Mid 1950's in Poland: Natasza Zylska

Описание: The series of present 3 videos devoted to the pop music of 1950's is a thankful gesture of the author to Mr Dominik Piworowicz, a specialist and enthusiast of the music of the mentioned above period.

Natasza Zylska (1933, Vilnius – 1995, Tel Aviv), Polish lady pop singer, endowed with a tiny, childish voice and great personal charm which made her appearances and records very popular in that period.
“Baiao Bongo” was an international hit in the exotic rhythm and here it is presented in Polish version.

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Stalin died in 1953, which was followed by a partial thaw in Poland.
From early 1955, the Polish press was engaged in criticizing the Stalinist recent past and praising the older Polish socialist traditions (social democratic Marxism and national independence). Political discussion clubs were on the rise throughout the country. The party itself appeared to be moving in the social democratic direction.
Poland welcomed Władyslaw Gomułka's (leader of post-war Poland until 1948 and later, following the ‘Polish October’ he became leader again from 1956 to 1970) rise to power with relief. Many Poles still rejected communism, but the realities of Soviet dominance dictated that Poland could not shake-off communist rule. Gomułka promised an end to police terror, greater intellectual and religious freedom, higher wages, and the reversal of collectivization; and to some degree he fulfilled these promises.
After the first wave of reforms, Gomułka's regime started to move back on their promises.
The communist control over the mass media and universities was gradually tightened, and many of the younger and more reformist members of the party were forced out. The reform-promising Gomułka of 1956 turned into the authoritarian Gomułka of the 1960s. Although Poland enjoyed a period of relative stability in that decade, the idealism of the "Polish October" faded away (wikipedia...).

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