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Comment: Thanx Bobby Cohn et al., all will come, yet after a break – one, two weeks – there's a de.wikipedia concise entry (+references), and on cs.wikipedia some material (+references) as well. And, of course, other sources (+references) as well. –wiki-vr.mp (talk) 16:29, 15 January 2026 (UTC)🇨🇭🇨🇿- Comment: Linkely notable under WP:NBAND #6: "Is an ensemble that contains two or more independently notable musicians, or is a musician who has been a reasonably prominent member of two or more independently notable ensembles."However, the remnant square brackets and lack of sourcing suggests this was copied from somewhere. Where did you get this writing? Make sure you aren't violating any copyrights of non-free work and if you're copying from within Wikipedia, you need to provide the necessary attribution. And do you have the references so that they may be placed inline? Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 16:17, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
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Marta Kubišová, Václav Neckář, Helena Vondráčková (from right to left), as Golden Kids in 1969, shortly before Marta Kubišová was banned
Golden Kids was a Czechoslovak pop group in the late 1960s. Marta Kubišová (born 1942), Václav Neckář (born 1943) and Helena Vondráčková (born 1947) formed the singing trio. Acompanied by the Golden Kids Orchestra, they were active in the years 1968–70 and remained popular even after Marta Kubišová was banned in 1970 by the communist regime. They returned for brief revivals in the 1990s, after the fall of the Iron Curtain 1989/90. The trio finally disbanded in 2007.
1965, 1968–70
[edit]one and a half decade
The three met in Prague in 1965 (two in their early twenties and one in late teens), while performing together at the Divadlo Rokoko.
In 1968, they formed the Golden Kids, officially founded on 1 November. Accompanied by the Golden Kids Orchestra, with some of the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra's musicians, they gave their first concert on 25 November, at the Prague Divadlo Lucerna and quickly became popular in their homeland and throughout Western Europe. Their repertoire comprised hits written specifically for the trio and cover versions of international songs.
Their program Micro Magic Circus premiered in March 1969.
In 1968 and 1969, the trio performed at Midem in Cannes. Some tracks were also released as singles by Polydor in West Germany with lyrics in German. [ x ] [ x ] On 6 January 6, 1970 the Music Box No. 2 premiered, yet on 27 January 1970 the Golden Kids' last performance in Ostrava followed, as Marta Kubišová was banned from performing after 3 February [ x ].
Kubišová's song Modlitba pro Martu (A Prayer for Marta) became a symbol of resistance and hope after the suppression of the Prague Spring.
The 70s, 80s
[edit]next two decades
Kubišová was forced out of public life under the falsified pretext of having made pornographic photos. Although still allowed to make some studio recordings in 1970, her contracts with the Czechoslovak state label Supraphon were terminated. Neckář tried to defend his colleague but his asking for abolishing her performance ban wasn't heard. Even if Kubišová's lawsuit against the director of Supraphon was formally successful, no further joint performances were allowed. Vondráčková and Neckář continued their successful solo careers, while Kubišová was forced to withdraw from the music business. She remained politically active, and was also among the first signatories of Charter 77.
In 1988, on 10 December, Human Rights Day, Marta Kubišová performed the anthem Kde domov můj as a protest song, singing after years publicly for the first time and closing a public rally of independent movements on Škroupovo náměstí (Škroup's square) in Prague Žižkov, permitted by the communist authorities thanks to a visit by French President François Mitterrand. Independent movements were allowed to hold a public rally for the first time since the onset of "normalization", marking the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The official paper of the ruling communist party Rudé právo commented: "the speakers demagogically claimed that citizens did not trust the state and demanded the release of alleged political prisoners". The authorities did not allow any similar event after that.[1]
The 90s, 00s
[edit]the last almost two decades
After the fall of the Iron Curtain 1989/90 the trio's short-lived reunions occurred in 1994, 1995, and 1997. A tour planned for 2008 was cancelled.
Protracted legal disputes between the trio members and their management followed.
References
[edit]- ^ Škroupovo náměstí 1988. Disidenti poprvé promluvili na povolené demonstraci (Škroup's square 1988. Dissidents spoke for the first time at a permitted demonstration), čtk 10 December 2018
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