1. Anna German released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several albums with Russian repertoire.
12 Facts About Anna German
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Anna German was born in the town of Urgench in Uzbekistan.
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Martens' mother Anna German Friesen had been born in present-day Ukraine.
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Anna German quickly learned Polish and several other languages and grew up hiding her family heritage.
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Anna German became known to the general public when she won the 1964 II Festival of Polish Songs in Opole with her song Tanczace Eurydyki.
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Anna German sang in Russian, English, Italian, Spanish, Latin, German and Mongolian.
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Anna German recorded several albums for Polskie Nagrania Muza in Poland and Melodiya in the Soviet Union.
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In December 1966 in Milan, Anna German signed a contract with the CDI company to release her records, thus becoming the first performer from behind the "Iron Curtain" who recorded in Italy.
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On 27 August 1967, while in Italy, on the road between Forli and Milan, Anna German was involved in a severe car accident.
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In 1964, Anna German toured the Soviet Union for the first time as part of a delegation of Polish artists, performing songs by George Gershwin, Mark Fradkin, Arno Babajanian.
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The editor of the "Melodiya" Anna Kachalina invited German to record some songs in Polish and Italian.
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Anna German had become an acclaimed and popular artist there.