Alibabki was a Polish all-female vocal band active from 1963 to 1988 (with a hiatus during the 1980s). All the performers resided in Warsaw. Their major musical styles were pop music, "big beat", and ska. They performed both as an individual band and as a support group for various musicians. Alone and together with other artists, Alibabki performed about 2000 songs.Alibabki: Brniemy dalej w to radosne szaleństwo, an interview July 5, 2017, Interia Their singing was used in a number of Polish films.Article Ali-Babki, in: , Leksykon Polskiej Muzyki Rozrywkowej, Warszaw, Agencja Wydawnicza Morex, 1995, , pp. 3–4.Alibabki (zespół) at filmpolski.pl Occasionally the group name is incorrectly referred to as Ali-babki."Alibabki czy Ali-Babki?" Katarzyna Kłosińska, Uniwersytet Warszawski, September 12, 2017(retrieved December 15, 2017) The band was a recipient of multiple awards.
The name of the band is a pun, a portmanteau of "Ali Baba" and "babki", the latter word being a colloquialism for "women", an example of exoticism in pop music of Communist Poland. Ewa Mazierska, "From South to East: Exoticism in Polish popular music of the state socialist period", Popular Music History, vol. 11 no. 1, March 2018, pp. 47-60,
Awards and recognition A number of awards from the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, including for the songs "Idzie świt” (1964), "Gdy zmęczeni wracamy z pól” (1965),"To ziemia” (1968), and "Kwiat jednej nocy” (1969) 1967: They were backup singers for the award-winning song by Czesław NiemenCatalog entry for the album Dziwny jest ten świat at the Catalog of Polish Gramophone Records 2009: Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.Medale Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis August 12, 2009 (awardees: Ewa Brzozowska, Anna Dębicka-Czaplicka, Agata Dowhań, Krystyna Grochowska, Sylwia Krajewska, Wanda Narkiewicz, – the last lineup of the band) (retrieved December 15, 2017) 2009: A star for Alibabki was installed at the in Opole"Nowe gwiazdy w w Alei Gwiazd w Opolu" (retrieved December 15, 2017)
References
External links Alibabki singing their largest hit, Kwiat jednej nocy, a documentary at the Digital Repository of National Film Library (Repozytorium Cyfrowe Filmoteki Narodowej)