Juventus (group)

The history of the group began in the fall of 1968, when keyboardist Laszlo Papai Farago (Pápai Faragó László), not working with the leader of the Syrius band Zolt Baronich (Baronits Zsolt), decided to create his own beat-team. The name "Juventus", which is translated from the Latin language as "Youth", Laszlo Papai-Farago took in honor of his wife - young singer Kiri Ambrush (Ambrus Margit "Kyri"), whom he just married. Together with him, bass player Denarg Varga, saxophonist Aknos Molnar and drummer Lajos Fehér joined the new band from Syrius. The latter also brought his friend guitarist Peter Hanka (Hanka Péter) from Atlantis . The first Juventus concert was held at Komárom Theater in November 1968. And on December 1, the group was shown on television in the music program Slágerkupa with the song Nem kell tagadni, which was composed by Akos Molnar and Peter Poor. ^[2]

Akosh Molnar’s composing talent also appeared in subsequent recordings of Juventus, which recorded several singles in the late 60s, including Óriáskerék, Süt a nap, Rozi 69 (imitation of The Beatles Obladi oblada), “Zsíros kenyér”, “Ilyen voltam” and “Tavirózsák”. When in 1969 the group took part in Táncdalfesztivál , it was difficult for her to choose one composition out of a dozen worthy for presentation. Despite this, in 1970, Laszlo Papai Farago expelled Akos Molnár from the group, and Elekes Zoltán from the Apostol group, recommended by Peter Hanka, became saxophonist. Also in the late 60s, the group performed with Kiri Ambrush and Pale Sich. ^[3]

In 1971-73, a wave of chaos swept over the Budapest rock community: musicians removed from their homes and actively moved to other groups, old groups ceased to exist, giving way to new ones. These processes also affected Juventus. First, bass player Dinesh Vargo decided to leave the musical field, and Peter Sipos from Hungária came to replace him. Then Lajos Feher left and was replaced by Bel Sigeti (Szigeti Béla). From February to March 1971, the group performed as follows: keyboard player Laszlo Papai Farago, trombone player Bela Tot, bass player Peter Shipos, guitarist Peter Hanka, drummer Bela Szigeti and saxophonist Zoltan Elekesh. Suddenly, vocalist Zoran Stevanovic from the disintegrated Metro band invited the Juventus musicians to accompany him on the next overseas tour, and four members of the group (Peter Hanka, Bela Sigheti, Bela Tot and Zoltan Elekesh) left Juventus, and Laszlo Papai Farago remained "With nothing." ^{[4] [5]}

In the spring of 1971, guitarist Peter Chomosh (Csomós Péter) broke up with the leader of Hungária , Fenyő Miklós, and also decided to create his own team. Together with drummer Attila Curga (Csurgai Attila) from Ferm , guitarist Tibor Tatrai (Tátrai) from T Minizkerék and bass player Kiss Zoltán from Mini he founded the JAM project. ^[6] However, their offspring lasted only one month, after which Zoltan Kish left for T «zkerék, and the other three JAM members decided to join Juventus. True, by then Laszlo Papai Farago had already found a drummer for his band - Tóth József from Hungária, but he stayed in the band for only two weeks and then emigrated to the United States, so Attila Churgai, who immediately possessed very neat and clear rhythm. The recreation of Juventus was reported in the 46th issue of Youth Magazine. The main composer of the group was Peter Shiposh. In the same year, the musicians managed to agree on a collaboration with the famous pop singer Kati Kovacs , and for three years “Juventus” was her accompaniment orchestra. ^[7]

In 1972, the group accompanied Kati Kovacs to Táncdalfesztivál , and Katya’s song “Add már, uram, az esőt!” Won the 1st prize. Later, with this song, the singer won the international music festival in Dresden. Juventus also performed on Táncdalfesztivál'72 her own song “Lenn a folyónál” (“Down the River”), which was released as a single, on the second side of which was the song “Orgonák” of the group “ Neoton ”. Thanks to this group, she managed to reappear herself, and in the same year she released three more singles. But at the end of the year, Tátrai Tibor accepted a better offer and left for Syrius, ^[8] and was replaced by Kékes Zoltán of Gemini . In 1973, the group took part in the radio contest “ Made in Hungary ” with the song “Jöjjetek velem”. However, by then Katie Kovacs gradually switched to work with the band Hungária, and the musicians of Juventus were out of work. As a result, Attila Churgai and Peter Shipos also moved to Hungária, Zoltan Kikesh went to Ferm , and Peter Chomosh and Laszlo Papai Farago left to work in Germany. In 1975, Laszlo Papai Farago finally abandoned the ownership of the Juventus name and transferred all rights to Peter Chomosh. ^{[9] [10]}

In 1975, Peter Chomosh returned to Hungary and assembled a new band: bass player Peter Dando Péter, keyboard player Daniel Zdroba (Zdroba Daniel), saxophonist Mihály Lifka (Apostol), and Attila again became drummer Churgai, who by that time managed to work at Óceán. However, a stable team did not work. Peter Dando and Daniel Zdroba soon left the band, and Póka Egon from Olympia became the bass player, but Peter Chomosh never found a new keyboard player. In 1976, Szénich János became the second guitarist of the group. In February 1977, Juventus and the Mikrolied trio took part in the radio contest A Tessék választani! ”With the song“ Nem baj ”, and in the summer of 1977 - at the television festival“ Metronóm ”with the song“ Kapaszkodj! ”(“ Hold on! ”). After that, the musicians realized that Juventus had exhausted itself and announced the dissolution of the group.

1968 - Óriáskerék
1969 - Ilyen voltam
1969 - Süt a nap / Rozi '69
1969 - Zsíros kenyér / Tavi rózsák
1970 - Véget ért egy fejezet / Ilyen voltam
1971 - Ha jártál ott / Fehér virág
1971 - Da da da, da da da / 24 óra
1972 - Lenn a folyónál (second side: Neoton Orgonák band)
1972 - Aphrodite emlékére / Tedd azt, amit éppen szeretnél
1972 - Kék égbolt / Egy pont a térben
1972 - Oh, Bangla Desh / Akit felkapott a szél
1973 - Jöjjetek velem
1977 - Kapaszkodj