Filipinki

Filipinki were the first Polish all-girl vocal group and also Poland's leading female band of the 1960s.[1][2][3]

Filipinki
Filipinki in the Polish movie
The Navy is a Men's Adventure (1966)
Background information
OriginSzczecin, Poland
GenresPop, jazz, doo-wop, beat, rock, psychedelic pop
Years active1959–1974
Labels
Past members

Career

Filipinki were founded in October 1959 at an economic college in Szczecin and became popular in Poland through exposure at music festivals and other events during the years that followed. They named themselves after popular teen girl magazine Filipinka.[4]

By 1963, they were well-established but the big breakthrough came with their Wala Twist,[5] a playful song celebrating female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman into space aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963. Wala Twist quickly became a hit in Poland and the Soviet Union. In the same year Filipinki released their first EP vinyl record in the Soviet Union and two more EPs in Poland. Just in 1964 their Polish EPs sold over 704,740 copies (N-0298: 353,240 copies and N-0299: 351,500 copies).[6] The group became extremely popular both domestically and in all countries of the Eastern Bloc,[7][8] becoming one of the first teen musicians acts to appear regularly on Polish, Soviet Union and GDR television programs. In the mid-1960s they were called The Beatles Girls by Polish media.[9]

In 1965, Filipinki became first Eastern Bloc young musicians to tour overseas, in Canada and the United States.[10] They performed concerts, among others, in the cities: Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New York City, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Baltimore. They returned to America in 1966 for the next three-month tour. Filipinki also released three vinyl records in Canada and the US; two LPs and one EP.[11]

In 1968, Filipinki reduced the group from seven to five vocalists, changed their image and revamped as a rock band.[12]

The group disbanded in November 1974 after a 15-year run. Their success[13] made it possible for future Polish teenage musicians and girl bands to find mainstream success.

Discography

Format Year Country Title Record Label
LP
1965
Poland
Rozśpiewani rówieśnicy
(Teenagers Songs)
Polskie Nagrania Muza L0454
USA
Piosenka nie zna granic
(Music Has No Bounds)
Melodia Record Co. LPM1025
1966
Poland
Filipinki - to my
(We Are Filipinki Girls)
Polskie Nagrania Muza XL0323
USA
Filipinki with orchestra under J. Janikowski
in their Top 16 Hits. A Polish A GO-GO
Bruno Records BR10214L
EP
1963
USSR
Filipinki
Melodiya PD 33GD 00881
1964
Poland
Wala Twist
Polskie Nagrania Muza N0298
Filipinki to my
(We Are Filipinki Girls)
Polskie Nagrania Muza N0299
1965
Poland
Tarap tarap
Pronit N0361
USA
Filipinki
Radio Request Records M-40
1968
Poland
Nie ma go
(He Isn't Here)
Polskie Nagrania Muza N0529
Kolędy śpiewają Filipinki
(Christmas Carol by Filipinki)
Veriton V350
1969
Poland
Wiosna majem wróci
(Spring Will Return in May)
Pronit N0572
1971
Poland
Ja się w tobie nie zakocham
(I Will Not Fall in Love With You)
Polskie Nagrania Muza N0653
SP
1966
Poland
Serwus, panie chief
(Hello Mr. Chief)
Polskie Nagrania Muza SP251
1965
USSR
Батуми (Batumi)
Мы Филипинки (orig. Filipinki - to my = We Are Filipinki Girls)
Melodiya 0044573/0044574
Валентина (orig. Wala Twist = Valentina Twist)
Пити-пити (Pity, pity)
Melodiya 0044575/0044576
1967
USSR
Tylko raz
(Just Once)
Melodiya 0045419
1971
Poland
Królewski Zamek
(King's Castle)
Polskie Nagrania Muza SP357
Cardboard
record

(official)
1966
Poland
Filipinki i Chochoły: Znajdź sobie dziewczynę
(Find Yourself a Girlfriend)
Ruch R0030
Serwus, panie Chief
(Hello Mr. Chief)
Ruch R0036
1969
Poland
Wiosna majem wróci
(Spring Will Return in May)
Polskie Nagrania Muza KP137
1971
Poland
Królewski zamek
(King's Castle)
Ruch R0315
Greatest Hits
1993
Poland
Filipinki - największe przeboje
Polskie Nagrania Edition Ltd. ECD 018
2003
Poland
Filipinki - to my
Polskie Nagrania Muza PNCD 540
2004
Poland
Platynowa kolekcja. Filipinki. Złote przeboje
GM Records 222 005-2
2005
Poland
Platynowa kolekcja. Filipinki - nasze złote przeboje
Media Way Sp. z o.o. 2-0020
2008
Poland
Z archiwum Polskiego Radia vol. 4. Filipinki. Nagrania radiowe z lat 1963-1972
Polskie Radio SA PRCD 1078-79
2010
Poland
Filipinki
Polskie Nagrania Muza PNCD 1339
2012
Poland
Złote lata polskiej piosenki. Filipinki
Gazeta Wyborcza, Agora SA
2013
Poland
Filipinki - to my! niepublikowane nagrania z lat 1962-1971
Latarnik/AS AS01
2014
Poland
Złota kolekcja. Filipinki. Batumi. Własny świat
Warner Music Poland 08256 4 61914 8 2

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Bibliography

Promotional poster for Filipinki Boys Are Liars Tour (from January till June 1970)

In November 2013, a biography of the band by Marcin Szczygielski entitled We are Filipinki! Illustrated History of First Polish Girlsband (ISBN 978-83-2681277-4) was released in Poland.

Notes

  1. "Pierwszy girlsband w Europie ma 50 lat!" (in Polish). TVP Info. 25 November 2009.
  2. "Filipinki – pierwszy polski, a może i europejski girlsband w historii" (in Polish). Dziennik.pl. 18 October 2014.
  3. "Filipinki i rockowa rewolta" (in Polish). Newsweek Polska. 4 November 2013.
  4. "Filipinki" (in Polish). Polish Radio Three. 6 December 2013.
  5. "Filipinki: Wala-Twist". Eastern Bloc Songs. 17 May 2011.
  6. "The Strange Case of the Charts". Billboard. 20 April 1974.
  7. "7 girls from Szczecin", The Moscow News, No 12 (847), 25 March 1967
  8. Ivanov, V. (March 1967), "Filipinki", Krugozor, No 3, p. 17
  9. "Filipinki" (in Polish). Warner Music Poland. November 2014.
  10. "Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. 23 October 1965.
  11. "Album Reviews". Billboard. 7 May 1966.
  12. "Filipinki: Nie Ma Go". Eastern Bloc Songs. 25 July 2012.
  13. "From The Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. 14 November 1970.
  14. "Filipinki". Discogs.com.
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