Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Utyosov

Infobox musical artist
Name = Leonid Utyosov


Img_capt = Utyosov in "Jolly Fellows" (1934).
Background = solo_singer
Birth name = Leyzer (Lazar) Vaysbeyn
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Born = birth date|1895|03|21
Origin = Odessa, Russian Empire
Died = death date and age|1982|03|09|1895|03|21
Moscow, USSR
Genre = Jazz
Chanson
Occupation = Singer, actor
Instrument = Vocals
Years_active =
Label =
URL =
imdb_id = 0882607

Leonid Osipovich Utyosov ( _ru. Леонид Осипович Утёсов; real name - Leyzer (Lazar) Vaysbeyn, or Weissbein, _ru. Лазарь (Лейзер) Иосифович Ва(й)сбейн, OldStyleDate|21 March|1895|March 9 in, Odessa - 9 March 1982, Moscow) was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR (1965).

Biography

Leonid Utyosov was brought up in Odessa and attended the Faig School of Commerce, from which he dropped out and joined the Borodanov Circus troupe as an acrobat. He started his stage career in 1911 in Kremenchug, then returned to Odessa, changed his artistic name to Leonid Utyosov, and performed as a stand up comedian with the Rosanov troupe and with the Rishelyavsky Theattre. In 1917, he won a singing competition in Gomel, Belarus, then performed in Moscow.

In the 1920s he moved to Leningrad and set up one of the first Soviet jazz bands. In Leningrad he began collaboration with the popular composer Isaak Dunayevsky, which became quintessential for both artists. At that time, Utyosov gathered a band of best musicians available in Leningrad, and created a style of his own - a jazz show with a stand up comedy, which blended several styles, ranging from Russian folk songs to a variety of international cosmopolitan genres. In 1928 Utyosov made a concert tour in Europe and attended performances of American jazz bands, which influenced his own style. During the 1930s Utyosov and his band named "Tea-Jazz" (which means Theatrical Jazz) had a regular gig at the Marble Hall of the Kirov Palace of Culture in Leningrad. Utyosov's jazz band also performed at the Leningrad Maly Opera theatre, at the "Svoboda -teatr" and at the Leningrad Music Hall. In his performances Utyosov delivered a variety of musical styles, including such genres as American jazz, Argentine tango, French chanson, upbeat dance, and the Russian folk music.

His popularity was on the rise in the 1930s when he co-starred with Lyubov Orlova in the comedy "Jolly Fellows". In it, Utyosov performed such hits as "Serdtse", "Me and My Masha at the Samovar" and "Tired Sun", also known in English as "Burnt by the Sun" (revived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a theme for his eponymous Oscar-winning movie). During the Second World War, Utyosov performed at the front lines, helping lift the spirits of the Russian soldiers fighting against the Nazis. On the Victory Day (May 9, 1945) he performed on Sverdlov Square in Moscow.

His rendition of the popular song "Shalandy" (also known as "Boats full of mallet") by composer Nikita Bogoslovsky, was expremely popular in Russia, albeit the song was banned by the Soviet authorities. During the 1950s and 1960s, Utyosov was censored by the Soviet authorities, and his performances were limited. He lived in Moscow for the rest of his life, albeit in many of his songs Utyosov alluded to his native town of Odessa, where a monument to him was opened in 2000.

Filmography

*Karyera spirki shpandyrya (1926)
*Vesyolye rebyata (1934) .... Kostya Potekhin
*Kontsert frontu (1942) (unconfirmed)

ee also

*Pyotr Leshchenko
*Mark Bernes
*Klavdiya Shulzhenko
*List of Jewish musicians

External links

*imdb|0882607|Leonid Utyosov
* [http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/Photo_Album/Stamps/leonid_utyosov.htm English biography]
* [http://utesovsongs.narod.ru/other.htm Russian biography]
* [http://www.2odessa.com/wiki/index.php?title=Deribasovskaya_Park#Leonid_Osipovich_Utyosov_monument Monument in Odessa, Ukraine to Utyosov]
* [http://mlmusic.38th.ru/ in Russian, see items 277-287 for Utyosov's songs]


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