Alibabki

Alibabki was a Polish all-female vocal band active from 1963 to 1988 (with a hiatus during the 1980s). All the performers resided in Warsaw. Their major musical styles were pop music, "big beat", and ska. They performed both as an individual band and as a support group for various musicians. Alone and together with other artists, Alibabki performed about 2000 songs. Their singing was used in a number of Polish films. Occasionally the group name is incorrectly referred to as Ali-babki. The band was a recipient of multiple awards. The name of the band is a pun, a portmanteau of "Ali Baba" and "babki", the latter word being a colloquialism for "women", an example of exoticism in pop music of Communist Poland. A number of awards from the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, including for the songs "Idzie świt” (1964), "Gdy zmęczeni wracamy z pól” (1965),"To ziemia” (1968), and "Kwiat jednej nocy” (1969) 1967: They were backup singers for the award-winning song Dziwny jest ten świat [pl] by Czesław Niemen 2009: Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. 2009: A star for Alibabki was installed at the Alley of Stars of the Polish Song Festival [pl] in Opole Alibabki: Brniemy dalej w to radosne szaleństwo, an interview July 5, 2017, Interia Article Ali-Babki, in: Ryszard Wolański [pl], Leksykon Polskiej Muzyki Rozrywkowej, Warszaw, Agencja Wydawnicza Morex, 1995, ISBN 83-86848-05-7, pp. 3–4. Alibabki (zespół) at filmpolski.pl "Alibabki czy Ali-Babki?" Katarzyna Kłosińska, Uniwersytet Warszawski, September 12, 2017(retrieved December 15, 2017) Ewa Mazierska, "From South to East: Exoticism in Polish popular music of the state socialist period", Popular Music History, vol. 11 no. 1, March 2018, pp. 47-60, doi:10.1558/pomh.36188 Catalog entry for the album Dziwny jest ten świat at the Catalog of Polish Gramophone Records Medale Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis August 12, 2009 (awardees: Ewa Brzozowska, Anna Dębicka-Czaplicka, Agata Dowhań, Krystyna Grochowska, Sylwia Krajewska, Wanda Narkiewicz, – the last lineup of the band) (retrieved December 15, 2017) "Nowe gwiazdy w w Alei Gwiazd w Opolu" (retrieved December 15, 2017) Alibabki singing their largest hit, Kwiat jednej nocy, a documentary at the Digital Repository of National Film Library (Repozytorium Cyfrowe Filmoteki Narodowej) Alibabki at IMDb