Jana Petru
(* 14.7.1938 Praha)One of the most popular Czech singers of the early sixties. She sang in a variety of styles including swing, rock'n'roll and even jazz with Czech Radio Dance Orchestra, Karel Vlach Orchestra, F. Havlik, K. Duba and Karel Velebny SHQ. She had success in duets with Josef Zima, Karel Hala, S. Prochazka and M. Suba. Her greatest hit ever was a duet with Karel Gott Den je krasny from the first Czech musical Starci na chmelu. In the late sixties, she was overcast by the new generation of female singers (Pilarova, Vondrackova, Kubisova, Prenosilova and others), in the early seventies she is definitely fading away.
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Sample (MP3): Den je krasny(from musical Starci na chmelu)
Source: Encyclopedia of jazz and modern popular music - Czech Scenea (Supraphon 1990)
