Irena Wanda Jarocka (18 August 1946 â 21 January 2012), was a Polish singer.
Early life and education
Jarocka was born on 18 August 1946 in Srebrna Góra, Poland. She graduated from the V Liceum OgólnoksztaÃ
ÂcÃÂ
ce im. Stefana Ã
»eromskiego, and the faculty of music studies at Ã
Ârednia SzkoÃ
Âa Muzyczna in GdaÃ
Âsk, studying under professor Halina Mickiewiczówna. She later graduated from a Faculty of Biology at a teachers' college. Between 1969 and 1973 she lived in Paris on a scholarship, studying at Le Petit Conservatoire de la Chanson.
Career
Music
Jarocka participated in amateur singing competitions, and worked with ZespóÃ
 Estradowy Marynarki Wojennej Flotylla. In 1966, at 20 years old, she debuted at Klub Rudy Kot in GdaÃ
Âsk, and first participated in the Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej in Opole. She also performed at the Sopot Festival. She recorded albums for the Philips label and performed in concerts with Michel Sardou, Enrico Macias, Charles Aznavour, and Mireille Mathieu. She sang outside Poland, in such countries as Germany, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Luxembourg, Australia and France, and for Polish communities in the US and Canada. She worked with Polanie, Czerwone Gitary, Budka Suflera, and Exodus.)
Film and television
Jarocka acted with Andrzej KopiczyÃ
Âski in the film adaptation of Motylem jestem, czyli romans 40-latka (I am a butterfly, or a 40-year-old's romance), scripted and directed by Jerzy Gruza and . In the film Jarocka sang her own songs, including "Motylem jestem" ("I am a butterfly") and "Po prostu czÃ
Âowiek" ("Simply a human").
Her performances and programs were recorded for Telewizja Polska stations in GdaÃ
Âsk, Ã
ÂódÃ
º, PoznaÃ
Â, WrocÃ
Âaw, Katowice, and Warsaw, including Irena Jarocka zaprasza (Irena Jarocka Invites You), Irena Jarocka i jej goÃ
Âcie (Irena Jarocka and Guests), Spotkanie z gwiazdÃÂ
(A Meeting with a Star), MÃÂÃ
¼czyzna na niepogodà(Man for Bad Weather), NajwiÃÂksze przeboje Ireny Jarockiej (Biggest Hits of Irena Jarocka), Zwariowany dzieÃ
 (A Crazy Day), and Bo wszystko jest piosenkÃÂ
francuskÃÂ
(Because Everything is a French Song). She also took part in Muzyka Ã
ÂÃÂ
czy pokolenia (Music Connects Generations) on TVP3.
In 2006, in the US, she took part in the AmerykaÃ
Âskie Rozmowy w toku (American Conversations) with Ewa Drzyzga. The show dealt with famous Poles trying to make a living abroad.
Personal life and death
From 1990 she lived in the United States with her second husband MichaÃ
 Sobolewski https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/MichaÃ
Â_WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âaw_Sobolewski, whom she married in 1989 while being in relationship from 1976 for 35 years till her last day. Her daughter with Sobolewski, Monika Sobolewska was born in Poland in 1982 and graduated from Texas Tech University in art-communication design. Jarocka was performing continuously in the States and European countries. Her first marriage, to Marian Zacharewicz, was dissolved.
She maintained continuous ties with her public in Poland while living periodically in Warsaw during her frequent concert tours there. In 2007, she published an autobiographical novel, Motylem jestem, czyli piosenka o mnie samej .
She died on 21 January 2012, aged 65, in Warsaw, from brain cancer.
Awards
- 1968: First place â Telewizyjna GieÃ
Âda Piosenki with song "Gondolierzy znad WisÃ
Ây" (Gondoliers from Vistula)
- 1971: Silver Gronostaj Award â Festival in Rennes, for music interpretation
- 1973: Silver Ring award â FPÃ
» in KoÃ
Âobrzeg, with song "Ballada o Ã
¼oÃ
Ânierzu, któremu udaÃ
Âo siàpowróciÃÂ" (Ballad of a soldier, who manager to return)
- 1974: Audience Award â International Song Festival in Sopot
- 1975: Silver Nail of 1974 â Number 1 popularity award by readers of the "Kurier Polski (dziennik popoÃ
Âudniowy)"
- 1975: Second place â Coupe dâÂÂEurope Musicale in Villach, Austria
- 1976: Silver Nail of 1975 â Number 1 popularity award by readers of the "Kurier Polski (dziennik popoÃ
Âudniowy)"
- 1976: Special mention â Festival in Tokyo, Japan, for song "OdpÃ
ÂywajÃÂ
kawiarenki" (Cafes are floating away)
- 1977: Silver Nail of 1976 â Number 1 popularity award by readers of the "Kurier Polski (dziennik popoÃ
Âudniowy)"
- 1978: Special mention â Festival in Palma de Mallorca, for song "WymyÃ
ÂliÃ
Âam ciÃÂ" (I made you up)
- 1978: Second place â Festival in Drezno, Germany, for song "Mój sÃ
Âodki Charlie" (My sweet Charlie)
- 1978: Special mention â Festival in Limassol, Cyprus
- 1979: Silver Nail of 1978 â Number 1 popularity award by readers of the "Kurier Polski (dziennik popoÃ
Âudniowy)"
Discography
Albums
- 1974 â W cieniu dobrego drzewa, re-edition 2001
- 1976 â Gondolierzy znad WisÃ
Ây, re-edition 2001
- 1977 â Wigilijne Ã
¼yczenie, re-edition 2001
- 1977 â Koncert
- 1978 â ByànarzeczonÃÂ
twÃÂ
, re-edition 2001
- 1981 â Irena Jarocka
- 1987 â Irena Jarocka II
- 1992 â My French favorites
- 2001 â Mój wielki sen
- 2004 â KolÃÂdy bez granic
- 2008 â MaÃ
Âe rzeczy
- 2010 â PoniewaÃ
¼ znów sÃÂ
Ã
ÂwiÃÂta
- 2012 â Piosenki francuskie
Singles
- 1969 â Il faut y croire/Tu me reviendras
- 1970 â Tant que la barque va/Et ce sera moi
- 1974 â Ã
Âpiewam pod goÃ
Âym niebem/WymyÃ
ÂliÃ
Âam CiÃÂ/Nie wrócÃÂ
te lata/W cieniu dobrego drzewa
- 1975 â Junge Liebe/Warum weint der Wind
- 1975 â Kocha siàraz/Zawsze pójdàz tobÃÂ
- 1976 â Sag ihm, das ich ihn liebe/Auf dem Bahnsteig Nr 8
- 1976 â OdpÃ
ÂywajÃÂ
kawiarenki/Przeczucie
- 1976 â Sto lat czekam na twój list/By coÃ
 zostaÃ
Âo z tych dni
- 1977 â Morgenrot/Unser Zelt aus Stroh
- 1978 â GarÃ
ÂÃÂ piasku/Chyba siÃÂ warto o mnie biÃÂ
- 1978 â Niech taÃ
ÂczÃÂ
nasze serca/Mój sÃ
Âodki Charlie
- 1978 â Nie wiadomo, który dzieÃ
Â/Wszystko dam
- 1978 â ByànarzeczonÃÂ
twÃÂ
/Przeoczone, zawinione
- 1978 â Nadzieja/ByÃ
 ktoÃ
Â
- 1979 â Piosenka spod welonu/Mon Harley Davidson/Plaisir d'amour/Aranjuez mon amour
- 1980 â To za maÃ
Âo/Nie odchodÃ
º jeszcze
- 1981 â TaÃ
Âczy niedziela/Gimmie some lovin
- 1981 â Mam temat na Ã
¼ycie/Bliski sercu dzieÃ
Â
- 2001 â Magia ksiÃÂÃ
¼yca/Dance remix Motylem jestem, Kawiarenki, Nie wrócÃÂ
te lata
- 2002 â Na krakowskÃÂ
nutàâ duo with Wawele group
- 2008 â MaÃ
Âe rzeczy
- 2009 â No to co
- 2010 â Break Free â duo with Michael Bolton
- 2010 â PoniewaÃ
¼ znów sÃÂ
Ã
ÂwiÃÂta
Compilation albums
- 1995 â Wielkie przeboje
- 1995 â Kolekcja vol.1
- 1995 â Kolekcja vol.2
- 1998 â OdpÃ
ÂywajÃÂ
kawiarenki â ZÃ
Âota kolekcja
- 2002 â ZÃ
Âote przeboje â Platynowa kolekcja
- 2003 â Motylem jestem
- 2006 â Moje zÃ
Âote przeboje â Platynowa kolekcja
- 2006 â Piosenki o miÃ
ÂoÃ
Âci â Platynowa kolekcja
- 2010 â NajwiÃÂksze przeboje czÃÂÃ
ÂÃÂ 1
- 2010 â NajwiÃÂksze przeboje czÃÂÃ
ÂÃÂ 2
- 2011 â 40 piosenek Ireny Jarockiej
References
Sources
- WolaÃ
Âski, Ryszard (1995); Leksykon Polskiej Muzyki Rozrywkowej, pp. 78âÂÂ79, Agencja Wydawnicza MOREX;
External links