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Petru, Jana
years active: 1962 - 1974

One of the most popular Czech singers of the early sixties. She sang in a variety of styles including swing, rock'n'roll and even jazz with Czech Radio Dance Orchestra, Karel Vlach Orchestra, F. Havlik, K. Duba and Karel Velebny SHQ. She had success in duets with Josef Zima, Karel Hala, S. Prochazka and M. Suba. Her greatest hit ever was a duet with Karel Gott Den je krasny from the first Czech musical Starci na chmelu. In the late sixties, she was overcast by the new generation of female singers (Pilarova, Vondrackova, Kubisova, Prenosilova and others), in the early seventies she is definitely disappearing. She also had singing roles in three Czech movies. Died in 1990 in the fire of her appartment.

personal data, including participation in the recordings of other groups

Discography:

Den je krasny ( The Day Is Beautiful ) , Frantisek Rychtarik 2006

SP / EP:

Pani rodicove / Pod oknem /... ( Dear Parents / Underneath The Window /... ) ( Simonova, Yvetta ) , Supraphon 1963

Deti slunce / Cervena reka ( Children Of The Sun / Red River ) , Supraphon 1964

Muj mys dobre nadeje / Proc se trapis ( Krutzner, Jaromir ) , Supraphon 1964

Co znamena mit rad / Drive, nez se s vami sejdu ( Kubisova, Marta ) , Supraphon 1965

Drive nez se s vami sejdu ( Before I Meet You ) , Supraphon 1965

Jen ty jediny / Si, si, si, signorina , Supraphon 1965

Tenkrat a dnes / To vubec nevadi ( Then And Now / It Doesn' Matter At All ) ( Zima, Josef ) , Supraphon 1966

Zajicek / Cervena se malina ( Bunny / Raspbery Turning Red ) , Supraphon 1968

Sample:

Den je krasny (1964)