Blue Café
Blue Café | |
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| Current lead singer Dominika Gawęda Current lead singer Dominika Gawęda | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Blue Café |
| Origin | Łódź, Poland |
| Genres | |
| Members | Tatiana Okupnik Viola Danel Sebastian Kasprowicz Marcin Markuszewski Łukasz Moszczyński Piotr Sławiński Michał Niewiadomski |
| Website | http://www.blue-cafe.pl/ Official Site |
Blue Café are a Polish musical group with jazz, soul and Latin influences. The band was formed in Łódź in 1998 and had three consecutive hit singles in Poland in 2002-03. They were nominated in the category Best Polish Act at the 2003 MTV Europe Awards, and are also known internationally for representing Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
Band members
[edit ]The original line-up of the band was leader, composer, arranger and keyboardist Paweł Rurak-Sokal, singer Tatiana Okupnik, Viola Danel (guitar), Sebastian Kasprowicz (guitar), Marcin Markuszewski (bass), Łukasz Moszczyński (drums), Piotr Sławiński (trumpet) and Michał Niewiadomski (trombone).
History
[edit ]Their first single "Español" was released in 2001, with album Fanaberia following in late 2002.
Blue Café submitted "You May Be in Love", a track from Fanaberia, to the 2003 Polish Eurovision Song Contest selection, where it made the final, finishing in third place.[1] It subsequently topped the Polish chart when released as a single. The following year, the band took part in the Eurovision selection again with "Love Song", a Latin-flavoured track from their second album Demi-sec. In a close televoting and SMS result, "Love Song" emerged the winner, earning Blue Café the Polish ticket for the 49th Eurovision Song Contest.[2] 2004 was the year in which a pre-qualifying semi-final was introduced to Eurovision; however, Ich Troje's top 10 finish for Poland the previous year meant that Blue Café gained automatic entry to the final, which was held in Istanbul on 15 May. Five members - Okupnik, Rurak-Sokal, Sławiński, Niewiadomski and newcomer Piotr Grąbkowski - appeared on stage on the night of the contest, when "Love Song" finished in 17th place of 24 entries.[3] [4]
Okupnik decided to leave the band in 2005, and was replaced as lead singer by Dominika Gawęda. The band's fourth and most recent album, Four Seasons, was released in 2008.
Discography
[edit ]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||||||
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| Fanaberia | 3 |
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| Demi-sec | 3 |
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| Ovosho | 10 |
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| Four Seasons |
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| DaDa | 7 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ "POLISH NATIONAL FINAL 2003". Natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "POLISH NATIONAL FINAL 2004". Natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest : Details : Poland 2004 : Blue Café, Love Song". Esc-history.com. 2004年05月15日. Archived from the original on 2013年12月30日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Love song - info - Diggiloo Thrush". Diggiloo.net. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 2004年03月21日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 2008年06月30日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 2003年04月13日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 2006年09月25日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Blue Cafe - Fanaberia - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2002年05月20日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Fanaberia by Blue Cafe on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. January 2002. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ a b [1] Archived August 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Blue Cafe - Demi sec - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2003年12月08日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Demi-Sec by Blue Cafe on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2003年12月04日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ a b c "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ^ a b [2] Archived October 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Blue Cafe - Ovosho - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2006年09月18日. Archived from the original on 2014年01月04日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Ovosho by Blue Cafe on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2006年09月29日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Blue Cafe - Four Seasons - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2008年04月14日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Blue Cafe - DaDa - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2011年03月28日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
- ^ "Dada by Blue Cafe on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2011年01月01日. Retrieved 2016年01月11日.
External links
[edit ]- Official website (in Polish)
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| Preceded by | Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 |
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