Karol Duchoň
Karol Duchoň (21 April 1950 – 5 November 1985) was a Slovak singer known for his role in Slovak music during the 1970s and early 1980s. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential male performers in Slovakia, being nicknamed "the Slovak Tom Jones" for his distinctive voice and international appeal.
Born on April 21, 1950, in Galanta, Czechoslovakia, Duchoň began his musical career in 1968, when he and Robert Kazík founded the band "The Ice Boys" in Zlaté Moravce. He scored a hit in the television hit parade with the cover song "Sugar, Sugar", which became known to listeners as Uber pary. He collaborated with the Braňa Hronca Orchestra, later with the Juraj Velčovský Orchestra. During this period, he sang duets with Marcela Laiferová and Dušan Grúň. In the first half of the 1970s, Duchoň collaborated with Eva Kostolányiová, with whom he won silver at the Bratislavská lýra '73 for the song "Chvála humoru". He won the Golden Bratislava Lyra for the song "Zem pamätá". He performed regularly in Germany, the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, even Cuba, France and Japan. Duchoň died on 5 November 1985, in Bratislava at the age of 35.
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