About: The Soulmen

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The Soulmen were a Slovak rock band singing in English, that existed from 1967 to 1968. Together with The Beatmen they were the most important Slovak Big Beat bands. They are often considered the successors of The Beatmen and often mentioned alongside of them in the literature, partly because of the presence of legendary Dežo Ursiny in both bands and also of the name in the similar style, but their music was a significant shift in style - The Beatmen more or less didn't cross the borders of the Mersey sound, whereas The Soulmen's music was already more similar to the contemporary western RnB and rock music. Cream is often cited as the main influence on The Soulmen's music. The band was a power trio consisting of guitarist Dežo Ursiny, bassist Fedor Frešo and drummer Vlado Mallý, all of the

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  • The Soulmen byla slovenská rocková kapela. Založil ji Dežo Ursiny v roce 1966, když odmítl s ostatními členy skupiny The Beatmen emigrovat a vrátil se do Československa. Skupina získala 1. cenu na 1. československém beatovém festivalu v Praze v roce 1967. Pak absolvovala první zahraniční turné v Maďarsku. Kromě pravidelné koncertní činnosti nahráli The Soulmen jednu EP desku. Tvorba skupiny byla ovlivněna skupinou Cream. (cs)
  • The Soulmen were a Slovak rock band singing in English, that existed from 1967 to 1968. Together with The Beatmen they were the most important Slovak Big Beat bands. They are often considered the successors of The Beatmen and often mentioned alongside of them in the literature, partly because of the presence of legendary Dežo Ursiny in both bands and also of the name in the similar style, but their music was a significant shift in style - The Beatmen more or less didn't cross the borders of the Mersey sound, whereas The Soulmen's music was already more similar to the contemporary western RnB and rock music. Cream is often cited as the main influence on The Soulmen's music. The band was a power trio consisting of guitarist Dežo Ursiny, bassist Fedor Frešo and drummer Vlado Mallý, all of them contributing to vocals as well. They would later become members of several subsequent popular Czechoslovak bands, such as Prúdy, Collegium Musicum and . Ursiny, after dismissing his Provisorium would go on a solo career in the seventies. (en)
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  • 1967-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Dežo Ursiny, The Beatmen, The New Soulmen, Provisorium (en)
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  • Left to right: Dežo Ursiny, Fedor Frešo, Vlado Mallý. (en)
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  • Sample of "Baby Do Not Cry". (en)
  • Sample of "Sample Of Happiness". (en)
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  • Rock, Blues, Big Beat (en)
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  • The Soulmen (en)
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  • Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (en)
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  • "Baby Do Not Cry" (en)
  • "Sample Of Happiness" (en)
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  • The Soulmen byla slovenská rocková kapela. Založil ji Dežo Ursiny v roce 1966, když odmítl s ostatními členy skupiny The Beatmen emigrovat a vrátil se do Československa. Skupina získala 1. cenu na 1. československém beatovém festivalu v Praze v roce 1967. Pak absolvovala první zahraniční turné v Maďarsku. Kromě pravidelné koncertní činnosti nahráli The Soulmen jednu EP desku. Tvorba skupiny byla ovlivněna skupinou Cream. (cs)
  • The Soulmen were a Slovak rock band singing in English, that existed from 1967 to 1968. Together with The Beatmen they were the most important Slovak Big Beat bands. They are often considered the successors of The Beatmen and often mentioned alongside of them in the literature, partly because of the presence of legendary Dežo Ursiny in both bands and also of the name in the similar style, but their music was a significant shift in style - The Beatmen more or less didn't cross the borders of the Mersey sound, whereas The Soulmen's music was already more similar to the contemporary western RnB and rock music. Cream is often cited as the main influence on The Soulmen's music. The band was a power trio consisting of guitarist Dežo Ursiny, bassist Fedor Frešo and drummer Vlado Mallý, all of the (en)
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