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"Melodia Record Co." was a Chicago-based recording studio founded in 1950 by Jan Wojewódka (1919-1992), a Polish artist (founder of the ensemble "Wesoła czworka lotników") and the most famous impresario of Polish popular music in the United States. The company operated until 1980s, producing records both of emigre Polish singers and of artists of Polish People's Republic. List of its records contains about a hundred of 78 rpms and not less than sixty 12" LPs, mainly in the genre of variety songs. Some of "Melodia" records were copied by other companies (such as Polonia in U.K. and Carinia in Australia). The same company probably had some connections with Detroit-based label Amerpol.
--Mike G. Jurkevich
 
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Dance music from Poland (Muzyka taneczna z Polski) (Jurek)
Dance music from Poland (Muzyka ...
Melodia (USA)

 

       
 
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Rec Place
Press Date
Label(s)Order No
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M-101-A
polish
Mother’s hands (Matczyne ręce), song (Adam Kowalski)
Wesoła czwórka lotników, Conductor Jan Wojewódka~1950
Chicago (?)
Melodia (USA)M-101
polishmen's choir
Mother’s hands (Matczyne ręce), song (Adam Kowalski)
Carinia (red)M-101
PM-103
(M-101-A)
M-101-B
polish
There is nothing like Polish women (Nie ma to jak Polki), song (Adam Kowalski)
Wesoła czwórka lotników, Conductor Jan Wojewódka~1955
Chicago (?)
Melodia (USA)M-101
M-107-A
polishensemble
Goodbye, dearest girl (Do widzenia, najdroższa dziewczyno), tango (Jan Wojewodka, lyrics by Wiktor Borzkowski)
"The merry four", acc. piano~1955
Chicago (?)
Polonia (UK)M-107
M-7
(OP13)
M-107-B
polishensemble
Oh war, oh war (Wojenko, wojenko), tango (arr. Wiktor Budzynski, lyrics by medley)
"The merry four", acc. harmonica~1955
Chicago (?)
Polonia (UK)M-107
M-7
(OP14)
M-114-A
polishsinging with orchesta
Sweet Mary (Słodka Maryś), polka (Eliphalet Oram Lyte (refrain), lyrics by ?)
Jan Wojewodka, acc. orchestra and Merry Stas (Stanley Joseph Lyskawa), Conductor Joe Pat (Paterek)~1955
Chicago (?)
Polonia (UK)M-114
M-2
(OP4)
Melodia (USA)M-114
M-114-B
polishsinging with orchesta
Oh Katie, dear Katie (Oj Kasiu Kasieńko), waltz (Jerzy Jurand (Koszutski), lyrics by Zenon Ludwig Friedwald)
"The merry four", Wanda Stankiewicz, acc. orchestra and Merry Stas (Stanley Joseph Lyskawa), Conductor Joe Pat (Paterek)~1955
Chicago (?)
Melodia (USA)M-114
M-115-A
polishensemble
The spell of Polesie (Polesia czar), tango (Jerzy Artur Kostecki)
"The merry four", acc. piano, Conductor Jan Wojewodka~1955
Chicago (?)
Polonia (UK)M-115
M-2
(OP3)
Melodia (USA)M-115
M-115-B
polishtenor with grand piano
The last mazurka (Ostatni mazur), tango (Fabian Tymolski (Tymulski, Tymoliński), lyrics by Ludwik Ksawery Pomian-Lubienski)
Michal Przemyski, acc. grand piano~1955
Chicago (?)
Melodia (USA)M-115
M-116-A
polish
Airman (Tango Lotnika), tango (Jan Wojewódka, lyrics by Edwarda Zieniewiczapl]Edwarda Zieniewicza)
Merry four, Conductor Jan Wojewódka~1955
Chicago (?)
Melodia (USA)
M-116-B
polish
Every Aviator is a Suitor (Każdy Lotnik - To Zalotnik), song (Jan Wojewódka, lyrics by Edwarda Zieniewiczapl]Edwarda Zieniewicza)
Merry four, Conductor Jan Wojewódka~1955
Chicago (?)
Melodia (USA)
M-118-A
polishtenor with band
Only in Lwow (Tylko we Lwowie), waltz (Henryk Wars, lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter)
Jan Wojewodka, acc. blue band~1955
Chicago (?)
Melodia (USA)M-118
[212]
M-118-B
polishtenor with band
Daddy (Tata), polka
Jan Wojewodka, Jozef Wieszczek (animal voices imitation), acc. blue band~1955
Chicago (?)
Melodia (USA)M-118
[212]
M-119-B
polish
Play, little fiddler (Graj, skrzypku), tango (Wladyslaw Lidauer, lyrics by Stanislaw Zdrojewski)
Weronika Polubinska~1953
Chicago (?)
Carinia (red)M-119
PM-103
(M-119-B)
M-134-A
polishvocal quartet with piano
Only there... (Tylko tam...), song (Ref-Ren (Feliks Konarski))
"The merry four", acc. piano~1955
USA
Melodia (USA)M-134
[212]
M-134-B
polishvocal quartet with piano
Mother’s heart (Serce matki), tango (Zygmunt Karasinski, Szymon Kataszek, lyrics by Ludwik Szmaragd)
"The merry four", acc. piano~1955
USA
Melodia (USA)M-134
[212]
M-137-A
polishbaritone with orchestra
Golden tango (Złote tango) (Gerhard Winkler, lyrics by Zbigniew Karrer-Lipczynski)
Mieczyslaw Fogg (Fogiel), acc. orchestra "Fogg-Record", Conductor Wladyslaw KabalewskiWarsawMelodia (USA), Fogg-RecordM-137
(087)
M-137-B
polishbaritone with orchestra
When you drink (Jak już popić), foxtrot (Jan Krzysztof Markowski, lyrics by Aleksander Woysym-Antoniewicz)
Mieczyslaw Fogg (Fogiel), acc. orchestra "Fogg-Record", Conductor Wladyslaw KabalewskiWarsawMelodia (USA), Fogg-RecordM-137
(070)
M-149-B
(149-B)
polish
My love (Moja luba), polka
Jas (Jan) Malina (Edward Jasinski), acc. Batory orchestra~1955
USA
Polonia (UK)M-149
M-3
(OP6)
M-152-A
(152-A)
polish, german
Dylu, dylu, da, polka (Jerry Wiga (Wilhelm Ernst Karl Gabriel))
Jas (Jan) Malina (Edward Jasinski), acc. ensemble~1955
USA
Polonia (UK)M-152
M-3
(OP5)
M-167-A
polishtenor with orchectra
Girl in love (Polish version of Chitarra Romana) (Zakochana dziewczyna), tango (Eldo di Lazzaro, lyrics by Zbigniew Drabik (Ar-Gus))
Andrzej Jedrzejowski, acc. Carinia orchestra, Conductor Stefan Bialoguski1953
Australia
Melodia (UK)M-167
CS. 3594
(S-3594)
polishtenor with orchectra
Girl in love (Zakochana dziewczyna), tango (Eldo di Lazzaro, lyrics by Zbigniew Drabik (Ar-Gus))
Melodia (USA), EMI (Australia)M-167
(S-3594)
M-167-B
polishtenor with orchectra
Black Eyes (Oczy czarne), tango
Andrzej Jedrzejowski, acc. Carinia orchestra, Conductor Stefan Bialoguski1953
Australia
Melodia (USA), CariniaM-167
PC-153
(S-3406)
M-180-A
polishvocal with piano
Answer (Odpowiedź), song (Feliks Konarski (Ref-Ren))
Feliks Konarski (Ref-Ren), acc. piano~1955Melodia (USA)M-180
M-180-B
polishvocal with piano
Memories of youth (Wspomnienia młodości), song (Feliks Konarski (Ref-Ren))
Feliks Konarski (Ref-Ren), acc. piano and electric guitar~1955Melodia (USA)M-180
M-501-A
russian, polishbass-baritone with piano
Song of the Volga boatmen (Ýé, óõíåì), folk song (arr. Theodor Könemann)
Pawel ProkopieniCarinia (red)M-501
PM-187
(M-501-A)
Pawel Prokopieni, acc. Ivan Basilevsky (piano)
M-501-B
russian, polishbass-baritone with piano and violin
Black eyes (Î÷è ÷¸ðíûå) (Czarne oczy), gypsy romance
Pawel ProkopieniCarinia (red)M-501
PM-187
(M-501-B)
Pawel Prokopieni, acc. Ivan Basilevsky (piano)
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