About Maryla Rodowicz Maryla Rodowicz (born as Maria Antonina Rodowicz, 8 December, 1945 in Zielona Góra) is one of the most popular Polish singers. She studied at Liceum Ziemi Kujawskiej (The Kujawy region high school) in Włocławek and graduated from the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego (The Academy of Physical Education) in Warsaw. She is a friend of a Czech singer Helena Vondráčková. In her youth she participated in athletics among other things at Kujawiak Włocławek.Her career began in 1967, after winning first prize at "Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich" (The Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków. Two years later she recorded her first well-known song, Mówiły mu ("The girls told him", English version known as Love Doesn't Grow On Trees), and in 1970 - her first longplay. In 1973 she became the most popular of Polish singers, with the song Małgośka with lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka. A year later, during the World Cup Opening Ceremony in Munich, she performed a song Futbol ("Football"). The singer's body of work comprises over 600 recorded songs, with over 20 Polish albums as well as albums in English, Czech, German and Russian. Apart from Małgośka the artist's most famous songs are Niech żyje bal ("Long live the ball"), To już było ("This has already been"), Wielka Woda ("The great water"), Rozmowa przez ocean ("A talk over the ocean"), Bossanove do poduszki ("A bedside bossanova"), Łatwopalni ("Inflammables") and her latest album's hits such as Wszyscy chcą kochać ("Everybody wants to love") and Będzie co ma być ("What ought to be, will be"). In 2005 she recorded an album Kochać with lyrics by Katarzyna Nosowska. On the occasion of World Cup 2006, she recorded a song Za Janasa ("For Janas") with the same songwriter's lyrics. Maryla Rodowicz has performed in concert worldwide: in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia. She has won many awards for her singing. She has also participated in various festivals including outside the borders of Poland, for example in Oklahoma City, Los Angeles, and Tulsa, as well as in Poland including "Festiwal Piosenki i Piosenkarzy Studenckich" (The Student Songs and Singers' Festival) in Kraków and at Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej (The National Polish Song Festival) in Opole. Rodowicz is also an actress who has performed in several movies and in musical entertainment. She regularly performs in a Polsat TV channel series Rodzina zastępcza (A Foster Family). In 1992 she released her autobiography under the title of Niech żyje bal (Long live the ball).