“Yesterday late in the evening, the day after the anniversary of the death of his beloved wife, our father, Witold Paszt, passed away. A wonderful, best man, beloved grandfather, an artist in the full sense of the word” – we read in the post published on Saturday by Natalia and Aleksandra Paszt . “When it seemed that he was violent and indestructible because he had defeated his third COVID, suddenly the tide turned around and there were unexpected complications that greatly accelerated his longed meeting with our Mother. He was in a hurry to see her.”
It has been known about Witold Paszt’s health problems for several months. In early February, the singer resigned from participating in the announcement of the results of the TVP program “The Voice Senior”, which. An entry appeared in Paszta’s social media: “My beloved, I will not be in the PnŚ studio tonight for the announcement of the voting results. I am recovering in my house after my illness”.
Witold Paszt is dead. He sang great hits
Witold Paszt was born on September 1, 1953 in Zamość. He graduated from a music school in the same city; he went to study in Lublin, where he studied at the music faculty of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie University. He started his musical career in 1977 with the Victoria Singers band. A year later, Paszt founded the VOX vocal quartet, which included Andrzej Kozioł, Ryszard Rynkowski and Jerzy Słota (privately a cousin of Witold Paszt).
The stage debut of the VOX group took place in April 1979 and the International Stage Spring in Poznań. The Interwizji Festival in Sopot in 1980 brought the band the 1st Record Day Award and the Audience Award for the song “Bananowy song”, which remains their biggest hit, next to songs such as “Rycz Mała rycz”, “Szczęśliwego dear already czas” or “Zabiorę się, Magdaleno “. Released in 1981, the album “Monte Carlo Is Great”, which includes songs in English (including “Banana Song”), has sold over 400,000 copies. copies.
Since then, VOX has won awards and distinctions at numerous festivals in Poland and Europe. Their pop songs, largely inspired by American music and gospel, funk and jazz sounds, won the hearts of the audience, among others. in the Netherlands, Sweden, the USSR and Bulgaria. Witold Paszt was the only member of the original line-up to play in the band VOX until the very end.
In 2001 Witold Paszt’s first solo album “Jak Słoń” was released, on which the singer collaborated with Seweryn Krajewski, Robert Chojnacki and Jerzy “Duduś” Matuszkiewicz. Apart from his musical activity, he also had screen appearances, incl. in the films “Stars” and “Planeta Singli 2”.
Source: Gazeta
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