Karel Zich was not only a singer but an accomplished guitarist who mastered many styles. In the 1960s he studied music at the Prague conservatory and later he studied social science and aesthetics at Charles University. In 1977, Karel Zich won a young singers festival Bratislavska lyra with the song "Mas chut majoranky", or "The Taste of Marjoram" which became one of his best known tunes. During his 40-year music career, Karel Zich sold about one million records.