Milan Dufek


Milan Dufek was a Czech singer, composer, guitarist and flautist. He was a co-founder of the Czech pop folk band Rangers.

Work

Dufek and Antonín Hájek founded The Rangers in 1964. The band was renamed Plavci in 1971, due to concerns about sharing its name with "American killers in Vietnam". Band member Radek Tomášek left Plavci in 1973, due to rivalry with Dufek. The band's name reverted to Rangers in 1989.
Dufek was the composer of several successful songs.
He founded the Nadace Dětské Srdce to support treatment for pediatric heart defects.

Songs

Songs written by Dufek are listed in the table below:
A durMilan Dufek, Jiří KalešJuly 15, 1983
Já a tyAntonín Hájek, Milan DufekJuly 15, 1983
LevákMilan Dufek, Jiří KalešJanuary 1985
Večerní náladaAntonín Hájek, Milan Dufek, Jiří KalešJuly 15, 1983
VysočinaMilan Dufek1973

Dufek died in 2005 in a scuba diving accident on the island of San Andrés, Colombia, when he collided with a boat.