It was Na louce zpívaj drozdi, which was also made into one of these early black and white music videos, with Karel Gott and Eva Pilarová. Actually the first song we recorded was before the theatre. “We kind of trained for a few months and learned some songs. I suppose he found what he was looking for and I was accepted. He was sitting at the piano and playing different notes, seeing if I could hit it right. And I said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He said, I’d love to come over and sing for me. I picked up the phone and he said, Hello, this is Jiří Suchý. “The phone call actually came when I was home alone. Lenka Lichtenberg, Jiří Suchý, photo: YouTube“He did a bit of an audition and we happened to actually live within walking distance from his house, where he still lives as far as I know, in Střešovice. I guess he had more than one of those from various mothers around the country. “So my mom – very out of character for her – sat down and sent him a letter. “At the time he had a programme on the radio and he said, It’s too bad this girl grew up – I’m going to be looking for a replacement soon. “He had a girl before me named Zuzana Vrbová, who recorded a couple of popular songs but then she grew up. As a sort of comedic sidekick – the straight man. He had had one girl before me as a partner – he liked musical partners who were these little innocent girls.
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I saw a very cute video of you singing on I guess Czechoslovak TV with Jiří Suchý at the famous Semafor, when you were around six or something. I cannot tell you which one, but that is what we did – we washed the dishes and sang, in harmonies and stuff like that.” Because my mom always sang Czech folk songs to me. “But the singing… I just stood there and sang.” Because when talking I go red in the face and get all anxious. “The only time when I wasn’t shy and felt very confident was when I was singing, rather than talking. Because, which may come as a surprise to some people, I was actually extremely shy. “That was sort of indicative of how music has always been for me. There was a little gathering and, without being asked, I stood right in the middle of the circle and started singing. My first public performance was at the age of four, in front of her friends.
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Lenka Lichtenberg, photo: archive of Lenka Lichtenberg“According to my mother I started singing at about two.