One of the first Czech rock'n' roll singers. Founder of one of the first "big-beat" bands (that is how rock'n'roll music was called to cover it real nature from the official authorities) in Prague. It worked under various names ((EP Hi-fi, Studijni skupina big-beatu, later Skupina Pavla Sedlacka)) and variable line-up since 1961 . One of the many branches of the band was Karkulka, later renamed to Olympic. In 1962 Sedlacek sings in the cultic small theatre Semafor. At that time he met his later wife, popular singer Eva Pilarova. They recorded together the love duet Hey Paula. Sedlacek was closely monitored by the communist intelligence ("State Security") as a propagator of "western culture", furthermore quite commercially succesful. One careless step was enough (attempt to procure a car from Western Germany) to put him in prison for about 7 months in 1965. After his return, he sang sporadically with the bands Mefisto and Flamengo. In 1967 he played rock'n'roll revival with Rogers Band. In 1968 he founded the band Colour Images playing mainly R&B, a year later the nine-member R&B band Expression with wind section in the style of Blood, Sweat and Tears. In 1968 he took his university degree in machine engineering. In 1970's he tends to pop, singing with bands Fontana (1973-75), Kroky Zdenka Kalhouse (1976) and various dancing orchestras; then a long silence followed. After 1989 he started his own business in gastronomy, also an actor and moderator of his own revues. He occasionally comes back to singing with his own band Cadillac.

Discography:

1. Rock And Roll (with Cadillac, BestI.A 1993)

2. Zivot je pes - 20 x Pavel Sedlacek (Bonton 1998)

3. Pop galerie (Supraphon 2006)

Samplers and guest appearances:

A. Musical Gentlemen (LP Supraphon 1967)

B. Songs of E.F.Burian (LP Supraphon 1977)

C. Olympic: Rock And Roll (LP Supraphon-Artia 1981, for Czech market 1982 as "Rokenrol")

D. 30 let rock and rollu-live recording from Lucerna, Prague (M-Art 1990)

Singles (selected):

i.Zivot je pes (Semafor from play Zuzana neni pro nikoho doma, Supraphon 1963)

ii.Hey Paula! (with E.Pilarova and Olympic, Supraphon 1964)

iii.Hippy Hippy Shake/Young Lovers (with P. Sedlacek Band, Supraphon 1965)

iv.What a Love (with Mefisto, Supraphon 1966)

v. Dzban (with Flamengo, Supraphon 1967)

vi. Mississippi Song/I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (with Expression, Supraphon 1970)

vii.Zahon ruzi (with R. Rokl Orchestra, Supraphon 1971)

viii.Svete nas/V horach svita (with M. Dvorak Orchestra, Supraphon 1973)

Samples (MP3): Hey Paula (Ray Hildebrand, SP #ii);    I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (Al Kooper, SP #vi)

Links: Olympic; Flamengo; Pop museum (Czech only); Czech Musical Dictionary of Personalities and Institutions (Czech only);

Sources: [EJMPH]; [CRGD]