Marta Kubisova Concert April 3, 2007

Czech singer Marta Kubisova gained notoriety during Prague Spring of 1968 and was banned from performing in Czechoslovakia until 1989 for political reasons. She was a member of the Golden Kids, a vocal trio which included Helena Vondrackova and Vaclav Neckar. From 1965 to 1970, she was one of the most popular Czech female pop singers. During the Prague Spring, she recorded over 200 SP records and one LP, Songy a Balady.

Her song Modlitba pro Martu (Prayer Made for Marta) played on the radio just after the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. It was the most famous single in the Czech Republic that year. The song was soon banned, but remained a national rallying cry. Husak’s regime prohibited Kubisova from recording or performing for over 20 years and all records with her name on the label had to disappear from Czech record stores. In November 1989, she emerged onto the stage at a huge demonstration against the communist regime where she sang the Czech National Anthem and her ″signature” song,
the ballad Modlitba pro Martu (A Prayer for Marta).

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