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“The boy wants to go to Tambov” is the visiting card of the Russian singer Murat Nasyrov. His life was cut short when Murat Nasyrov was at the peak of his popularity. The star of Murat Nasyrov lit up on the Soviet stage very quickly. For a couple of years of musical activity, he was able to achieve some success. Today, the name of Murat Nasyrov sounds like a legend to most music lovers […]

Dan Balan has come a long way from an unknown Moldovan artist to an international star. Many did not believe that the young performer could succeed in music. And now he performs on the same stage with singers such as Rihanna and Jesse Dylan. Balan's talent could "freeze" without developing. The young boy's parents were interested […]

The combination is a Soviet and then Russian pop group, founded in 1988 in Saratov by the talented Alexander Shishinin. The musical group, which consisted of attractive soloists, became a real sex symbol of the USSR. The voices of the vocalists came from apartments, cars and discos. It is rare that a musical group can boast of the fact that […]

Ezra Michael Koenig is an American musician, singer, songwriter, radio host, and screenwriter, well known as the co-founder, vocalist, guitarist, and pianist of the American rock band Vampire Weekend. He started composing music around the age of 10. Together with his friend Wes Miles, with whom he created the experimental group "The Sophisticuffs". Right from the moment […]

Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov is a Soviet and Russian rock artist, leader and founder of such popular bands as Nautilus Pompilius and Yu-Piter. In addition to writing hits for musical groups, Butusov wrote music for cult Russian films. Childhood and youth of Vyacheslav Butusov Vyacheslav Butusov was born in the small village of Bugach, which is located near Krasnoyarsk. Family […]

Alexander Serov - Soviet and Russian singer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation. He deserved the title of a sex symbol, which he manages to maintain even now. The endless novels of the singer add a drop of oil to the fire. In the winter of 2019, Daria Druzyak, a former participant in the reality show Dom-2, announced that she was expecting a child from Serov. Musical compositions by Alexander […]