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Jiří Suchý

Czechia · b. 1931-10-01

Jiří Suchý is credited on 676 releases across 214 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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676

Credits

214

Albums

8

Decades active

24

In collections

Biography

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Czech vocalist, lyricist, composer, writer, actor, comedian. Born October 1, 1931 in Plzeň (former Czechoslovakia). Founder of the Semafor Theatre (opens in a new tab) Prague. In late 1950s he played double bass with Akord Klub (lead by Viktor Sodoma sr.), the first documented Czechoslovak group ever to play rock’n’roll and rhythm’n’blues songs. He also composed the first original Czech rock’n’roll song ever to appear on a record (78 rpm shellac Supraphon 51655-M, 1958), “Blues pro tebe”, sung by Josef Zíma with the Karel Vlach Orchestra.

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Credited work

676 releases · 214 albums · active 1955–2024

  • Performance · 1,669
  • Other credits · 329
  • Engineering · 4
  • Production · 1

Studios: Mozarteum · Studio Dejvice · Divadlo Semafor · Studio Smetanova Divadla

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