Orchestr Ladislava Staidla
years active: 1965 - 1989
originally one of the young rock'n'roll bands from Prague, founded on the ground of Apollo Theatre (also called The Rhythmic Band of Apolo Theatre at that time); in 1967 after the theatre being closed, they went to the USA together with Karel Gott for a 7 months tour; gradually they moved to pop music, becoming the backing band of Karel Gott and several other pop singers
Members:
Jiri Kysilka (1965-1971)
Ladislav Staidl (1965-1989) , vocal, guitars, conductor, leader
Vaclav Tyfa (1970-1985)
Cenek Kummer "Vincenc Kummer" (1972-1981)
Vincenc Krummer (1972-1981)
Pavel Fort (since 1974) , guitars, vocal
Josef Pavelka "Bazik" (1975-1982)
Lida Nopova (1979-1987) , background vocal
Miroslav Talian, vocal
Jiri Lech, saxophones
Discography:
samplers etc.:
Slunci vstric ( Towards The Sun ) , Supraphon 1975
SP / EP:
El Condor Pada / Ma Belle Amie ( Gott, Karel ) , Supraphon 1970
Korunou si hodim / Nejsem, nejsem rad ( Gott, Karel ) , Supraphon 1970
Reknete odkud vas znam / Mit pouhej tejden ( Gott, Karel ) , Supraphon 1971
Sny blaznivy / Ja se asi v lete ozenim ( Gott, Karel ) , Supraphon 1971
Grandhotel U tri strun / Hej lasko, necekej ( Spinarova, Vera ) , Supraphon 1974
Dve mista v prizemi / Kvety placou ( Achill, Zachar a Bolek ) , Supraphon 1975 , 
Tornero / Hraci automat ( Slovacek, Felix ) , Supraphon 1976 , 
Mzi ti do vlasu / Uz jsem pochopil ( Staidl, Ladislav ) , Supraphon 1977 ,
Ospale rano / Pujcovna snu ( Staidl, Ladislav ) , Supraphon 1979
Jsou dny, kdy svita o neco driv / Miluji te ( Staidl, Ladislav ) , Supraphon 1980
Davne lasky / Benjamin ( Zagorova, Hana ) , Supraphon 1981 , 
Kdyz se narodime / Mit svuj kout ( Zelenkova, Jitka ) , Supraphon 1983
Nekdo nam do toho vlez / Cekam ( Zelenkova, Jitka ) , Supraphon 1984
Ticha pisen / Tak pojd ( Bartosova, Iveta ) , Supraphon 1987
Vzdycky jsem to ja / Tisickrat krasnejsi ( Janda, Dalibor ) , Supraphon 1987 , 
participation:
Close-Up ( Zelenkova, Jitka ) , Supraphon 1982
Premiera ( First Night Show ) ( Fort, Pavel ) , Supraphon 1984
Hurikan ( Janda, Dalibor ) , Supraphon 1986 , 
Kde jsi? ( Where Are You? ) ( Janda, Dalibor ) , Supraphon 1987 ,
Michal Penk ( Penk, Michal ) , Supraphon 1989 ,