# Maryla Rodowicz

Maria Antonina Rodowicz, known professionally as Maryla Rodowicz, (Polish pronunciation: born 8 December 1945 in Zielona Góra), is a Polish singer, guitarist and actress.
Throughout over 60 years of her career, she released twenty Polish and four foreign-language studio albums including five with platinum and three with gold certifications and selling over 15 million records. Known for her close collaboration with Agnieszka Osiecka and Seweryn Krajewski, her most popular songs include "Małgośka" (1974), "Futbol" (1974), "Remedium" (1978), "Niech żyje bal" (1984), "Łatwopalni" (1997) and "Wszyscy chcą kochać" (2005). She remains one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of popular music in Poland.
Among the numerous awards and decorations she received are Gold Cross of Merit, Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.

## Early life

Originally the Rodowicz family came from Vilnius. Her father worked at the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius before the war and her grandparents were the owners of a pharmacy near the famous Gate of Dawn, the city gate of Vilnius. Rodowicz studied at Liceum Ziemi Kujawskiej (Cuiavian Land High School) in Włocławek and graduated from the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego (Academy of Physical Education) in Rumpe. In her youth, she was a keen participant in athletics among other things at Kujawiak Włocławek.

## Career

Her career began in 1967, after winning first prize at the Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich (Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków. Two years later she recorded her first well-known song, "Mówiły mu" ("The girls told him", English version known as "Love Doesn't Grow On Trees"), and in 1970 - her first longplay. In 1973, she gained popularity with the song "Małgośka" with lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka. A year later, during the World Cup Opening Ceremony in Munich, she performed a song "Futbol" ("Football").
The singer's body of work comprises over 600 recorded songs, with over 20 Polish albums as well as albums in English, Czech, German and Russian. Apart from "Małgośka", the artist's most famous songs are "Niech żyje bal" ("Long live the ball"), "To już było" ("Done that"), "Wielka Woda" ("Great water"), "Rozmowa przez ocean" ("Talk over the ocean"), "Bossanova do poduszki" ("Bedside bossa nova"), "Łatwopalni" ("Inflammables") and her latest album's hits such as "Wszyscy chcą kochać" ("Everybody wants to love") and "Będzie co ma być" ("What is to be, will be"). In 2005 she recorded an album Kochać (To love) with lyrics by Katarzyna Nosowska. On the occasion of World Cup 2006, she recorded a song "Za Janasa" ("For Janas") with Nosowska's lyrics.
Rodowicz has performed in concert worldwide: in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia. She has won awards for her singing. She has also participated in various festivals including outside the borders of Poland, for example in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Los Angeles, as well as in Poland including the Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich (Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków and the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole.
Rodowicz is also an actress who has performed in several movies and in musical entertainment. She regularly performs in a Polsat TV channel series Rodzina zastępcza (Foster Family).
In 1992 she released her autobiography under the title of Niech żyje bal.
She was featured in a 2012 episode of the Polish Name That Tune, known as Jaka to Melodia, in which she sang her rendition of the popular Chór Czejanda number Czerwony Autobus ("The Red Bus") after a celebrity contestant guessed the song.
On August 18, 2021, it was announced that she will appear in the third season of The Voice Senior as a coach, replacing Izabela Trojanowska. Her life and music career was the subject of a documentary film entitled Maryla. Tak kochałam aired by TVP1 channel in December the same year.

## Songs

The notable Polish Madonna written by Agnieszka Osiecka (an emotional portrait of an average Polish woman trying to make ends meet) contains clear Catholic symbolism and references to the social circumstances characteristic to Poland in the late eighties that marked the last years of the communist era in Poland. In this song, the author questions whether the "Polish Madonna" (or, in other words, the Catholic Holy Mary, usually portrayed as holding baby Jesus in her arms) has enough money to pay for rent, promising her that the child will get a welcome allowance to the public kindergarten. The old communist promises are never fulfilled for her, and her dreams of having a lipstick "made in France" can only come true in her dreams. The song won the journalists' prize at the Opole festival in 1987.

## Personal life

In mid-1970s, she was in a highly publicized relationship with actor Daniel Olbrychski. She has three children, Jan Jasiński (born in 1979) and Katarzyna Jasińska (born in 1982) with her partner Krzysztof Jasiński. She also has a son Jędrzej (born in 1987) with her (now divorced) husband Andrzej Dużyński.

## Discography
### Polish-language albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | POL | Sales | Certifications |
| Żyj mój świecie | Released: 1970 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | POL: 160,000+ | POL: Gold |
| Wyznanie | Released: 1972 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Rok | Released: 1974 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Sing-Sing | Released: 1976 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Wsiąść do pociągu | Released: 1978 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | POL: 160,000+ | POL: Gold |
| Cyrk nocą | Released: 1979 Label: Pronit Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Święty spokój | Released: 1982 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Był sobie król | Released: 1984 Label: Polton Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Gejsza nocy | Released: 1986 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Polska Madonna | Released: 1987 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Full | Released: 1991 Label: Polton Formats: LP, CD | — | | |
| Absolutnie nic | Released: 1992 Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza Formats: LP, CD, digital download | — | | |
| Złota Maryla | Released: 1995 Label: Tra-La-La Formats: CD, digital download | — | | |
| Marysia biesiadna | Released: 1995 Label: Tra-la-la Formats: CD | — | POL: 100,000+ | POL: Gold |
| Przed zakrętem | Released: 1998 Label: PolyGram Poland Formats: CD, digital download | — | POL: 50,000+ | POL: Gold |
| Karnawał 2000 | Released: November 22, 1999 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | — | | |
| Życie ładna rzecz | Released: November 8, 2002 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | — | | |
| Maryla i przyjaciele | Released: January 12, 2004 Label: Polskie Radio Formats: CD | — | | |
| Kochać | Released: September 23, 2005 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download | 5 | POL: 30,000+ | POL: Platinum |
| Jest cudnie | Released: May 12, 2008 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download | 2 | POL: 30,000+ | POL: Platinum |
| 50 | Released: November 22, 2010 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | 3 | POL: 30,000+ | POL: Platinum |
| Buty 2 | Released: November 25, 2011 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | 16 | POL: 30,000+ | POL: Platinum |
| Ach świecie | Released: September 15, 2017 Label: Sony Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | | | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||

### German-language albums

| Title | Album details |
| Maryla Rodowicz | Released: 1973 Label: Amiga Formats: LP |
| Die Grossen Erfolge | Released: 2007 Label: Amiga Formats: CD |

### Russian-language albums

| Title | Album details |
| Maryla Rodowicz | Released: 1984 Label: Melodia Formats: LP |

### Multilingual albums

| Title | Album details | Notes |
| Maryla Rodowiczova | Released: 1972 Label: Supraphon Formats: LP | released in Czechoslovakia |

### Tribute albums

| Title | Album details |
| Tribute To Agnieszka Osiecka. Łatwopalni | Released: June 28, 1997 Label: PolyGram Poland Formats: CD |

### Christmas albums

| Title | Album details | Notes |
| 12 najpiękniejszych kolęd | Released: 2001 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD | Pani Domu magazine insert |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | POL | Sales | Certifications |
| Niebieska Maryla | Released: September 14, 2000 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD | 10 | POL: 50,000+ | POL: Gold |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Sales | Certifications |
| Antologia 1 | Released: October 19, 1996 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD | POL: 100,000+ | POL: Gold |
| Antologia 2 | Released: October 19, 1996 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD | | |
| Antologia 3 | Released: October 19, 1996 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. I (1967-1970) | Released: November 5, 2012 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. II (1970-1973) | Released: December 4, 2012 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. III (1974-1977) | Released: March 19, 2013 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. IV (1977-1982) | Released: April 16, 2013 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. V (Lata 80-te cz. I) | Released: May 28, 2013 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. VI (Lata 80-te cz. II) | Released: May 28, 2013 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz, Rarytasy Cz. VII (1990-2000) | Released: August 6, 2013 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download | | |