- Karel Vlach was born on October 8, 1911 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Starci na chmelu (1964), Znamení kotvy (1947) and Skalní v ofsajde (1961). He died on February 26, 1986 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Arranged for orchestra by Fritz Weiss influenced by Benny Goodman's orchestra his orchestra played both original and original compositions.
- In 1939, he founded his own orchestra named the Karel Vlach Orchestra.
- There is a street named after him in Prague 13 - Vlachova.
- From 1954 he worked at the ABC Theater and from 1962 at the Musical Theater in Karlín.
- He recorded prolifically with the record label Supraphon and his output includes both light classical and orchestral as well as jazz and pop arrangements for big band with strings.
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