Karel Gott was born on July 14, 1939
in Pilsen, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. Gott is a Czechoslovakian singer,
and an amateur painter. He is considered as the most successful male singer
from the former Czechoslovakia and currently the Czech Republic; he was elected
the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national poll Český slavík (English:
Czech Nightingale) a total of thirty-eight times. He also gained widespread
fame in the German-speaking countries. Karel initially wanted to study art, but
failed the exams at UMPRUM, the reknown School of Industrial Art, upon which he
began training as an electrician. On completing his studies, he began working
as an electrician, but was soon fascinated by the new types of music flooding
the city, and became interested in jazz. He experimented with playing the bass
and the guitar, but eventually decided to focus on singing, studying it
privately. During the 1950s, he occasionally performed as an amateur singer and
often participated in competitions. His breakthrough hit was "Mesicni
reka", the Czech version of "Moon River" (1962).Karel sang “Oh Ye Gods, What a Dime Drink” in the successful 1964 Czech Euro-western “Lemonade Joe”.
Today we celebrate Karel Gott’s 75th birthday.
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