Ryszard Rynkowski
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Ryszard Rynkowski (born October 9, 1951, in Elbląg{{cite web|title=Ryszard Rynkowski|url=http://www.filmweb.pl/o84017/Ryszard+Rynkowski|agency=www.filmweb.pl|accessdate=2012-07-03|language=pl}}) is a Polish singer, composer, pianist and actor. In the years 1978—1987 accompanist of Vox music band,{{cite web|title=Oficjalna Strona – Grupa VOX|url=http://www.grupavox.pl/index.php?area=vox|agency=grupavox.pl|accessdate=2016-12-01}} a solo artist since 1987. His trademark is the scratchy, smoky voice. Joe Cocker himself therefore also called him the "Polish Joe Cocker".{{cite web |author=Katarzyna Długosz |url=https://www.tygodnikprzeglad.pl/cocker-nie-do-zdarcia/ |title=Cocker nie do zdarcia |work=muzyka.interia.pl |date=2001-12-17 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-24}}
He was awarded with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta{{cite web|title=M.P. z 2010 r. Nr 31, poz. 421|url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WMP20100310421|agency=isap.sejm.gov.pl|accessdate=2012-07-03|language=pl}} and the Order of the Smile.{{cite web|title=Ryszard Rynkowski odznaczony Orderem Uśmiechu|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-ryszard-rynkowski-odznaczony-orderem-usmiechu,nId,1608818|agency=muzyka.interia.pl|date=2002-01-31|accessdate=2016-02-20}} He also is honorary citizen of Elbląg, Poland.{{cite web|title=Ryszard Rynkowski|url=http://www.elblag.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:ryszard-rynkowski&catid=13:honorowi-obywatele-elblaga&Itemid=19|agency=Oficjalny serwis internetowy Miasta Elbląg|accessdate=2014-01-02|language=pl}}
Biography
= Early career =
File:Opole-Aleja Gwiazd-Rynkowski.jpg
As a child he learned the piano, first from an organist in his home parish and then at a state music school. He then played in various amateur bands in Elbląg. From 1967 to 1970 he studied at the gymnasium Juliusz Słowacki in Elbląg, where he directed the cabaret "Tak To Bywa". With this cabaret he won 2nd place at a competition of schools in northern Poland in 1968. He then studied at the Faculty of Music Education in Olsztyn.
He made his musical debut in 1972 with the group El at the 5th Student Cultural Festival in Olsztyn. In 1973 he moved to Warsaw and began working at the Warsaw Operetta and Theatre Targówek (later renamed Rampa Theatre).
From 1977 to 1978 he was the pianist of the Gramine Blues Group, a Polish vocal/instrumental ensemble. At the same time, he wrote the music for the play Rapsod Polski, which was performed in Pruszków near Warsaw by a theatre group led by Bolesław Jastrzębski accompanied by a VIP band. He was then a member of the band Victoria Singers, which changed its name to Vox in 1979. He wrote numerous songs for this band, including:
- Masz w oczach dwa nieba (3rd prize for KFPP Opole '79) (KFPP = National Festival of Polish Song in Opole),
- Bananowy Song (awarded the Bronze Lyre at the Bratislava Festival 1980),
- Szczęśliwej drogi, już czas.
= Solo career =
File:Rynkowski Ryszard Poznań 2008.jpg
After parting ways with the group Vox in 1987, he embarked on a solo career. He managed to emerge as the winner of the National Festival of Polish Songs in Opole in 1979, 1989, 1990 and 1994 respectively.
In 1993, he appeared in the title role of "Pan Twardowski" in the musical of the same name.{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408172704/http://www.e-teatr.pl/pl/realizacje/34431%2Cszczegoly.html| title=Pan Twardowski - Janusz Grzywacz|date=2015-04-08 }} In 2001, he was named Singer of the Year by Phonographic Academy of Poland and received the annual "Fryderyk" award as a distinction. Prize.{{cite web |url=https://fryderyki.pl/fryderyk-2001/ |title=Nominowani i laureaci 2001 |work=Fryderyk |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-25}}
On 10 December 2001, Rynkowski and Joe Cocker gave a joint charity concert in Warsaw, which culminated with a duet by the two (High Time We Went). In this way, Rynkowski celebrated his 50th birthday, which was celebrated in September of that year.{{cite web |url=https://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-rynkowski-i-cocker-to-byl-koncert,nId,1608245 |title=Rynkowski i Cocker: To był koncert! |work=muzyka.interia.pl |date=2001-12-11 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-24}} Another joint concert took place on 5 July 2002 in Szczecin at the Pogoń Stadium.{{YouTube |id=NM1TG-KCSXM |title=Joe Cocker in Poland |time=11m50s}} This collaboration led to, that the album Ten typ tak ma, released the following year in 2003, was recorded with support from some of Joe Cocker's band, including Deric Dyer, Nick Milo and Jack Bruno, and bassist Dale Davis (Tina Turner, Amy Winehouse).{{Cite web |url=https://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-ryszard-rynkowski-z-muzykami-joe-cockera,nId,1617133 |title=Ryszard Rynkowski z muzykami Joe Cockera |work=muzyka.interia.pl |date=2003-11-24 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-24}}
In 2011 he took part in the recording of the song Mazurski cud, created as part of the campaign "Mazury Cud Natury" (The Wonder of Nature in Masuria) to promote the region of Masuria.{{Cite web |url=https://muzyka.interia.pl/pop/news-cudne-mazury-lady-pank-afromental-ryszard-rynkowski-i-vader-,nId,1652527 |title=Cudne Mazury: Lady Pank, Afromental, Ryszard Rynkowski i Vader razem! |work=Muzyka.interia.pl |date=2011-06-15 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-04}}
In December 2011, he appeared in the multimedia spectacle 16.12.1981 directed by Łukasz Kobiela, which took place on the 30th anniversary of the pacification of the Wujek Coal Mine in Katowice.{{Cite web |url=https://www.salon24.pl/u/ignatius/374115,za-wolnosc-meczennicy-16-12-1981-widowisko-multimedialne |title=Za Wolność Męczennicy!!! 16.12.1981 Widowisko Multimedialne |work=Salon24.pl |date=17 December 2011 |language=pl |accessdate=2021-01-13}} This "pacification" was the bloody suppression of a strike by mine workers in Katowice.
In 2019, Ryszard Rynkowski participated as a judge in the Polish TV show "Szansa na sukces" (A Chance for Success), a Polish equivalent of the German DSDS.{{Cite web |url=https://vod.tvp.pl/programy,88/szansa-na-sukces-odcinki,285184/odcinek-5,S06E05,330931 |title=Szanza na sukces |work=vod.tvp.pl |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-24}}
Private life
His first wife Hanna died of breast cancer in 1996.{{Cite web |url=https://plejada.pl/newsy/ryszard-rynkowski-i-kobiety-jego-zycia-po-smierci-pierwszej-zony-poslubil-fanke/j3wtsj2 |title=Ryszard Rynkowski po śmierci żony długo był sam. Aż spotkał swoją dużo młodszą fankę... |work=plejada.pl |date=2021-10-09 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-22}} This marriage produced a daughter, Marta (born 1978).{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Ryszard+Rynkowski-84017 |title=Ryszard Rynkowski biography |work=Filmweb |language=pl |accessdate=2020-08-28}} In 2006 he remarried, after the new relationship remained a secret for a long time. He met his second wife, Edyta, 22 years younger, at a "Meet and Greet" after one of his concerts. In October 2008, his second child, son Ryszard Junior, was born. On 3 April 2009, the singer's first grandson was born, Jan{{Cite web |url=https://rozrywka.dziennik.pl/artykuly/145009,rynkowski-zostal-dziadkiem.html |title=Rynkowski został dziadkiem |work=Dziennik.pl |date=6 April 2009 |language=pl |accessdate=2021-01-13}} and in 2010 his second grandson, Ignacy.
In 2002, the Elbląg city councillors granted him honorary citizenship of the city of Elbląg.{{Cite web |url=https://www.elblag.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:ryszard-rynkowski&catid=13:honorowi-obywatele-elblaga&Itemid=19 |title=Ryszard Rynkowski |work=Elblag.eu |language=pl |accessdate=2021-01-13}}
In 2005, he supported the election campaign of the PiS party and participated in the "Spring of Poles" concert series.
On the night of 15 to 16 November 2016, he threatened his family with suicide. The reason was marital problems and a resulting nervous breakdown. However, after talking to the police for a few minutes, the singer calmed down and handed over the gun to the officers. The pistol in his hand was loaded with live ammunition.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wprost.pl/zycie/10031085/Ryszard-Rynkowski-grozil-ze-popelni-samobojstwo-Zostal-juz-zbadany-przez-psychiatrow.html |title=Ryszard Rynkowski groził, że popełni samobójstwo. Został już zbadany przez psychiatrów |work=Wprost.pl |date=2021-07-30 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-23}}
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rynkowski, like many of his fellow musicians, was basically unemployed, which in turn plunged him into a deep emotional crisis. To make matters worse, the singer had been experiencing increasing problems with mobility in his hip for some time, which made him realise that he would no longer be able to perform larger concerts or even tours.{{Cite web |url=https://viva.pl/ludzie/newsy/zly-stan-zdrowia-ryszarda-rynkowskiego-jak-sie-czuje-114174-r1/ |title=Niepokojące wieści dotyczące stanu zdrowia Ryszarda Rynkowskiego |work=viva. pl |date=2018-07-23 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-23}} In 2011, his wife Edyta was finally able to persuade him to invest the rest of his savings in a rehabilitation centre at his home Brodnica, where people with limb and spinal injuries are helped, thus guaranteeing him and his family, also for the future, a secure income.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pomponik.pl/plotki/newsamp-ryszard-rynkowski-niepokojace-wiesci-z-domu-artysty-sasiedzi,nId,5389891 |title=Ryszard Rynkowski: Niepokojące wieści z domu artysty. Sąsiedzi wyjawili smutną prawdę! |work=pomponik.pl |date=2021-11-17 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-13}}{{Cite web |author=Kamila Gulbicka |url=https://gwiazdy.wp.pl/ryszard-rynkowski-otworzyl-prywatna-klinike-to-na-tym-teraz-zarabia-6230505390155393a |title=Ryszard Rynkowski otworzył prywatną klinikę. To na tym teraz zarabia |work=gwiazdy.wp.pl |date=2008-03-15 |language=pl |accessdate=2023-01-13}}
Discography
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; Alben {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center; ! rowspan="2" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Title ! colspan="1" | Position ! rowspan="2" | ZPAV | |||
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| rowspan="2" | 1991 | align="left" | Szczęśliwej drogi już czas
| – | |
| align="left" | Una Luz en la Oscuridad
| – | ||
| 1995 | align="left" | Jedzie pociąg z daleka
| – | |
| 1995 | align="left" |Kolędy. Dziś nadzieja rodzi się
| – | |
| 1998 | align="left" | Jawa
| - | * Gold.{{Cite web |url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/zloteplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=1998 |title=Gold CDs awarded in 1998 |work=ZPAV |language=pl |accessdate=2020-06-16}} |
| 2000 | align="left" | Dary losu
| 6.[http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=8&lang= OLiS - sales in the period 11.12.-31.12.2000]
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| 2001 | align="left" | Intymnie
| 3[http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=94&lang= OLiS - sales in the period 20.05–26.05.2002] | * Platin.{{Cite web |url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/platynoweplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2003 |title=Platinum CDs awarded in 2003 |work=ZPAV |language=pl |accessdate=2020-06-16}} | |
| 2002 | align="left" | Kolędy
| 30[http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=126&lang= OLiS - sales in the period 09.12.-15.12.2002] | |
| 2003 | align="left" | Ten typ tak ma
| 3[http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=188&lang= OLiS - sales in the period 02.02.-08.02.2004] | |
| 2009 | align="left" | Zachwyt
| 4[http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=518&lang= OLiS - sales in the period 22.06.-28.06.2009] | |
| 2011 | align="left" | Ryszard Rynkowski
| 42[http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=677&lang= OLiS - sales in the period 06.06.-12.06.2011] | |
| 2012 | align="left" | Razem
| -
| | |
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; Compilations
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| 1998 | align="left" | Złota kolekcja – Inny nie będę
| 13[http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=7&lang= OLiS – sprzedaż w okresie 27.11.–10.12.2000] | * 2× Platin{{Cite web |url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/platynoweplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2002 |title=Platinum CDs awarded in 2002mkiii |work=ZPAV |language=pl |accessdate=2020-06-16}} |
| 2005 | "align=left" | Złota kolekcja – Śpiewająco
| – | |
| colspan="10" style=font-size:8pt; | „—“ The item was not listed. |
; Single
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! width="25px" | polish radio hit list | ||
| 2001 | align="left" | Dziewczyny lubią brąz[http://www.discogs.com/Ryszard-Rynkowski-Dziewczyny-Lubią-Brąz/release/2384902 Ryszard Rynkowski - Dziewczyny Lubią Brąz – Discogs.com][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmM1b6Qj6eE, Live Video] | 35 |
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Musical
- Pan Twardowski – Musical, P 1993 Polonia Records, Polonia CD 014.
Filmography
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| 2000
|Zaduszki narodowe 2000. Sybir, ostatnie pożegnanie | |
| 1991
|V.I.P. |"Fuks", Mr. Jeremy's bat |
| 1990
|Zabić na końcu (Kill at the end) | singer |
| 1988
|Alchemik (Alchemist) | Troubadour |
| 1988
|Alchemik Sendivius (Alchemist Sendivius) (Miniserie) | Troubadour |
Medals awarded
- 2002: Order of the Smile (Order Uśmiechu){{Cite web |url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-ryszard-rynkowski-odznaczony-orderem-usmiechu,nId,1608818 |title=Ryszard Rynkowski odznaczony Orderem Uśmiechu |work=muzyka.interia.pl |date=2002-01-31 |language=pl |accessdate=2016-02-20}}
- 2010: Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Order of Polonia Restituta){{Cite web |url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WMP20100310421 |title=M.P. z 2010 r. Nr 31, poz. 421 |work=Sejm of the Republic of Poland |language=pl |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306211724/http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/Download;jsessionid=21E483409A80A0F2648B6F19955CA026?id=WMP20100310421&type=2 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |accessdate=2023-01-04}}
- 2015: silver medal "Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit" (Srebrny Medal "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis"){{Cite web |url=http://www.mkidn.gov.pl/pages/posts/wreczenie-medali-bdquozasluzony-kulturze-gloria-artisrdquo-5846.php |title=Wręczenie medali "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis" |work=mkidn.gov.pl |date=2015-10-05 |language=pl |accessdate=2016-02-20}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160711064741/http://www.rynkowski.art.pl:80/ former homepage] (only available in the web archive, Polish)
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