Karin Stanek (August 18, 1943 – February 15, 2011) was a Polish rock and roll and beat music singer, a member of the band Czerwono-Czarni.

[1] In the 1960s, she has achieved widespread popularity in Poland with hits like "Malowana lala", "Jimmy Joe", "Chłopiec z gitarą", "Wala twist" and "Jedziemy autostopem".

[4] In 1965, Stanek performed another hit song in Opole, "Tato, kup mi dżinsy" ("Dad, Buy Me Some Jeans").

In 1966, Karin's first solo LP was released in the USA, consisting of her greatest hits, and the singer performed across North America with Czerwono-Czarni.

In the meantime, Karin completed a part-time secondary school, which she was not able to attend earlier due to difficult financial situation of her family.

[7] She made a comeback at Opole Festival in 1974 where she performed some of her biggest hits at a concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Polish People's Republic and premiered a new song "Dyskoteka rock".

[8] Polish media and music industry still deliberately tried to sabotage Karin's artistic career, what in 1975 prompted her to focus on performing abroad.

She eventually emigrated to West Germany and in 1979, she released a German-language album Das geballte Temperament mit der unerhörten Stimme (The Clenched Temperament with an Unheard Voice) promoted by the single "Ich mag dich so wie du bist" ("I Like You the Way You Are") which she performed in a popular TV show Disco.

[9] In 2005, Stanek gave her last ever live show in Szczecin, Poland and released the final studio recording – a German eurodance song called "Sex".