Henryk Wars' tango from Warsaw - Stanisława Nowicka, 1931

Stanisława Nowicka & Orkiestra tan. „Parlophon" -- Pytasz mnie, czemu nie płaczę (You're Asking Me, Wy I'm Not Crying) (Henryk Wars/Andrzej Włast), Tango z rewii „Tęcza nad Warszawą" (Tango from the revue „Rainbow Over Warsaw), Parlophon 1931
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Stanisława NOWICKA (born in 1905, Warsaw ) Polish dancer and singer, called „Queen Of Tango" and „Polish Marlene Dietrich". In 1929 she was the first performer of Jerzy Petersburski's famous tango „Oh Donna Clara" (Polish title: Tango Milonga) in theatre revue „Morskie Oko" in Warsaw. In 1933 she recorded for Syrena-Electro her interpretations of two great hits of Marlene Dietrich: „Jonny" and „Peter" (Polish title „Harry"). Low and sensuous timbre of her voice made Nowicka not only the master interpreter of tangos, but also of Russian romances and the French chanson. Many of them she recorded for Syrena Electro, Homocord, Parlophon and Columbia. In spite of that, her recordings are rare and very much serched for by the collectors.
In 1936 Stanisława Nowicka travelled to New York as a correspondent of a Polish daily „Słowo Polskie" never to return to Poland. Most of her life in USA (until 1985, when she was paralysed by the stroke) she was active as a singer (in 1942, together with a poet Julian Tuwim, she gave a great show for the fighting Poland in Carnegie Hall), a dancer (for many decades she led the Polish National Dances school in New Jersey), activist of Polish Red Cross and translator of the English and American literatures. She was also active as a theosophist, running a Tarot, clairvoyance studio in Yorktown, where she lived, and being the active member of American Theosophical Society. She wrote and published a bestselling monography of Houdini. She died in Yorktown in 1990, after 5 years of her life as an invalid.

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[dzheger]

Great voice and engaging singing. I trust the lyrics are as fine as the melody. The pre-war Warsaw photos always move me. All this lost magnificence. Unforgivable.

[tomekemo]

Uwielbam to tango, zwłaszcza w wykonaniu tej niezwykle utlentowanej śpiewaczki !!!!!!!!!

[gfks11]

A LOVELY TANGO! THANKS OLIVER FOR SHARING AND POSTER THANKS FOR NICE VIDEO!!

[1whoknows]

So moving. Thank you.

The last photo....do you know what building this is?

[XxXEMOBOYx]

świetne! To tango zawiera samą prawdę....

[Utesow]

To z tango, ze spiewal Harris w 1940m! Cudowne!!! Dziekuje wielkije!!!!!!!!

5/5!

[tango3721]

Halo 240252 As an enormous lover of Tango - I would request a tango titled "Zapomnisz o mnie" by the same composer and lyricist. To date - there was only one rendition on YouTube - a parody on Zydowska Noc Przebojowa That masterpiece deserves more than a parody! Tango3721

[genia106]

Henryk Wars was a superb composer and Stanisława Nowicka was the ultimate high class cabaret singer. I love her voice and the way she sings "od papierosa lecy dym."

The photos of Beautiful Pre-war Warsaw are a PERFECT complement to this sensuous torch song. Grzegorz, the only thing missing is the rainbow over Warsaw.