May 22, 1913
In St. Petersburg, in the family of an official and a landowner, he was born Nikita Bogoslovsky - an outstanding composer, conductor, joker and master of practical jokes.
Our cars are even worse than the government Well-mannered people leave presentations hungry. Don't believe rumors until they are officially denied.
His musical talent became apparent in childhood: at 8, he composed his first waltz, which he dedicated to Leonid Utesov's daughter—he simply didn't have the money to buy a gift.
By the age of 15, he had already become known to the general public: the Leningrad Musical Comedy Theatre staged his operetta. However, the usherette refused to let the composer into the premiere because he was too young.
How I love the combination of the pleasant and the useless
At 24, he wrote the music for the film "Treasure Island," which earned him nationwide fame. He then composed music for songs that became hits: "Favorite City" and "The Dark Mounds Sleep."
During the war, he composed the music for the legendary hits "Dark Night", "Barges Full of Mullet", "Lizaveta", and "Soldier's Waltz".
In total, he created more than 300 songs, 8 symphonies, 3 operas, 17 operettas, as well as music for 119 films and 80 plays.
He hosted entertainment programs on radio and TV and was one of the founders of the popular program “Club of the Merry and Resourceful,” which was initially called “Evening of Merry Questions.”
But someone once called Baba Yaga a daughter
He was a music critic. Not always insightful. In 1964, he addressed The Beatles from the pages of a newspaper:
I'm willing to bet that you'll last another year or year and a half, and then young people with even more stupid hairstyles and wild voices will appear, and it will all be over.
He had a wonderful sense of humor and loved jokes and pranks. He was married four times.
There was love without a signature, separation will be without a seal The higher the unemployment rate, the more frequently new public holidays arise.
He lived to be 91 years old, never becoming an old man, remaining an elderly gentleman. He died on April 4, 2004, in his sleep.
It's tiring to live for a long time without a break Even bad artists over 80 are called "living legends"
