by other songwriters.
Dwudziestolatki
- (20 Years Olds)
Wakacje
z blondynka - (Vacation With Blond)
Agatko pocaluj - (Agatha Kiss Me)
Nie
zawsze musi byc pochmurny dzien - (Not Always Has To Be A Gloomy Day)
Szkolny
Bal - (School Ball)
Jak
dobrze mi z tym (How Good It Is With This)
Augustyno
- (Augusta)
Nie mow o zazdrosci - (Don't Talk About Jalousie)
To przez ciebie - (Because of You)
Za
co mnie kochasz - ( What Do You Love Me For)
Ballada
o nocnym expresie - (Ballad Of A Night Express)
Wiatr
od Klimczoka - (Wind From Klimchok)
Taka
Mgla (Such A Fog
Gdzie
odnajde swoje szczescie - (Where Will I Find My Happiness)
Przeciez
nie jest zle - (After All, It's Not So Bad)
Kto
mi to da - ( Who Will Give Me That )
Faryzeusz
Blues - (Pharisee Blues)
Nie mow mi sentymentalnych slow - (Don't Tell Me Sentimental Words)
Co
we mnie piekne - (What's Beautiful In Me) -
Trumpet solo with Polish Radio Orchestra, Warsaw. On trumpet: Maciej
Kossowski
Mnie
sie spieszy - (I'm In A Hurry)
Taniec
Zubra - (Buffalo Dance)
Nie
moge juz wytrzymac z nia - (Can't Take Her Anymore)
Duncan and Brady
Infermeria Sw. Jakuba - (Saint Jacob's Infirmary)
Blues malego dziecka - (Small Child's Blues)
Nie porzucaj mnie - (Don't Leave Me)
Blues biedaka - (Hobo's Blues)
Przedmiescie - (Suburbs)
Kazdej nocy - (Each Night)
Jak on tak mogl - (How Could He)
Songs
in foreign languages recorded by Maciej in Poland for Radio & TV.
High
Heal Sneakers - (In English)
I Got The Woman - (In English)
Good
Loving - (In English)
Otchy
Tchornye - (Dark Eyes) In Russian
Carikner
- (In Armenian)
Maciej Kossowski's music recorded by other singers.
Chce
ci dac zachwyconych oczu blask (I Want To Give You My Admiration)
Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics: Janusz Odrowaz. Recorded by: Halina
Frackowiak i Grupa ABC
Gdy
sam zostaniesz (When You'll Stay Alone) Music: Maciej Kossowski,
Lyrics: Bogdan Loebl, Recorded by:
1.
Elzbieta Zakowicz i groupa Wislanie 69
2.
Joe Delon USA
Moj
placz ukoi wiatr (My Tears Will Soothe The Wind) Music: Maciej
Kossowski, Lyrics: Bogdan Loebl. Recorded by: Ala Eksztajn
Nie
wierz plotkom (Don't Believe The Gossips) Music: Maciej Kossowski,
Lyrics: Bogdan Loebl. Recorded by: Ala Eksztajn
Nie
mowie zegnaj (I Don't Say Good-bye) a.k.a. (I Don't Say Farewell)
Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics: Marek Gaszynski, Bogdan Loebl. Recorded
by:
1.
Jacek Lech with group Czerwono-Czarni
2.
Kasia Sobczyk and Henryk Fabian
Nie
pytaj juz aka Nie pytaj (Don't Ask No More) Music: Maciej Kossowski,
Lyrics: Bogdan Loebl, Recorded by:
1.
Edward Hulewicz in 1970
2.
Bartek Kusmierczyk the winner of the January 2008 TV singing
competition: Szansa na sukces
W
takim wielkim mieszkasz miescie (You Live In Such A Big City)
Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics: Zygmunt Kramer. Recorded by:
1.
Edward Hulewicz i groupa Heliosi.
2.
Ala Eksztajn
Zaczekaj
az opadnie mgla (Wait Till The Fog Disappears) Music: Maciej
Kossowski, Lyrics: Wlodzimierz Patuszynski. Recorded by:
Edward
Hulewicz
Tylko
dzien (Only A Day) Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics: Bogdan Loebl.
Recorded by:
1.
Fryderyka Elkana
2.
Zofia Voit
Wiosna
majem wroci (Spring Will Return In May) (La rivière du temps)
Music: Maciej Kossowski, Lyrics: Helena Komorowska. Recorded by:
1.
Filipinki
2.
Guy Narboni (Luxembourg)
A représenté le Luxembourg au grand festival de de la
chanson à SOPOT en Pologne.
Zakochani
od wczoraj (Lovers Since Yesterday) Music: Maciej Kossowski,
Lyrics: Wlodzimierz Patuszynski. Recorded by: Maria Figiel
At
the end of 1969 Maciej emigrated to USA where he lives to these days
and works as a singer and musician writing new songs.
"Nie
mowie zegnaj," (I Don't Say Good-bye,") released by Polskie
Nagrania, Label Muza, PNCD 343.
At
the moment you can purchase Maciej's CD called: "Maciej
Kossowski - Kompozytor," on which you'll find many famous Polish
singers singing his songs.
Click here
Attention:
Maciej's new
CD's in Polish and English are in production and they should be available
in 2011.
