Lidia Stanisławska

Lidia Stanisławska is a Polish singer, columnist and stage personality best known for her place in mainstream Polish popular song of the 1970s and 1980s, while also maintaining a visible presence in cabaret, television and literary work. She is most strongly associated with songs such as “Dzwon znad doliny,” “Gwiazda nad Tobą,” “Gram w kiepskiej sztuce” and “Na zawsze mój,” and her voice became one of the more distinctive ones of her generation. She was born in Szczecin, and her artistic launch came through the song exchange and festival circuit in northern Poland, with her debut most safely dated to 1973, although some biographies place the breakthrough a year later. Soon afterward she appeared at the Opole...