Aleksander Zabczynski & Henryk Gold Orch. - Nadine, 1934

[1martuska]

They were here before my time, but I want them back! Life was so simple and yet people were so happy in those days. What happened to this world and the people in it?

[holasenorr]

this is my dads god father!!

To ojciec chrzestny mego ojca

[BratWody]

@holasenorr To Ty nasz czlowiek.

So, you're our man! ;-)

[babcia12000]

jak pan to robi że nagrania brzmia tak jak by nagrane były niedawno ?

[RadioDismuke]

This is a WONDERFUL tune - very addictive!

[jozefsterkens]

It has become a 4 volumes "Sängerlexicon" in the 1990's and I know there's a new edition

The 1962 edition is the only one in English all the others are in German. The bible for opera & song collectors. I paid mine 400 euro in the 90's.

[Ichkovitch]

What a life story Zabczynski has, the post war part shared by many in eastern Europe where the Nazi boot stomped.

[jurek46pink]

I am not sure to whom your comment was referred, anyway take it as a sort of explanation.

[kspm01]

No, beware arguing! I know there wasn't, yet I saw your comment to Grzegorz about that unique recording of yours which he had recorded from that radio broadcast, and I simply wanted to thank you specifically :-) too.

[jurek46pink]

Doubled thanks ?... I am surprised.

There was no arguing (from my party) here, P.

I, knowing all (!) the story of this "unique record", for many years in my possession (having been re-played on radio and now re-edited) just said that I recognized it, which I do.

Nothing more, nothing less.

[merrihew]

There are several used copies on Amazon, two at reasonable prices. The bios are quite brief but there are many obscure singers included.

[merrihew]

There is a 1962 book by Leo Riemens and K. J. Kutsch entitled - A Concise Biographical Dictionary of Singers. For a long time it was a standard reference work. As you go through it page after page you read about how many died at the hands of the Nazis.

[merrihew]

Its obvious from some of the questions posed in the comments that many viewers don't even bother to read the descriptions!

[jurek46pink]

I recognize my "unique" record !

[dzheger]

Catchy tune and a handsome singer with a fine voice. Spirited H. Gold orchestration. What a biography, and such a sad ending.

[genia106]

Aleksander Żabczyński was a very handsome Polish gentleman who wss too young to die. I can certainly understand why he was so popular with the Polish ladies.

The actress with him looks a little like Loretta Young and that Morske Oko Cabaret sounds like another hot club I missed out on. SIGH!!!!

[barbcard]

What a life! Yet the melody sounds cheerful, even romantic. Glad Nadine and the bon-vivants had such fun in those darkening days.

[merrihew]

Yet another dramatic story!