Halina Frąckowiak

Halina Maria Frąckowiak (born 10 April 1947 in Poznań[3]) is a Polish pop and rock singer, composer and author.

[4] She made her debut on 10 April 1963 (her 16th birthday), as a student of the Technical Secondary School of Economics, at the Railway House in Poznań, as part of the qualifying rounds for the 2nd Festival of Young Talents.

She sang "Mister wonderful" from the repertoire of L. Jakubczak, qualifying for the next stage and receiving an offer of joint concerts with "Czerwono-Czarni", which she took advantage of.

From this period comes a press mention in the weekly "Świat", where the renowned music critic Jerzy Waldorff predicted her great singing career, calling her "the second Demarczyk"... At the turn of 1965/66 she returned to her hometown of Poznań, joining the "Tarpany" group.

The year 1968 saw cooperation with the group "Drumlersi" organized by the poet E. Bryll and the composer M. Sart, in which Halina performed under the pseudonym SONIA SULIN.

– At the Festival in Opole: in the Premiere Concert - "Czekam tu" won the Polish Radio Award, and in the Jubilee Concert, presenting hits of the old days, they sang "Wesoły train" and "Don't be such a fast Bill", - at the 2nd Festival of Youth Bands for the Golden Award They won the Sopocki Summer 69 Kotwica 3rd prize and the Bronze Kotwica, - they promoted hit after hit; "The Road to the Stars", "I'll Take You with Me", "Oh, I'm Waiting, I'm Waiting", "You Want Too Much", "A Gift from Spring", - Halina continued her composing activities; she wrote the music for "Za poznań nie backwards".

[9] In 1990, on the way to a concert in Gorzów Wielkopolski, she had a serious road accident in which she broke both her legs and suffered facial harm from broken glass.

Halina Frąckowiak in 2007