Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:29:15 +0200https://english.radio.cz/summer-music-competition-czech-covers-international-hits-part-3-chansons-8790965© 2026 Radio Prague International What connection do artists such as ABBA, The Beatles, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan and Edith Piaf have with Czechoslovakia? Most of them never even performed in the country. However, Czech cover versions of their songs became huge hits in the former communist state. In many cases, domestic audiences didn’t even realise they were listening to cover versions, not being acquainted with what was going on beyond the Iron Curtain. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4c4c8f342f5b65f878763641354eeea9.jpg?timestamp=1691738061 https://english.radio.cz/summer-music-competition-czech-covers-international-hits-part-3-chansons-8790965 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9