Filipinki

Filipinki were founded in October 1959 at an economic college in Szczecin and became popular in Poland through exposure at music festivals and other events during the years that followed. They named themselves after popular teen girl magazine Filipinka.{{cite web|url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/9/29/Artykul/996398,Filipinki-historia-jak-z-niewiarygodnego-filmu%E2%80%A6-|title=Filipinki|language=pl|publisher=Polish Radio Three|date= 6 December 2013 }}

By 1963, they were well-established but the big breakthrough came with their Wala Twist,{{cite web|url=https://easternblocsongs.wordpress.com/?s=Wala&submit=Search|title=Filipinki: Wala-Twist|publisher=Eastern Bloc Songs|date= 17 May 2011}} a playful song celebrating female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman into space aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963. Wala Twist quickly became a hit in Poland and the Soviet Union. In the same year Filipinki released their first EP vinyl record in the Soviet Union and two more EPs in Poland. Just in 1964 their Polish EPs sold over 704,740 copies (N-0298: 353,240 copies and N-0299: 351,500 copies).{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQkEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+filipinki+records&pg=PA44|title=The Strange Case of the Chart Records That Don't Sell!|magazine=Billboard|date=20 April 1974}} The group became extremely popular both domestically and in all countries of the Eastern Bloc,{{Citation | title = 7 girls from Szczecin | newspaper = The Moscow News, No 12 (847) | date = 25 March 1967 }}{{Citation | first = V.| last = Ivanov| title = Filipinki | newspaper = Krugozor, No 3 | date = March 1967 | page = 17}} becoming one of the first teen musicians acts to appear regularly on Polish, Soviet Union and GDR television programs. In the mid-1960s they were called The Beatles Girls by Polish media.{{cite web|url=http://www.warnermusic.pl/index.php?action=katalog&album_id=18440|title=Filipinki|language=pl|publisher=Warner Music Poland|date= November 2014}}

In 1965, Filipinki became first Eastern Bloc young musicians to tour overseas, in Canada and the United States.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCkEAAAAMBAJ&q=fili-pinki+billboard&pg=PA28|title=Music Capitals of the World |magazine=Billboard|date=23 October 1965 }} They performed concerts, among others, in the cities: Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New York City, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Baltimore. They returned to America in 1966 for the next three-month tour. Filipinki also released three vinyl records in Canada and the US; two LPs and one EP.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_igEAAAAMBAJ&q=filipinki+under+janikowski&pg=PA42|title=Album Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=7 May 1966 }}

In 1968, Filipinki reduced the group from seven to five vocalists, changed their image and revamped as a rock band.{{cite web|url=https://easternblocsongs.wordpress.com/?s=Filipinki&submit=Search|title=Filipinki: Nie Ma Go|publisher=Eastern Bloc Songs|date= 25 July 2012 }}

The group disbanded in November 1974 after a 15-year run. Their success{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQkEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+filipinki+records&pg=PA44|title=From The Music Capitals of the World|magazine=Billboard|date=14 November 1970 }} made it possible for future Polish teenage musicians and girl bands to find mainstream success.

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In November 2013, a biography of the band by Marcin Szczygielski entitled We are Filipinki! Illustrated History of First Polish Girlsband ({{ISBN|978-83-2681277-4}}) was released in Poland.

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• [http://www.bibliotekapiosenki.pl/Filipinki Filipinki in Library of Polish Songs]

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