Jaroslav Uhlíř was born on 14 September 1945 in
Prague,
Czechoslovakia. He loved music since childhood and graduated from
the conservatory. He took a liking to composing simple songs that were catchy, rather than playing complicated compositions. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the rock bands Providence and Faraon, together with bassist
Karel Šíp. Later, he composed music for Czechoslovak National Radio, where he met
Zdeněk Svěrák. With him, Uhlíř released many albums of children's music. He also hosted the television show
Hitšaráda and later
Galašaráda, where he collaborated with Šíp. In the 1980s, Uhlíř formed the parody group Triky a pověry with Šíp and
Petra Janů. Between 1988 and 2017, Uhlíř worked with Svěrák on the children's music television show
Hodina zpěvu, which spawned a number of operettas, such as
O Budulínkovi and
O dvanácti měsíčkách. Three of these became the basis of the 2014
Jan Svěrák film
Three Brothers. Uhlíř has composed music for the films
Long Live Ghosts! (1977),
Waiter, Scarper! (1981),
Give the Devil His Due (1985),
Lotrando a Zubejda (1997), and
Jak básníci neztrácejí naději (2004), among others. ==Selected discography==