All singers of the USSR. Variety USSR

Speaking about songs of the 2000s, one cannot fail to note the main, and perhaps decisive, role of popular music in shaping tastes and music lovers. It's hard to believe, but popular music is much more influential than it seems: for a successful hit, you need to take into account many factors - both current trends and classic canons of past years. How else can we explain the ever-increasing number of songs that focus on the use of samples - small excerpts of golden hits of past years?

This was fully manifested in the work of Madonna ( Madonna), in 2005, with the release of a new album, she once again changed her image and turned into a disco diva. The title track of Hung Up meets two pop eras at once: the golden classic from ABBA and the most current fashionable sound in those days. The interweaving of popular music in its best form with new trends, successful stylizations and imitation is one of the defining directions of musical creativity in these years.

The beginning of this musical era began with a craze for everything Latin American - on the wave of success, such performers as the brilliant guitarist and composer Carlos Santana ( Carlos Santana), Spanish handsome man Enrique Iglesias ( Enrique Iglesias), Puerto Rican sex bomb Jennifer Lopez ( Jennifer Lopez) and her compatriot Ricky Martin ( Ricky Martin), as well as the notorious Christina Aguilera ( Christina Aguilera), who has repeatedly turned to her Ecuadorian roots to win over a Latin audience.

African-American music is also on the wave: hard hip-hop, sensual soul, catchy rhythm and blues. The key figures are Alicia Keys ( Alicia Keys), Kanye West ( Kanye West), Eminem ( Eminem), Beyoncé ( Beyonce) Rihanna ( Rihanna). There is also a thriving trend of mixing genres: popular music and, for example, rhythm and blues. Among the most successful combinators: groups Black Eyed Peas And The Pussycat Dolls.

Popular music in its purest form is also in constant demand: Britney Spears ( Britney Spears), Justin Timberlake ( Justin Timberlake), Mariah Carey ( Mariah Carey), Katy Perry ( Katy Perry), Kylie Minogue ( Kylie Minogue) and Lady Gaga, who debuted in 2008 ( Lady Gaga) are the most successful performers in this regard.

However, we should not forget about rock, which, although not so popular, still has its undeniable importance. This genre is most represented by groups Green Day, Coldplay, U2, White Stripes, Nine Inch Nails And Bon Jovi. It is worth noting that in the 2000s, very few new rock groups appeared that would become generally recognized world stars; the most popular teams of these years were formed in the 90s, 80s or even in the 70s (for example, U2).

In Russia at this time graduates take over the stage “ Star Factories": groups "Factory", " Silver», « Tootsie" And " Roots», Natalia Podolskaya, Nikita Malinin, Yulia Savicheva. Of course, there are also groups that made it without the help of this television project: the group “ Uma Thurman», « Animals", not losing popularity " Diskoteka Avaria", singer MakSim. However, the most popular new artist can rightfully be recognized as the winner of Eurovision. Dima Bilan. You shouldn’t write off performers of the older generation: Valery,Alla Pugacheva,Philip Kirkorov, still releasing successful albums and attracting packed houses of fans.

Songs of the 90s: eurodance, pop ballads and unforgettable rock

In music, it is rare that a certain era is embodied in literally everything: in rhythms, arrangements, melodies, lyrics, even the voices and performers themselves. The nineties in music were a great period in their own way, giving us many wonderful performers and many great songs.

Unfortunately, it was the nineties that were so famous for the so-called singers of one song, or, simply put, one-dayers, and this situation is developing both on the Western and on the Russian stage. It is unlikely that names like Haddaway will say anything to anyone now ( Haddaway), John Scatman ( John Scatman), group Snap!, but, nevertheless, from the first notes everyone will recognize the songs What is Love?, The Scatman’s World, Rhytm Is A Dancer and other hits of any discos.

The real embodiment of pop music of the nineties, especially at the beginning of this decade, was a genre like Eurodance - it seems to be popular music, it seems to be hip-hop, it seems to be electronica. In general, the combination of these elements gave a simply fantastic result: musicians from all over the world, and especially from Europe, never cease to fill the world charts with their songs, the sound of which cannot be confused with anything else. Scooter, 2 Unlimited, Eiffel 65, Culture Beat, Robert Miles ( Robert Miles) are the true heroes of this period, almost forgotten now.

In the 90s, touching, tender and romantic ballads were more popular than ever - a genre that fits perfectly into popular music, as well as soul and rhythm and blues. The winners are primarily female performers, singers with magnificent strong voices - Mariah Carey ( Mariah Carey), Whitney Houston ( Whitney Houston), Celine Dion ( Celine Dion), Toni Braxton ( Toni Braxton), Patricia Kaas ( Patricia Kaas). Singers, such as Bryan Adams, also remain relevant ( Bryan Adams), George Michael ( George Michael), Elton John ( Elton John), Michael Bolton ( Michael Bolton), Eric Clapton ( Eric Clapton).

In the second half of the 90s, pop idols of a new generation appeared - groups N'Sync(and subsequently separated from them Justin Timberlake ( Justin Timberlake)) And Backstreet Boys, pop princess Britney Spears ( Britney Spears) and Christina Aguilera ( Christina Aguilera). Madonna also continues her mega-successful career ( Madonna), second to no one the throne of the queen of popular music and the trendsetter of all fashionable musical trends. Michael Jackson's career is taking shape Michael Jackson): incredibly popular in the first half of the decade, the singer was clearly losing ground by the early 2000s.

Rock music remains, as in all other times, in demand: chart, touring and, of course, commercial success of groups such as U2,R.E.M.,Nirvana,Duran Duran,Bon Jovi,Aerosmith,Red Hot Chili Peppers, speaks for itself.

In Russia, this musical period became one of the most interesting: after the collapse of the USSR, a stream of new music, completely new sounds, new trends, new performers, genres and styles poured into the country. Memories of popular music of these years now make me smile, but overall the result was far from worse than that of Western performers. Both songs and videos were created with great imagination, which made Russian music original and interesting. Valeriy Meladze,Angelica Varum,Philip Kirkorov,Irina Allegrova,"Ivanushki International","Bravo","Nancy" and "White Eagle" become the main performers of this decade on the domestic stage.

Songs of the 80s: glamour, disco and synth-pop

Some music critics associate the eighties with bad music, which is completely wrong. Of course, from the perspective of a modern person, some techniques, arrangements, rhythms and voices popular at that time may seem naive and in some ways even funny, but this time invariably evokes nostalgia, which is most clearly manifested through the wonderful songs of those years.

Of course, the most successful genre of that time was undoubtedly popular music. However, we can safely say that there have been so many popular branches of pop in any musical decade.

First of all, the eighties are associated with disco, the performers of which come mainly from Europe. Legendary Swedes ABBA, French pop duo Ottawan and a singer named F.R. David, Germans Modern Talking And Goombay Dance Band, Englishwoman Kim Wilde ( Kim Wilde) and her compatriots Culture Club– these names and groups can be listed endlessly, because everyone will remember at least one hit from their repertoire.

A special place in the structure of disco is occupied by the work of Italian performers, incredibly popular in Europe and, of course, in the USSR. The most famous Italo disco performers are trios Ricci e Poveri, husband and wife duo Al Bano ( Al Bano) and Romina Power ( Romina Power), performers Gazibo ( Gazebo), Toto Cutugno ( Toto Cutugno) and the incredibly charismatic singer and actor Adriano Celentano ( Adriano Celentano).

Performers from Great Britain are enriching the genre of popular music with new trends: such forms as Hi-NRG are appearing (the main characters of this trend are the band Dead or Alive), new wave (represented by groups Adam And The Ants And Visage), and, of course, synth-pop. Subsequently, this genre will have a great influence on the formation of such movements as electroclash and synth rock. The main teams working in this direction are Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode And Eurythmics.

However, in the 80s, heavier genres were also popular: rock and even heavy metal. Compositions from groups such as Queen,Status Quo, Genesis, Scorpions, Dire Straits, Def Leppard and many others.

On the domestic stage in those years they mainly shone Alla Pugacheva together with Yuri Antonov, and in the late eighties - Vladimir Kuzmin, Igor Talkov, Alexander Serov, groups " Mirage" And " Tender May" Various vocal and instrumental ensembles are also popular – “ Veras», « Flowers», « Earthlings», « Funny boys», « Bravo», « Yalla", as well as rock bands " Movie», « Nautilus Pompilius», « Agatha Christie».

Songs of the 70s: rock, rock and rock again

The seventies in music can easily be called the “golden age of rock” in all the diversity of its genres. In many ways, of course, the leader here is glam rock, led by David Bowie ( David Bowie), with his androgynous image and wonderful creativity, which broke the usual ideas about music. One cannot help but recall such British teams as T.Rex, Sweet And Slade and about the American Suzi Quatro, whose songs made up a significant part of the entire glam of the seventies.

It was at this time that “heavy” types of rock were more popular than ever: hard rock, heavy metal, as well as thoughtful and quirky progressive rock. English teams are also at the forefront of these genres: Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Led Zeppelin, Nazareth, Black Sabbath. The main performers from prog rock were Pink Floyd. They stand apart Queen, whose work is so diverse that it is simply impossible to fit it into one genre.

The influence of rock on the tastes of music lovers is also evident in the fact that the British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber ( Andrew Lloyd Webber) writes a rock opera " Jesus Christ superstar", which was held with resounding success at many concert venues around the world.

In the 70s, two tragic events occurred. Two legends are passing away: one in a figurative sense, and the other in a literal sense. We are talking about the breakup of the group in 1970 The Beatles and about the death in 1977 of the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley ( Elvis Presley). Nevertheless, the Beatles should be given their due: not one of the musicians retired, but only began to create with renewed vigor, giving the world many more beautiful songs.

In 1974, a genre of popular music called disco was born - some count this musical era with the victory of the Swedish quartet ABBA at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Waterloo. Increasingly accelerating over the years, disco truly took the music world by storm in the eighties, shifting towards a harder electronic sound, intertwining with popular African-American music, and returning to a classic pop sound. Speaking about the disco of the seventies, such performers immediately come to mind as Boney M., Donna Summer ( Donna Summer), Eruption And Bee Gees.

The world is also fascinated by the exotic sound of the music of the Caribbean islands (primarily reggae, represented by Bob Marley ( Bob Marley)), that very African American (soul, blues, rhythm and blues, partly jazz), as well as Latin American music.

In the USSR, the most popular are the main themes from films. The creations of vocal and instrumental ensembles from all over the Soviet Union are known and loved. The main star of Russian popular music lights up - Alla Pugacheva. Singers from republics friendly to the USSR are also not forgotten: for example, Poland ( Marylya Rodovich) and Romania ( Dan Spataru). European ones are also favorite - French (Mireille Mathieu ( Mireille Mathieu), Michel Sardou ( Michel Sardou)) and Italian (Adriano Celentano ( Adriano Celentano)) performers.

Rock and pop, or the best songs of the 60s

So, it's a thing of the past. No, it cannot be said that he was completely forgotten - he simply ceased to be a banner for young people and a “red rag” for the older generation. They got used to it. Of course, the best compositions created by Chuck Berry And Little Richard, still drew full houses Elvis Presley, but in the general song-sound mass of the early sixties, new unusual intonations and rhythms had already begun to appear. It is noteworthy that this time the source of innovation was Europe, not the United States. Europe, or more precisely one European state, Great Britain, began to set the tone in popular music.

Liverpool rock band The Beatles was the first to move to conquer America - and conquered the whole world. Within a short time, both the Old and New Worlds were gripped by Beatlemania. But what was so special that self-taught musicians offered listeners spoiled by impressions?

The “British Invasion” gave a powerful creative impulse to musicians from all countries and continents, and as a result, today we can enjoy a wide variety of rock music: classic rock, hard rock, surf rock, punk rock, folk rock, baroque rock , psychedelic rock and dozens of other derivative genres.
One of them, the so-called “garage rock”, is the music that was originally played by street rock bands. Teenagers and young people just gathered and played for fun. Some researchers classify this type of rock as folk music of the 20th century.

Starting from the mid-60s, rock bands began to form in the Soviet Union, mainly among students. From such a school-student VIA, one of the most famous Soviet rock bands subsequently “ripened” Time Machine.

In parallel with all sorts of rock variations, another very popular direction was rapidly developing in the sixties: pop music. Its origins are in the distant past: it is a folk song, a medieval ballad, an urban romance, and later a musical and a musical show. Vocals, the human voice – this is the main thing for this style. Musical instruments, whether a modest ensemble or a whole orchestra, only accompany the singer. Since one of the sources of pop music is folklore, pop standard songs often have a strong national flavor. Sometimes such music is simply called pop. The best pop songs of the 60s were performed Frank Sinatra And Louis Armstrong(USA), Salvatore Adamo And Mireille Mathieu(France), Muslim Magomayev And Joseph Kobzon(USSR) and many more wonderful musicians in different countries of the world.

The best songs of the 50s: under the sign of rock and roll

The fifties of the last century went down in the history of popular music as the period of birth and flourishing of a new style, rock and roll.
In America, the unstoppable rise of this “youth rebellion” music occurred in the mid-fifties. By the end of the decade, American rock and roll had matured somewhat and settled down, but by that time Europe had already taken up the rock baton. In the sixties, it was the Old World that would give rise to that multifaceted and multi-valued phenomenon in musical culture that would be called the short word “rock”.

The musicians who managed to find the right intonation became idols of the young generation of the fifties. Most of them did not have professional musical education: the best songs of the 50s in the rock and roll style were composed and sung by self-taught people. Here they are, these world-famous heroes of the great American confrontation between generations:

Elvis Presley: a white boy from a poor family who made friends with teenagers from the “black” neighborhoods, and from them adopted his manner of performance and style of clothing. 1954 is the year of his first hit “ That's All Right Mama».

Chuck Berry: a black musician, one of the few who dared to mix the intonations of “black” blues and “white” country in their songs. His 1958 smash hit " Johnny B. Goode" was subsequently called the gold standard of rock and roll.

Bill Haley(white guitarist and vocalist) and his band “Comets”: the composition “ Rock Around the Clock", recorded by them for the soundtrack to the film "School Jungle" (1955), paved the way for rock and roll to European listeners.

Little Richard: black singer and pianist; his excited and even somewhat hysterical manner of performance gave rise to a lot of imitators on the one hand, and on the other, became the reason for the appearance of a huge number of parodies. His most famous single is “ Tutti Frutti"(1955).

The Platters: A group of three young men and one young woman, all African-American. They worked in the style of doo-wop (vocal rock and roll). Aria " Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"performed by the Platters Quartet in 1959 broke all popularity records.

Rock and roll quickly burst into the measured, well-fed life of post-war America, revived the musical atmosphere of Europe, but, of course, did not replace all other musical genres.

In the late fifties, exotic music from the distant oceanic provinces gained particular popularity in both the New and Old Worlds. The sounds of ukulele and ethnic percussion instruments evoked dreams of pristine jungles and Pacific beaches.

During these same years, the whole world learned and fell in love with a Peruvian woman Imu Sumac. By nature she inherited talent, an independent character and a truly unique voice: deep, strong, beautiful, with a very wide range. Her work is difficult to attribute to any style (although “mambo” is most often mentioned). The one and only - you can’t say more precisely about this singer.

The public has always liked Italian and Latin American tunes. Perhaps the best songs of the 50s in the Latin style are “ Volare" And " La Bamba».
Song " Volare"performed by the Italian Domenico Modugno in 1958, earned several international awards, including the American Grammy Award. Mexican folk tune " La Bamba"arranged by Ritchie Valens was included in the list of "100 Best Rock and Roll Songs".

The World Festival of Youth and Students, held in Moscow in 1957, allowed the Soviet public to become acquainted with new trends in popular music, including rock and roll. However, the festival died down and ended, but the policy of the party and government remained unchanged: the Soviet people do not need unhealthy sensations. Cultural officials had no doubt that temperamental and eccentric music combined with “indecent” movements was an unhealthy phenomenon.
Rock music will still find its way into the land of the Soviets, but this will happen later. Much later.

The best songs of the 40s: film and television music

Video materials that allow us not only to hear the music of the 40s, but also to see the best performers of this decade, are technically imperfect. However, they are documents of the era, with their help you can feel the special atmosphere of those years.

The beginning of the 40s is, of course, the Second World War. Strengthening patriotic sentiments led to the appearance of cheerful march songs in 1941: “ We are masters of war" (THE USSR), " Thank You America"(USA).

The best Soviet songs of the 40s related to the theme of war - harsh heroic " Holy war" and lyrical " Dark night».

Meanwhile, even in those menacing forties, people tried to “disconnect” from worries at least for a short time. Comedy films, lyrical songs and even comic couplets were extremely popular.

German film from 1944 " Girl of my dreams" With Marikoj Rökk in the title role, he went around all the screens in Europe, and after the war he was shown even in the USSR. True, in the Soviet Union, “indecent” episodes were cut out of this picture, including the famous song “There are no lonely people at night” (“ In der Nacht ist der Mensch nicht gern alleine»).

After the war, America began to explore new genres in cinema. If in the thirties short musical films appeared on the screens, then the forties were marked by the birth of the “ultra-short film” genre - Soundies. By the end of the decade, these progenitors of music videos migrated from cinemas to television screens - after all, it was then that regular television broadcasts began in the United States. The best songs of the 40s, the best compositions performed by the most popular pop and jazz orchestras, became available literally “with home delivery.” Every TV viewer could see beautiful eyes Deanna Durbin, dazzling smile Louis Armstrong, incendiary step Fred Astaire and the dexterous fingers of the baby pianist Frank Robinson.

Western Europe and the Soviet republics, which suffered greatly in that bloody war, had yet to travel this path.

The most popular songs of the 30s: cinema music

As always, music helped people escape from their worries and worries. However, all the best, all the most beloved songs of the 30s came to listeners not from the stage, not from the theater stage, as happened before, but from the silver screen. In the 1920s, cinema was nicknamed “the great silent”. In the 30s, he ceased to be “mute”, began to sing, speak, and gradually turned into an independent branch of the entertainment industry.

America led the way in transforming film production into a film industry. Comedy, drama, sketch - any play could be turned into a film, or even better, a movie musical. Composers' names Irvine Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, who especially distinguished themselves in the field of musical cinema, were known to all moviegoers by the mid-30s.

“Old Europe”, not wanting to give up its position as a stronghold of world culture, tried its best to keep up with its young and energetic overseas neighbor. It was in the thirties that the formation of national film schools began, and it was then that the most popular actors began to be called “stars.” The records on which the most popular songs of the 30s were recorded brought to us the voices of the “stars” of that time: Marlene Dietrich(Germany), Edith Piaf(France), Jan Kiepura(Poland).

The best songs of the 30s, created in the USSR, were also part of film music. Composer names Isaac Dunaevsky and actresses Lyubov Orlova appeared in the credits of almost all iconic Soviet films of that time.

And, of course, jazz! The music of the 30s was largely jazz. In the Soviet Union it is “song jazz” Leonida Utesov, in America - instrumental ensembles and orchestras, vocals and dance. The most significant figures in jazz music are: Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong– declared themselves precisely in the thirties of the last century.

Soviet singer of Polish origin. Peak of popularity 50s - 60s. Our grandparents still love her song “Lilies of the Valley.” During her creative career, she sang songs based on poems by many famous poets, including deep patriotic works.

- Soviet singer of the 60s of Jewish origin. She gained fame thanks to the song for the movie "Thirst". The first performer of the famous song "Tenderness". The singer has recorded many songs with jazz orchestras. At the height of her creative career, Maya was diagnosed with throat cancer, which completely canceled out further concert activities.

- Soviet singer of the 60s - 70s. After the international festival in Sopot she gained fame in the USSR. Her songs “Sunny Circle” and “Black Cat” are still covered by modern pop stars. In the early 70s, Tamara was blacklisted as performers, which canceled out her further solo career.

- Well, who doesn’t know Lyudmila Markovna? And she started her career as a singer. Lyudochka's fame came after the premiere of the film "Carnival Night". After singing the song “5 Minutes,” the whole country fell in love with this wasp-waisted girl. Lyudmila Gurchenko sang songs, acted in films and played in the theater until her death.

- Soviet singer of Polish origin. The singer's unusual accent attracted everyone with its unique charm. Edita Stanislavna literally burst onto the stage with the song “Red Bus” in a foreign language (for the first time). During her long creative career, Edita Stanislavna recorded a large number of songs that are extremely popular among the people.

- Soviet singer and actress of the 60s - 70s. The country's party leaders were literally in love with the singer. Her beauty and unique singing style played an important role in the success of the gifted singer. Olga's popularity came with Anatoly Badkhen's jazz orchestra.

- Leading Soviet singer of the 60s. “The unquenchable light of Moscow windows”, “It’s good that there is something in the world” was performed for the first time by Irina with her permanent ensemble “Spring”. The singer’s creative activity spanned 35 years, during which many popular and favorite songs were recorded.

Soviet pop stars were very different from today's ones. They did without limousines and riders, new albums appeared noticeably less frequently, but they received even more attention from fans than now. We talk about the most popular and beloved singers of the USSR.

Lidiya Ruslanova

The career of the most famous performer of Russian folk songs in the USSR began at an unfortunate time for this - at the height of the Civil War. Ruslanova first appeared on stage in May 1917, and then gave a huge number of concerts in front of various units of the Red Army in the South and West of the former Russian Empire. In 1921, she and her second husband moved to Moscow.


The sophisticated metropolitan audience, however, did not immediately accept the singer. In the twenties, Ruslanova performed mainly in the provinces, visiting the Don many times. Nevertheless, the amazing voice and very soulful intonation with which she sang songs gradually paved the way for her. Real fame came to her after meeting Mikhail Garkavi. The very popular entertainer became not only her husband and partner, but also a kind of producer. He negotiated concerts, secured records, and ensured discussion in the press.
There were no special statistics, but judging by the memoirs of contemporaries, Ruslanova was one of the most popular singers in the thirties. Huge circulation of records, radio, concerts in the most remote corners of the country. Even her arrest in 1948, together with her fourth husband, General Kryukov, did not reduce popular love. Immediately after Stalin's death, she was released and within a month she gave several concerts, which were accompanied by a frenzied excitement.

Klavdiya Shulzhenko

Edita Piekha

Lyudmila Zykina

Maya Kristalinskaya

Anna German

Valentina Tolkunova

Alla Pugacheva

Sofia Rotaru

Laima Vaikule

Abramov Georgy

He worked as an electrician at Moscow State University and took part in university amateur performances. In 1931 he graduated from the Moscow Music College named after. A. and N. Rubinstein (singing class of A.F. Zasyadko). In 1931-1966 he was a soloist of the All-Union Radio and Television.

Participated in radio opera performances. Parts: Stepan (The Marriage by Mussorgsky), Leporello (The Stone Guest by Dargomyzhsky and Don Giovanni by Mozart), Sashka (Quiet Don by Dzerzhinsky), Cook (The Love for Three Oranges by Prokofiev), Figaro and Papageno ( The Marriage of Figaro" and "The Magic Flute" by Mozart), etc.

He performed as a concert singer and promoted the works of Soviet authors; the first performer of many Soviet songs, including “Roads” by Novikov, “Treasured Stone” and “Lonely Accordion” by Mokrousov. The song “The harshly noisy Bryansk forest” by Katz is dedicated to Abramov. Since 1944, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. In 1954-58. taught at the Musical Pedagogical School. Institute named after Gnesins. He toured in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and the German Democratic Republic (1959).

Anofriev Oleg

Oleg Andreevich Anofriev was born in 1930 in Gelendzhik. O.A. Anofriev received his acting profession at the Moscow Art Theater School. He began his creative life as an actor at the Central Children's Theater (1954-1960). Then - two years of work at the Mayakovsky Theater and ten years at the Mossovet Theater (1962-1972).

Oleg Anofriev's first serious theatrical debut is the role of Vasily Terkin in the play of the same name at the Mossovet Theater. The success of the play at home and abroad largely depended on the convincing performance of the main character. One of the Sofia newspapers expressed a general opinion about the actor’s work: “Vasily Terkin and Oleg Anofriev merged in this amazing young man in a soldier’s uniform. In Anofriev’s performance, not only Tvardovsky’s poems come to life, but the hidden features of human charm become visible. You are the people, you are "Immense Russian soul, you contain his most sublime impulses. You are crystal clear, like a Russian song, elusive and unique, like the sounds of an accordion revived in your hands." Terkin became a national hero of Bulgaria, and the city of Russa awarded Oleg Anofriev the title of honorary citizen.

His first film work was the film “The Secret of Beauty” (1954). In total, O.A. Anofriev played more than 40 film roles, including in the films “The Mountains are Calling” (1955), “Good Hour” (1956), “The Artist from Kokhanovka” (1957), “A Simple Story”, “Funny Stories” (1958), “Scarlet Sails” (1960), “Behind the Department Store Window”, “Girl with a Guitar” (1961), “Colleagues” (1962) , “The Tale of Lost Time” (1963), “Checked - no mines” (1964), “Friends and Years” (1965), as well as in the films: “Northern version”, “The sun is the sun again” ", "Ordinary Arctic", "First Voyage", "Pig in a Poke", "After the Rain on Thursday", "On Unknown Paths", "The Man from the Boulevard des Capucines", "Criminal Quartet", "A Second for a Deed", “Turning”, “Exile 0011”, “Incognito from St. Petersburg”, “Fight in a Blizzard” and others.

As a rule, Anofriev’s stage or song hero is a simple, ordinary guy, he is always “ours,” familiar, seen somewhere, perhaps living among us. Oleg Andreevich calls him: “My wise simpleton.”

However, Anofriev’s “simpleton” is not so simple. He is natural and typical, he is popular, and therefore always arouses the sympathy of the audience. In addition to theater and cinema, Oleg Andreevich works a lot on the stage, television and radio.

He constantly and inspiredly composes music, poems, songs, parodies and epigrams. He sings songs in almost all his films and performances, often for several characters.

The cartoon “The Bremen Town Musicians” he voiced became a classic, a kind of folk epic.

He wrote dozens of songs, romances and melodies, including for the films: “Across the Mountains and Downs”, “Northern Option”, “We Sit Well”, “Stuntman”, “Pig in a Poke”, “How Ivan the Fool Went for Happiness” ", as well as to performances and musical fairy tales: ("Shadow", "Señor Juan", "31 June", "12th Night", "Being in Love", "The Adventure of Toto", "The Magic Apple", "Musicians of Bremen") . Currently, preparations are being made for the release of a musical disc of songs dedicated to the women of Russia “Flowers of Russia”, a disc-epic “The Danube Ivanovich is a matchmaker for Vladimir Krasno Solnyshko”, a collection of songs about Moscow, as well as a new version of the musical fairy tale “The Town Musicians of Bremen”.

Bayanova Alla

Bayanova Alla Nikolaevna was born in 1914 in Chisinau in the family of an opera singer. Singer of romances.

In 1921, the Bayanov family went abroad. Nikolai Leonardovich, who was once educated in Rome by the famous A. Contonya, left the art of opera; in Paris, he got a job in the well-known “Die Fledermaus” with Baliev, performed couplets and popular everyday romances. Soon “Die Fledermaus” went on a long tour to the USA, and Bayanov moved to “Kazbek” - that cool Parisian restaurant where Vertinsky and Morfessi sang.

One day, for a new act, Bayanov needed a boy who could act as a guide to the blind old man Kudeyar. After a futile search, Nikolai Leonardovich asked his daughter to help. At the rehearsal, according to Alla Nikolaevna’s story, a lot of different audiences gathered, but mostly there were artists free from work. When he and his father appeared in front of the audience, silence immediately fell in the hall. Nikolai Leonardovich masterfully transformed himself into a repentant old sinner, whom Alla helped to get to the middle of the stage, where they built a small stump. Kudeyar sat down on a stump and, to the sounds of the orchestra entering, began a story about his life. He told the world his desire to “serve God and people.” Tears of remorse flowed down his cheeks, he bowed and put his hand on the head of his daughter, who was bending on his knees. The orchestra began to quietly ring the bells and Kudeyar’s role was to move from recitative to “Evening Bells.” Alla, succumbing to an incomprehensible inspiration, suddenly began to quietly sing: “Evening Bells, Evening Bells...” The father immediately picked it up and quietly began to echo his daughter. The scene turned out to be quite sensitive and we really liked it. The owner of “Caucasus” was also happy, declaring that there was no need to look for any other guide anymore.

This is how Alla Bayanova’s stage debut took place. While on tour in Belgrade, father and daughter enter into a number of contracts with concert companies and from there, with a new large program composed of Russian and gypsy romances, they go on a months-long tour of Africa and the Middle East, performing in Greece. In Athens, Alla Bayanova sang for almost a year in the Russian bar “Strelna”. Since the late 30s, the Bayanovs have been living permanently in Romania. In 1940, Nikolai Leonardovich became seriously ill and stopped his artistic activities. Alla performed for some time in Pyotr Leshchenko’s restaurant, then she was invited to work at the Alhambra Theater in Bucharest. One fine day, agents of the Siguranza, the Romanian secret police, came to the apartment. They searched everything in the house, but apart from papers with notes of Russian romances, no other evidence was found. Alla was arrested and declared “red”. She spent a whole year in prison, and only the outbreak of the war “helped” her to be released.

After the war, Alla Nikolaevna performed at ARLUS (Romanian Association for Friendly Relations with the Soviet Union), expanding her concert programs to include songs by Soviet composers.

But her strong point is ancient romances: “Dark Eyes”, “Farewell, My Camp”, “Cranes”, “Kalinka”, “Moldavian Steppes”, “Come Back”, works by O. Strok and B. Prozorovsky.

In the 80s, the artist came to the USSR several times on tour, and in December 1989 she received Soviet citizenship and settled in Moscow.

Bayanova’s voice today has not lost its former beauty and strength, although needless to say how much water has flowed under the bridge since her debut in Paris. The singer always carefully, “like the first time,” prepares for a meeting with the audience, thinking through every little detail, and appears on stage - depending on the composition of the program - either in a strict evening dress, or in a Russian costume, or in a bright gypsy outfit. Her art is not aimed at the public at all, not at the casual visitor, but at listeners who feel the charm of an ancient romance and love a gypsy song.

Beibutov Rashid

Rashid Majid oglu Behbudov was born in Tiflis on December 14, 1915. Rashid grew up a cheerful, cheerful, sociable guy. Not a single school amateur event was complete without the lead singer of the school choir, Rashid Behbudov.

In 1933, Rashid entered the railway technical school. However, he reluctantly comprehends the wisdom of the railway business - Rashid devotes all his time and energy to the amateur student orchestra, which he organized. Joining the army, where he immediately became a singer-soloist of an army ensemble, turned out to be the best way out of this ambiguous situation.

The young singer's repertoire begins to gradually take shape in the ensemble: he sings popular songs by I. Dunaevsky, M. Blanter, A. Novikov, and songs by composers from Transcaucasia. But the central place is occupied by Azerbaijani folk songs.

After completing his service in the Army, Rashid Behbudov becomes a soloist of one of the Tbilisi pop groups, and after some time he moves to the State Jazz of Armenia under the leadership of the talented composer A. Ayvazyan. In those years, Yerevan State Jazz was a very popular group, and becoming its soloist already meant a certain recognition and success. The team toured a lot not only in the Caucasus, but throughout the country. I even got to Vladivostok.

At the turn of the 40-50s, Beibutov performed in the cities of the Volga region, the Urals, Kuzbass, Siberia, and Altai. He often comes to Moscow and Leningrad. Participates in all anniversary holiday concerts. Sings at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Budapest (1949).

In the early 50s, Beibutov visited Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, India, and China. And in each, in addition to his usual program, the artist sang songs of this country, and certainly in the original language.

The singer's song repertoire is immensely wide. The main place in it, naturally, is occupied by the works of Azerbaijani composers. Who among the music lovers of the older generation does not remember “Caucasian Table Table” and “Oilman’s Song” by T. Kuliev, S. Rustamov’s songs “Baku” with lyrics by Y. Hasanbekov (Russian text by V. Tatarinov). He also performed such popular songs as “Moscow Evenings” by V. Solovyov-Sedoy to the verses of M. Matusovsky, “I love you, life” by E. Kolmanovsky to the verses of K. Vanshenkin.

Belov Gennady

Gennady Mikhailovich Belov was born in 1945.

Everyone in the family sang: mother, grandmother, and aunts. After graduating from a textile technical school, he began working as a foreman at the Moscow silk factory "Red Rose" and enjoyed participating in amateur performances, where he became a laureate of various shows and competitions. He studied vocals with Vasily Nikolaevich Shcherbakov. In the mid-70s, he became a participant in a television program , and then... a soloist of the Song Ensemble of the All-Union Radio and Central Television.

Gennady Belov sang many songs by composer Vladimir Shainsky. The melody and admiration for Russian nature conveyed in the music attracts the singer to the composer’s work. With pleasure I performed his songs “Herbs, Herbs...” to the verses of Ivan Yushin, “I’ll get off at a distant station” to the verses of Mikhail Tanich. They were joined by songs by other authors who write brightly and with inspiration about the Russian land and the beauty of its people. For example, the song by Alexandra Pakhmutova and Sergei Grebennikov “The Bread is Noisy”. Belov recorded more than seventy songs, and many of them continue to live in his repertoire. The singer was lucky enough to be a member of the artistic delegation at the X and XI World Festivals of Youth and Students in Berlin and Havana. At the festival concerts, the audience very warmly accepted his performance of the best songs of V. Solovyov-Sedoy, M. Blanter, B. Mokrousov. With special love, Belov sang David Tukhmanov’s songs “Hello, Mom” based on the poems of Robert Rozhdestvensky and “Starry Song of the Sky,” written by Tukhmanov in collaboration with Vladimir Firsov.

It was difficult for the singer to develop his new repertoire. “Unfortunately,” says Belov, “composers now very rarely write songs for a high male voice. In the 40s and 50s, not to mention the song heritage of the 30s, there were many tenor songs. Just choose! I sing the best with pleasure from what was created in the song in those years, but with the new!.. With the new it is much more difficult, now is the time of baritones. And yet, no, no, and the clavier of a new song for tenor will end up on my piano, and I, Naturally, I joyfully welcome every such new product, although, of course, not all of these new products can be included in my repertoire, and if I manage to find my song, that’s real happiness.”

Remembering the songs from Gennady Mikhailovich’s repertoire, you are glad that the singer so carefully and so carefully selects the material for his performance. Taste, erudition, and ardent love for his profession help him bring the best songs of modern composers to every listener. And in the work of a lyrical singer this is so important.

Beldy Kola

Beldy Kola (Nikolai Ivanovich) was born in 1929. Nanai singer.

At one airport, due to bad weather, the plane's departure was delayed for a long time. The audience was waiting for the artist, and he was naturally very worried. And suddenly an announcement on the radio: “Comrade Belda, please come to the airport terminal duty officer.” “You’ll go, Beldy, on reindeer,” the duty officer greeted him, “it’s unlikely that the weather will get better soon. Besides, as you know, an airplane is good, but reindeer are better...” So Kola Beldy rolled up to his listeners, as in the song, “right on the reindeer.”

I think many have not yet forgotten how in the 70s, at various pop concerts, the never-faint Kola Beldy came on stage in a bright Nanai costume and sang his famous song. Another one became no less popular with him: “I’ll take you to the tundra, I’ll take you to the gray snows.” How much genuine, naive, almost childlike joy his art radiated.

He started out in amateur performances of the Pacific Fleet: first he sang in the choir, then he became a soloist. In 1957 he became a laureate of the VI World Festival of Youth and Students. In 1960 he received the 3rd prize at the All-Union. pop artist competition. He was a soloist of the Mosconcert and received the title of “Honored” (1985).

In 1991, he unexpectedly left the capital and went closer to his native land, to Khabarovsk. For the last year he has been working with the Far East ensemble and was the chairman of the Kola Beldy humanitarian music center.

Bernes Mark

He began performing on stage in the late 30s. He gained wide popularity after the release of the film “The Man with a Gun,” in which he sang the song “Clouds have risen over the city.” In collaboration with composer N. Bogoslovsky, he recorded one of his first records, “Beloved City.” Participated in the radio review "Club of Cheerful Artists", performing songs: "This happens in life" (V. Solovyov-Sedoy), "Field mail" (Yu. Levitin), "Song of a lover", "Front-line path" (B. Mokrousov). The songs “On a Long Voyage” and “Sea Song”, which continued the tradition of song and dance, were very popular among radio listeners. Subsequently, they were included in the list of prohibited songs and records with their recordings were withdrawn from sale. In 1946, Bernes included in his concert repertoire a song by M. Blanter based on the verses of M. Isakovsky, “Enemies Burned Their Own Hut,” which caused critics to reproach him for spreading pessimistic sentiments.

He successfully toured the cities of the USSR and abroad, performing E. Kolmanovsky's songs "I love you, life", "Do the Russians want war?", N. Bogoslovsky's songs "Dark Night" and "Scows full of mullets..." from the movie " Two Fighters", where he played one of the main roles, and "The Mounds Are Sleeping" from the movie "Big Life", etc. In the 50s, he included in his concert repertoire the songs: "Where does the homeland begin?" (V. Basner - M. Matusovsky), "Muscovites" or "Seryozhka with Malaya Bronnaya..." (A. Eshpai - E. Vinokurov), "If only the boys of the whole earth" (V. Solovyov-Sedoy - E. Dolmatovsky ). “Song of the Cranes” (Sometimes it seems to me that the soldiers...), written by Ya. Frenkel to the verses of R. Gamzatov, became the last song performed by Mark Bernes. The record with her recording was published after the singer's death.

Bogatikov Yuri

Bogatikov Yuri Iosifovich was born in 1932. Singer.

Graduated from the Kharkov Music College. On stage since 1964: artist of the Voroshilovgrad Philharmonic. Since 1974 - soloist (later artistic director) of the Crimean Philharmonic. He gained fame in the mid-60s for performing patriotic songs: “Love for the Fatherland” by V. Levashov, “Tired Submarine” by A. Pakhmutova, “Spring of ’45” by I. Luchenko, “Crew - One Family” by Yu. Pleshak , “Don’t cry, girl” by V. Shainsky, etc. Some lyrical works of Soviet composers also turned out to be successful: (“The dark mounds are sleeping” and “I haven’t been to the Donbass for a long time” by N. Bogoslovsky), Ukrainian folk songs (“Ganzya ", "Black Eyebrows"), Russian folk ("Peddlers", "Otrada").

Winner of the 2nd Golden Orpheus Prize (Bulgaria, 1969). Winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1983). Nar. artist of the USSR (1985).

Bregvadze Nani

Bregvadze Nani Georgievna was born in 1938 in Tbilisi. Popular singer in Georgia.

Everyone in Nani Bregvadze’s family sang. My great-grandmother and aunt were professional singers, and my mother and her five sisters and brother sang in a magnificent ensemble. As a very little girl, around the age of 6, Nani already sang “Kalinka”, “Caravan”, and other old Russian songs and romances with a guitar.

After graduating from music school, she entered a music college, and then became a student at the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after V. Sarajishvili in piano class (1958-1963).

While still a student, she began singing in the Tbilisi State Orchestra "Rero" of the Georgian State Philharmonic. One of the most powerful impressions of that time was a tour with the Moscow Music Hall in Paris in 1964. Then Nani performed for the first time in the world famous Olympia Hall. After arriving from Paris, she was invited to join the Orera ensemble, in which she worked as a soloist for 15 years.

Since 1980, Nani Bregvadze began performing solo concerts. To this day, she tours in many countries around the world. Her repertoire includes hundreds of widely known and beloved songs and romances by the public: “Don’t leave, you are my darling” (an old romance), “Sing my guitar” (music by A. Kruchinin, lyrics by A. Bashkin), “Viburnum is bitter” ( music by V. Zubkov, lyrics by N. Kondakova), “Come back” (music by B. Prozorovsky, lyrics by V. Lensky), “Snowfall” (music by A. Ekimyan, lyrics by A. Rustaikis), “Wicket” (music by A. Obukhov, lyrics by A. Budishchev), “Go away, completely go away” (music by F. Drizo, lyrics by V. Vereshchagin), “But I still love you” (an old romance), “Dry willow" (music by G. Sorochan, lyrics by G. Levin), and many, many others.

Nani Bregvadze - People's Artist of the USSR (1983), People's Artist of Georgia (1974)

Brzhevskaya Irina

Brzhevskaya Irina Sergeevna was born in 1929. Singer.

She graduated from GITIS in 1956 with a degree in musical comedy theater artist. She made her debut as a soloist in the orchestra of the Central House of Culture of Railway Workers, headed by D. Pokrass. In 1957 - 1958 - singer of the Oryol Regional Philharmonic. For two years, Brzhevskaya performed with E. Rosner's orchestra. In 1960 - 1989 - soloist of VGKO and Mosconcert.

Possessing good vocal abilities and an original creative personality, Irina Brzhevskaya became one of the leading pop singers in the country in the 60s and 70s. She was the first to perform and record A. Pakhmutova’s song (with words by S. Grebennikov and N. Dobronravov) “Geologists”.

“Moscow Windows” by T. Khrennikov and “Good Evenings on the Ob” by A. Fattah were popular in her performances for a long time. With “Moscow Windows”, accompanied by the orchestra directed by Yu. Silantiev, she traveled to Dresden in 1964, where she became a laureate of the pop song festival.

Brzhevskaya's repertoire included works by M. Blanter, A. Zatsepin, E. Ptichkin, V. Levashov, V. Shainsky and others. The singer recorded about 400 songs on the radio alone.

Honored Artist of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1976) and the RSFSR (1978).

Brodskaya Nina

Nina Alexandrovna Brodskaya was born in 1949. Singer.

She began singing in 1965 in Eddie Rosner's orchestra.

It seems like just yesterday we heard Nina Brodskaya perform A. Zatsepin’s dynamic song “The January Blizzard is Ringing” (from the film “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession”), or E. Kolmanovsky’s lyrical song “You Tell Me About Love” (“One Snowflake” It’s not snowing yet..."), or songs by D. Tukhmanov. Her clear, ringing voice still rings in my ears and I can’t believe at all that its owner has been living in the USA for twenty years now, where she left, despite success, numerous tours and the love of the audience.

Bunchikov Vladimir

Bunchikov Vladimir Aleksandrovich (Abramovich) - pop singer - born in 1902.

Bunchikov was born in the city of Yekaterinoslav in Ukraine. He graduated from the Music College in Dnepropetrovsk in 1929 with O. Tarlovskaya. He continued his studies in Leningrad with Kastorsky. Since 1929 - soloist of the Workers' Opera in Dnepropetrovsk. Since 1931 he worked at the Moscow Musical Theater. IN AND. Nemirovich-Danchenko. Since 1934, he recorded on records (with the jazz of V. Kandelaki, the pop orchestra of V. Knushevitsky, the song ensemble of the All-Union Radio under B. Alexandrov). The repertoire includes songs by Soviet composers: “Migratory Birds Are Flying” and “Sad Willows” by M. Blanter, “Song about a Lantern” by Dm. Shostakovich, “Lyrical Waltz” by E. Zharkovsky, “White-winged Gulls” by D. Pritzker, “Hear Me, Good One” by V. Solovyov-Sedoy.

In 1942 - 1967 - soloist of the All-Union Radio. V. Bunchikov performed many songs in a duet with V. Nechaev, whom he met during the war. The happy combination of two voices - the lyrical baritone Bunchikov and the tenor Nechaev - enriched their vocal palette and enhanced the emotional impact on the listener. Performed by the duo, who worked on the stage for a quarter of a century, such works as “Evening on the roadstead” by V. Solovyov-Sedoy, “We are people of great flight” by B. Mokrousov, “Rain” and “You, me, and we” became popular in the past. with you" N. Bogoslovsky.

In 1944 he was awarded the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR

Bul-Bul ogly Polad

Bul-Bul ogly Polad was born in 1945 in Baku (Azerbaijan) in the family of the great Azerbaijani singer, the founder of Azerbaijani professional vocal art, musicologist, professor Bul-bul.

The creative and professional image of Polad Bulbul oglu was formed at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov in the composition class of the outstanding composer Kara Garayev.

Even during his student years, the musician's creative inclinations were determined - a craving for modern music, for clarity and nobility of form.

For many years he performed as a singer and composer, actively promoting Azerbaijani musical culture. He led pop groups of the republic. As an artist, he toured the entire Soviet Union with concerts and visited more than 70 countries around the world. Polad Bulbul ogly created a whole trend in Soviet pop music, combining modern rhythms and harmonies with bright national melodicism, which became an example to follow for the next generation of musicians.

Polad Bulbul oglu starred in leading roles in films that became incredibly popular. Wrote music for more than 20 films. Thanks to his participation in numerous music programs and television programs, Polad Bulbul oglu became a TV star of the first magnitude. And it is no coincidence that he became the only representative of Azerbaijani culture, in whose honor a star was unveiled on the “Star Square” in Moscow in February 2000.

The compositional creativity of Polad Bulbul ogly is diverse. His creative work includes major symphonic works, chamber instrumental music, musicals, vocal cycles, music for films and dramatic performances. Particular success was brought to him by the songs performed by both famous singers of the country and himself.

Polad Bulbul ogly - Doctor of Art History at the National Creative Academy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, honorary professor at the Azerbaijan University of Culture and Art, full member of the International Humanitarian Academy "Europe-Asia". In 2000 he was awarded the academic title of professor.

Vedishcheva Aida

Vedishcheva Aida Semenovea was born in 1941. Singer.

My memory immediately takes me back to those years, which seem inconvenient to talk about without the prefix “retro.” Let me remind the reader of the following associative series: “Song about Bears” (“Somewhere in the White World...”) from “Prisoner of the Caucasus”, the heart-tugging “Forest Deer” from the children’s film “Oh, That Nastya”, tango parody (“You see, the heart is dying”) from “The Diamond Arm”... Bright, light, kind songs. They were sung by Aida Vedishcheva. She also performed for the first time many songs by V. Shainsky (“Chunga-Changa”, “Be the same”, “Funny Boy”, “Ah, Natasha”), R. Mayorov (“Don’t Be Born Beautiful”), A. Pakhmutova, Ya. Frenkel, B. Savelyev, S. Pozhlakov, A. Zatsepin. Her debut took place in the early 60s. She had an innate sense of variety and therefore was her own artistic director, playwright, and director.

In the late 70s, A. Vedishcheva emigrated to the USA. By this time, the singer was fairly “graduated”: a laureate of the All-Union Pop Song Competition, a diploma winner at the Sopot Festival, and a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize. Aida Vedishcheva now lives in Los Angeles. He sings various fragments from popular musicals, not forgetting, of course, the Russian repertoire (old romances like “Coachman, Don’t Drive the Horses”).

Velikanova Gelena

Gelena Martselievna Velikanova was born in 1922.

Having received a musical education and graduated from the All-Union Studio of Variety Art in the class of O. N. Androvskaya, the singer came to the stage at the very beginning of the 50s. Since 1950 - soloist of the Mosconcert.

Among the first songs she sang were works by Soviet and foreign composers: “I’m having fun” by V. Shainsky, “Letter to Mother” by L. Lyadova and hits - the Romanian “Marinike”, the French “The Return of the Sailor”, “Little Marie”. There was also a place for the satirical song “A Familiar Portrait of a Stranger” and the children’s song “Photographer at the Zoo” and others. This, frankly speaking, motley set did not allow one to judge the direction of the singer’s repertoire; rather, it was a statement, as if intended to show that Velikanova could do anything. The singer seemed to be concerned not with the harmony of the program, but with the opportunity to reveal her skills, demonstrate artistry, and mastery of various stage means.

The latter circumstance was favorably noted by critics. The review, apparently the first to appear in Moskovsky Komsomolets (the singer at that time was the same age as most of the newspaper’s readers), said: “The combination of a pleasant voice with a subtle, thoughtful performance, the ability to quickly transform into created images, and most importantly - excitement , with which she performs her rich and varied repertoire, is the key to Gelena Velikanova’s success.”

The singer's success increased when she turned to songs that revealed deep human feelings, with a strong civic content. These were “On the Mound” by A. Petrov - Y. Drunina, “To a Friend” by P. Todorovsky - G. Pozhenyan. Yesenin’s “Maple” and his “You Sing Me This Song” became evidence of the singer’s rebirth, as it were, of her acquiring true mastery, in which a high level became a mark not only of her performance, but also of what the singer sang.

In 1992, she was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia.

Together with the songs of Mark Bernes, the lyrics of Gelena Velikanova, as well as the targeted programs of Eduard Khil, which we talked about, thematic concerts of Joseph Kobzon, appear as a significant phenomenon of the modern stage.

Vinogradov Georgy

Georgy Pavlovich Vinogradov was born in 1908.

He began his singing career in the choir of one of the churches in Kazan, where the Vinogradov family then lived. Then participation in the amateur activities of the railway workers' club, studying at telegraph operational courses, working at the city telegraph station. In 1931, he entered the 4th year of the workers' faculty and at the same time became a volunteer student of Eastern Music. College of Kazan, where he studies in class. violin and viola.

After workers' school, Vinogradov entered the Moscow Military Academy of Communications. During this period, he became seriously interested in music and singing, and a meeting with conservatory professor N.G. Raisky radically changed his life plans. He breaks up with the Academy. As a native of Kazan, he was accepted into the newly created Tatar Opera Studio at the conservatory. Here his mentor was also an experienced teacher M.L. Lvov, consultant to vocalists of the All-Union Radio Committee. He invited the aspiring artist to try his hand at the First All-Union. vocal competition. The creative competition took place at the end of 1938 - beginning of 1939. Vano Muradeli wrote then in “Evening Moscow”: “The last round of the vocal competition began yesterday in the Great Hall of the Conservatory with a performance by the soloist of the All-Union Radio Committee G.P. Vinogradova. This young singer (lyric tenor) is endowed with many wonderful qualities. First of all, he is a smart singer who knows his vocal resources well and never tries to go beyond the limits of his capabilities...

He is always faithful to his artistic flair, does not force the sound, does not thicken it.

The second feature of his talent is his subtle understanding of the work he performs and a wide variety of shades.

Vinogradov is undoubtedly a chamber singer.”

The title of laureate gives him popularity. He becomes a soloist of the State Jazz of the USSR (artistic director V. Knushevitsky), records on records, and tours around the country. During the war years, he worked in the front-line brigade of the People's Commissariat of Defense, and then became a soloist of the Red Banner Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army. It was in the performance of Georgy Vinogradov that the songs of M. Blanter “In the forest near the front”, “In the city garden”, “Golden Wheat” and “Katyusha”, V. Solovyov-Sedoy - “Nightingales”, I. Dunaevsky - “School Waltz” and “Waltz Evening”, works by N. Bogoslovsky, B. Mok-rousov, S. Katz. He was a master of performing song tangos, and his “My Happiness” (E. Rosenfeld) will probably forever remain in our history as a sound lyrical image of the era of the 30s.

In the last years of his life, G. Vinogradov taught at the All-Russian Pop Art Workshop.

Honored artist of the RSFSR (1949).

Voronets Olga

Olga Borisovna Voronets was born in 1926.

She graduated from the opera studio in the Sokolnichesky district of Moscow. She made her debut in 1946 in the jazz and pop orchestra of the Central Police Club as a performer of owl songs. composers. Since 1956 - soloist of Mosestrada.

A meeting at one of the concerts with the famous trio of accordion players (A. Kuznetsov, Y. Popkov, A. Danilov) led to a complete change of genre: Voronets “switched” to Russian folk songs.

Considerable credit for the singer’s creative development belongs to Irma Jaunzem, who not only shared her experience of working in the same genre, but also helped the young artist in shaping her repertoire. Distinctive features of Voronets' creative individuality are the rigor of her vocal pattern, internal dramatic fullness, and a wide range of vocal abilities. Her interpretations of long-sung songs such as “Valyonok” or “Charming Eyes”, as well as works that were rarely heard on the stage, are original and fresh in her performance: “Luchinushka”, “Once I Stung a Stripe”, “Far, Far the Steppe Gone Beyond the Volga” etc. She also developed a purely “her own” repertoire from the works of contemporary composers who worked or are working in the genre of folk songs: “White Snow”, “Where can I get such a song”, “Sleigh”, “Russian Mothers” (all belong to composer G. Ponomarenko); “The Daisies Hidden,” “Sweet Berry” (both by E. Ptichkin), “Semyonovna” (E. Barybin), etc.

Nar. artist of the RSFSR (1978).

German Anna

Anna German was born in Central Asia in 1936.

She practically did not remember her father - when she was two years old, he was arrested and sent to a camp, where he died. Soon Anna's younger brother died of illness. After that, she and her mother had to wander a lot - they lived in Novosibirsk, Tashkent, Dzhambul, where the war found them. According to her mother, it was from numerous moves that Anna tore her heart out.

In 1946, Anna's mother remarried and they left for Poland. Anna went to school there. The girl was especially good at languages ​​- she knew Russian, Dutch, and Italian well. She drew beautifully. Then she started singing.

After graduating from school, Anna applied to the Faculty of Geology. But, after studying for six years, I didn’t go into geology - I chose a song. She soon became the first Polish singer to achieve huge success on the stage of the Olympia in Paris, at the Sanremo Festival in 1967. Then she almost died in a car accident.

In the 70s, A. German captivated Soviet listeners by performing a whole range of various hits: “Hope”, “When the Gardens Bloomed”, “We are a long echo of each other”, “Shine, burn my star”, etc. In 1975 she had a son, who was named Zbyshek. But she never managed to truly enjoy motherhood. In the early 80s, she was diagnosed with cancer. Knowing this, Anna went on her last tour - to Australia.

When she returned, she went to the hospital. There she underwent three complex operations. They say that in those days she looked like an 8-year-old child. However, it was not possible to save Anna German.

Gulyaev Yuri

Gulyaev Yuri Alexandrovich was born in 1930.

Graduated from the Sverdlovsk Conservatory in vocal class. His stage career began at the Sverdlovsk Opera and Ballet Theater as Morales in Bizet's Carmen. He worked in the opera houses of Donetsk and Klev. In 1975 - 1986 - soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR.

Gulyaev’s main creative achievements are related to opera, but the artist’s second love was the stage. Actually, here we observe the same split in the creative personality that I. Kozlovsky “suffered” from earlier, and then M. Magomaev.

Gulyaev had his own difficulties in the song genre. He once admitted: “It’s difficult to sing a song, you have to find a way to it - sing simply, naturally, humanly. After all, it happens that a person sings who doesn’t even have a voice, but he is able to create the image of a song and captivates listeners more than another first-class vocalist. How expressively sang, for example, Mark Bernes, a dramatic artist, not an operatic one..."

Gulyaev could not completely overcome the well-trainedness of an exemplary opera performer on the stage. “Academicism” clearly dominated his performance of A. Pakhmutova’s Gagarin cycle (“Hugging the Sky,” “You Know What Kind of Guy He Was,” etc.). But he seduced many with his interpretation of the songs “I’m blowing into the sky,” “Because of the island to the core,” “Russian Field,” “Wait for me,” “At a nameless height.” The organizers of various kinds of official concerts liked the way he sang “Buchenwald Alarm” by V. Muradeli.

People's Artist of the USSR (1968), State Prize of the USSR (1975).

Zakharov Sergey

Sergei Georgievich Zakharov was born in 1950 in Ukraine, in the city of Nikolaev.

His father was a military man and the family often had to move.

In the city of Baikonur in Kazakhstan, Sergei graduated from an eight-year school and entered a radio engineering college. His musical abilities clearly manifested themselves during his service in the army, where he was a company singer. The promising army soloist was first sent to the Song and Dance Ensemble "Friendship" of the House of the Soviet Army of the Central Asian Military District, and in 1971 he was demobilized ahead of schedule and sent to Moscow to continue his musical education. In Moscow, Sergei Zakharov studied for two years at the musical comedy department of the Gnessin Music School, in the class of Margarita Iosifovna Landa, and then graduated from the vocal department of the Leningrad Mussorgsky Music School.

Since 1972, Zakharov has been a soloist of the State Variety Orchestra conducted by Leonid Utesov.

From 1973 to 1985 - soloist of the Leningrad Music Hall.

His first tour with the Music Hall in Moscow is constantly sold out. S. Zakharov’s “star” rose incredibly quickly. The appearance of a young singer with a baritone of rare beauty, a soft, soulful singing style and a bright artistic appearance attracted everyone's attention. The doors of concert halls, radio and television studios opened wide for the artist, and Leningrad and capital composers began to create their works for him. And in the summer of 1974, Sergei Zakharov won two victories at once at the largest European competitions “Golden Orpheus” and “Sopot-74”. Actively expanding his repertoire, he conducted extensive concert activities in our country and abroad - in Germany, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Poland.

“Sergei Zakharov is a unique phenomenon in the art of music. I am sure that new prizes, new awards at international festivals and competitions await this singer...” - these are the words of the most popular Polish singer at that time, Jerzy Polomski.

Later, Sergei Zakharov was awarded several more top awards at international competitions: in Dresden and Zielona Gora, “Bratislava Lyre”, “Golden Nightingale” in Buenos Aires. His participation in the television musical film “Sky Swallows”, in which he played the main role, also brought him wide popularity in our country. For the young singer this was an unprecedented achievement at the time.

Lyrical songs performed by Sergei Zakharov entered the golden fund of the Soviet stage. Later, his attention turned more and more to the most lyrical vocal genre - romance, especially the ancient one. “Zakharov’s performance of ancient romances,” the critic writes, “is filled with such sincerity of experience that they are perceived as complete dramatic miniatures.”

Another characteristic feature of Zakharov’s work is his appeal to musical classics. His concerts include romances by Tchaikovsky, arias from operas by Rubinstein, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, fragments from the operettas "Maritza", "Circus Princess", "Silva", "The Bells of Corneville."

In 1988, Sergei Zakharov's creative successes were noted by awarding him the honorary title "Honored Artist of the RSFSR", and in 1996 he rightfully became People's Artist of Russia. But the improvement of his skill continues, and year after year his art becomes more mature and perfect.

In recent years, the singer has created large concert programs: “Favorite Melodies”, “I Loved You...”, “Russian Romances and Songs”, “Centripetal Force”, “On the Fragile Keys of the Soul”, “Academic Russian Romance”, “And waltz, song, and romance...", "Evening bells!.." and others.

People's Artist of Russia Sergei Zakharov is one of the outstanding singers of modern domestic and foreign pop music.

The singer toured 41 countries around the world, including the UK, USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Israel, Latin America, Austria; He has performed repeatedly at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall, and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.

Awarded the International Order "For the Increase of Good on Earth" number 41. The Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was established in 1996 and was almost immediately included in the UNESCO awards register.

Awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.

Zykina Lyudmila

Zykina Lyudmila Georgievna was born in 1929.

She graduated from the music school named after. Ippolitov-Ivanov and the Institute named after. Gnessins (1977). The beginning of her professional career dates back to 1947, when Zykina competed in the Russian Folk Choir. Pyatnitsky. Three years later, due to a serious illness, her voice almost disappeared. The Pyatnitsky Choir, where she learned the basics and secrets of Russian song, had to leave. For some time she worked at the First Model Printing House, almost forgetting about her former hobby. And only a chance meeting (however, is it really so chance?) with N. Kutuzov, the director of the Russian Folk Song Choir of the All-Union Radio and Television, returns her to the fold of vocal art. Since 1960, Zykina has been a soloist of the Mosconcert, and since 1977 she has been the artistic director of the Rossiya ensemble.

Somewhere I had to read that Zykina created on the stage the image of a majestic, proud and wise Russian woman. It's hard to disagree with this. The Lord rewarded Zykina with a noble Russian appearance and a strong and richly timbre voice. She sings broadly and artlessly, in the style of Ruslanova, but her generous vocal abilities and natural intuition help the artist to comprehend the soul and beauty of Russian song and convey them to the modern listener. There are simply canonical examples of her work: “Thin Rowan Tree,” “Steppe and Steppe All Around,” “Mother, Mother, It’s Dusty in the Field.” Many works of Soviet composers performed by Zykina acquired epicness and restraint, taking on the “deceptive” form of the good old Russian song: “Ryazan Madonnas” by D. Dolukhanyan, “From afar the Volga River flows for a long time” by M. Fradkin, “Green Willow Tree” and “Orenburg Shawl” G. Ponomarenko and others.

For a long time, Zykina was considered a performer only of “folk” works. Viktor Bokov has a story about how the artist tried to record A. Ekimyan’s song “And Love Is Still Alive.” The song didn’t go well, Zykina was nervous, and finally declared decisively: “I won’t sing! This is a romance. This is not a song." However, time passed, and the singer, already with the ensemble “Russia”, recorded on records not only such things as “Birch Tree”, “On the Hills of Manchuria”, “Autumn Dream”, but also romances that were by no means typical of the nature of her work: “Asters” autumn" (N. Kharito - S. Gray), "No, not you" (A. Shishkin - M. Lermontov), ​​"Quiet, everything is quiet" (T. Tolstaya), "Beggar" (A. Alyabyev - P. Beranger), “Don’t Ask” (V. Paskhalov - A. Tolstoy).

Winner of the Lenin Prize (1970). People's Artist of the USSR (1973). State Prize of the RSFSR (1983). Hero of Socialist Labor (1987). In addition to these awards, she also has immeasurable national gratitude, which was very important even during the period of stagnation.

The eighties were a very interesting period for Russian show business. Soviet foundations gradually ceased to operate, and extraordinary and talented young men - singers of the 80s, Russians - appeared on the stage. The list can be continued almost endlessly. It is also interesting that real masters and representatives of the new stage often met on the same stage. Also during these years there was a flourishing of rock culture, which had previously been within strict limits.

Legends of the stage

The founders of modern pop music were the singers of the 70s and 80s (Russian). Their list includes well-known names:

1. Vladimir Presnyakov (senior) in the late 70s made a dizzying career in the Gems group. In 1987, he left the big stage to help his son take his first steps in show business.
2. In the 80s, Valery Leontyev dressed more modestly, but he was already famous thanks to his collaboration with Raymond Pauls. At the end of the decade, sales of Valery's sound carriers broke all records.
3. The peak of Lev Leshchenko’s career was the closing of the Olympics in Moscow. Not many singers of the 80s (Russian), the list of which is almost limitless, can boast of such an honor.

Other worthy performers of that time can be included in the same list. Joseph Davydovich Kobzon, for example, by the eighties had already become a vocal teacher and was releasing records with recordings of retro songs, but the peak of his career came in the seventies.

Forgotten Artists

Some Russian singers of the 80s, a list of which will be given below, are now unreasonably forgotten:

1. In the late eighties, the USSR was shocked by a group in which a pupil of the orphanage, Yuri Shatunov, performed. His colleague Andrei Razin competently promoted the project, using rumors, doubles and other techniques. Many years later, Yuri was never able to repeat his former success.
2. Viktor Saltykov performed as part of the Electroclub group in the eighties, but he is more often known as the father of Irina Saltykova.
3. Sergei Minaev became the founder of discos and the club movement; today few people remember him.

These performers were consigned to oblivion only because of the rapidly changing stage of that time. The Russian singers of the 80s did not expect such a fate. The list of forgotten stars of the 90s will be much longer, since many then performed one hit and disappeared. Now stars of the 80s and 90s often perform at nostalgic concerts dedicated to that time.

Representatives of rock clubs

The singers of the 80s (Russian) are not all forgotten. The list of men who performed in the genre of rock music consists only of cult personalities who are still active on stage:

1. Vladimir Kuzmin began his career in the late 70s in the Carnival group, but reached the peak of popularity in the 80s with the Dynamik group. He began to be recognized in every home in 1986, when he performed in a duet with Alla Pugacheva. In 2017, he presented the album “Roker-3. Closing of the season."
2. Valery Kipelov began his career in the group “Leisya Pesnya” in 1980. When the team did not pass the state program and closed, he was invited to the Aria group. Since 1985, he performed there. In 2017, he performed at “Invasion” with his own group “Kipelov”, which was created in 2002, when Valery left his previous team due to disagreements.
3. Yuri Shevchuk became famous thanks to his hits “Rain”, “Autumn”, “That’s all...”. Since 1980 he has been the leader of the DDT group. He is distinguished by opposition views and does not accept any government. In 2017, he became the headliner of the “Invasion” festival, performed for 2.5 hours and was well received by the public.
4. The following singers of the 80-90s became an unusual phenomenon for the stage. The list of “Russian cult rockers of the 80s” is completed by two performers: the Samoilov brothers - Vadim and Gleb. Not long ago, their creative paths diverged, Gleb became the leader of the Matrixx group and in 2017 will delight the public with a new album, and Vadim is the President's Plenipotentiary Envoy. He regularly performs at Russian venues and has participated in concerts in Syria and Donbass. In recent times, the Saimolovs performed in the style of “rock decadence”, which is why they differ from those listed above.

The eighties became a golden age for Russian rock. Most of the idols of even modern fans of this genre came from this period. The list of singers can include Grebenshchikov, Shklyarsky, Makarevich, Kinchev and many others.

Lost Talents

The listed lists cannot be considered complete, since they do not contain two surnames - Tsoi and Talkov. Probably, these singers would be more popular than others, because now their songs are remembered with special warmth. For many fans of their work, it is sad that both performers died tragically at the height of their careers. Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident, and Igor Talkov was shot dead behind the scenes of a concert hall in the early nineties.

Tsoi was known as the herald of perestroika. His songs became iconic for many; indeed, the youth of the USSR wanted “change.” Igor Talkov was also a singer of perestroika; his songs were performed during the GKChP putsch. They were more lyrical than Victor's. Talkov’s most famous songs are “Chistye Prudy” and “I’ll be back.”