Zlatý slavík () was a Czechoslovak music poll and award of the same name established by the magazine Mladý svět in 1962, and broadcast on television. It was held until 1991, when Český slavík took its place. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992 and its division into Czechia and Slovakia, the latter got its own award, named Slovenský slávik. Karel Gott was both the first and most highly decorated recipient of Zlatý slavík.
History In 1962, as the popular Czechoslovak magazine Mladý svět was generating ideas for a music poll, one of its young editors, later actor and director Ladislav Smoljak, came up with the name "golden nightingale", after a children's toy.
In the first year of the poll, 797 votes were returned; the highest vote tally registered in its 29-year history was over 115,000. From 1969 until the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, the poll's results were falsified for political reasons.
Categories and censorship Award categories changed over the years. In 1962, 1963, and 1970, there was a joint male and female singer category; the song category was eliminated after 1968.
In 1970, Marta Kubišová was set to win her fourth slavík, but since she had been banned from speaking publicly by the government due to her anti-communist lyrics and activism, the editors of Mladý svět were forced to change the results at the behest of the Czech Office for Press and Information: the male and female singer categories were thus combined, leading to a victory by Karel Gott. Kubišová received her award retroactively in 1990 by then-editor-in-chief of Mladý svět, Luboš Beniak.
Winners Over the course of its 29 years, 6 male and 7 female singers, 8 bands, and 7 songs received the award.
Top winners
Karel Gott (22), Hana Zagorová (9), Naďa Urbánková (5), Marta Kubišová (4), and the band Elán (4) won the most trophies. Rank 1st 2nd 3rd Artist Karel Gott Hana Zagorová Naďa Urbánková Total awards 22 9 5
Table Year Male singer Female singer Group Singer – male/female Song Presenter1962–––Waldemar Matuška"Láska nebeská" (Jiří Šlitr/Jiří Suchý)1963–––Karel Gott"Oči sněhem zaváté" (Šlitr/Suchý)Vladimír Dvořák1964Karel GottEva Pilarová––"Schody do nebe" (Karel Kopecký/Jindřich Faktor)1965Karel GottHelena Vondráčková––"Cesta rájem" (Artie Glenn/Jiří Štaidl)1966Karel GottMarta Kubišová–– Darek Vostřel1967Waldemar MatuškaEva Pilarová––"Náhrobní kámen" (Petr Novák/Ivo Plicka)1968Karel GottMarta Kubišová––"Lady Carneval" (Karel Svoboda/Štaidl)Vladimír Dvořák1969Karel GottMarta Kubišová 1970 Karel Gott Eduard Hrubeš1971Karel GottEva Pilarová Eduard Hrubeš1972Karel GottNaďa Urbánková Miloslav Šimek1973Karel GottNaďa Urbánková Miloslav Šimek1974Karel GottNaďa Urbánková 1975Karel GottNaďa Urbánková 1976Karel GottNaďa Urbánková 1977Karel GottHana ZagorováSkupina Ladislava Štaidla 1978Karel GottHana ZagorováSkupina Ladislava Štaidla 1979Karel GottHana ZagorováKatapult Jan Vala1980Karel GottHana ZagorováKatapult 1981Karel GottHana ZagorováOlympic Tomáš Sláma1982Miroslav ŽbirkaHana ZagorováOlympic Tomáš Sláma1983Karel GottHana ZagorováOlympic Jan Vala1984Karel GottHana ZagorováElán 1985Peter NagyHana ZagorováElán 1986Dalibor JandaIveta BartošováElán 1987Dalibor JandaPetra JanůElán 1988Dalibor JandaPetra JanůCitron 1989Karel GottPetra JanůTeam Jan Vala, Roman Lipčík1990Karel GottIveta BartošováTeam Jan Vala1991Pavol HaberaIveta BartošováTeam
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