Miroslav Žbirka

"V slepých uličkách" with Marika Gombitová An international version of the duet, familiar under title "The Love Song", was released on Žbirka's export album Doctor Dream (1981). "You Know I Love You (Love Song)" A new English version entitled as "You Know I Love You (Love Song)" appeared on remixed collection Like a Hero: The Best of Miro (2008). Problems playing these files? See media help. Miroslav "Miro" Žbirka (21 October 1952 – 10 November 2021) was a Slovak pop and rock singer and songwriter, widely popular in 1980s Czechoslovakia. Born in Bratislava to a Slovak father and an English mother, he sang in Slovak, English, and Czech. He sometimes recorded in London, but lived in Slovakia and since early 1990s in Prague, Czech Republic, where he died. In the late 1970s, Žbirka co-founded two Czechoslovak pop music bands, Modus and Limit. In 1982, he rose to fame by winning the annual Zlatý slavík award for the best male singer in Czechoslovakia. After the 1992 division of Czechoslovakia, he repeated this achievement in the Slovak annual Slávik Awards, coming number one in the annual end of year charts in 2002, 2004 and 2005. Žbirka had some performances with Jon Anderson in 2012. Asteroid 5895 Žbirka, discovered by Czech astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová in 1982, was named in his honor (the official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 27 August 2019 (MPC 115893)). He died from pneumonia in Prague on 10 November 2021, leaving behind recorded vocals for his 15th studio album, Posledné veci (Last Things), which was completed by his son David Žbirka in Konk Studios by May 2022. Studio albums 1980: Doktor Sen 1982: Sezónne lásky 1983: Roky a dni 1984: Nemoderný chalan 1986: Chlapec z ulice 1988: Zlomky poznania 1990: K.O. 1993: Songs for Children (designed for children) 1994: Samozrejmý svet 1997: Meky 1999: Songs for Boys & Girls (designed for children) 2001: Modrý album 2005: Dúhy 2009: Empatia 2015: Miro 2018: Double Album 2022: Posledné veci Export albums 1981: Doctor Dream (aka Miro and/or Like a Hero) 1982: Light of My Life 1983: Giant Step (aka Dear Boy) 1989: Step by Step General Lehotský, Oskar (23 April 2008). "Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus Study" (PDF). Comenius University, Faculty of Arts (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011. Specific "Miro Žbirka zůstane ještě letos akustický" (in Czech). Czech Television. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010. "Slovenské slavíky mají Žbirka a Elán". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 5 December 2005. 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