Sergey Alexandrovich Drozdov ( January 28, 1955 , Gomel Region , BSSR , USSR - November 18, 2012 , Tambov , Russia ) - singer, guitarist, soloist of the vocal-instrumental ensemble "Blue Bird" from 1974 to 1988. He gained fame in the 1970s as the first performer of the lyrical-romantic hits popular in the USSR “Where the maple makes noise ...”, “You can’t dream of me”, “I am coming to meet you”, “White ship”. According to the "Russian newspaper", Drozdov was one of the recognizable voices in the Soviet Union [1] .
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| Birth name | Sergey Alexandrovich Drozdov |
| Date of Birth | January 28, 1955 |
| Place of Birth | Milcha village, Gomel district , BSSR , USSR |
| Date of death | November 18, 2012 (57 years old) |
| A place of death | Tambov , Russia |
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| A country |  USSR →  Russia |
| Professions | singer , composer , poet |
| Genres | stage |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 2.1 Amateur
- 2.2 Professional scene
- 3 Family
- 4 Disease and death
- 5 notes
Biography
Born and raised in the village of Milcha near Gomel ( Belarus ) in the family of a factory worker and a kindergarten cook. Grandmother conveyed love to the song to 5-year-old Sergey. He graduated from a music school in the balalaika class, studied at the Gomel Music College named after N.F. Sokolovsky. He did not serve in the army, by his own admission, because of problems with stuttering [2] . He worked in amateur art in Gomel , played dancing, sang in the VIA "We, You and Guitars" and "Voices of Polesye" [3] . Laureate of city and republican competitions. In 1974, the creators of the Kuibyshev ensemble " Blue Bird " brothers Mikhail and Robert Bolotny invited a young gifted performer to the team. Having a unique timbre of Drozdov’s voice (lead vocals, guitar, bass) was the most characteristic vocalist of the ensemble and gave the Blue Bird a vivid and memorable sound [4] .
After marriage in 1977, he moved to his wife in Tambov, where he lived the rest of his life. Always dreamed of a solo career. Due to the lack of television broadcasts in the Soviet era, the public knew little in Drozdov’s face, the name of the soloist in television broadcasts was not called then [5] .
As part of the ensemble recorded more than 80% of the entire repertoire. 46 songs performed solo [4] .
In the 1970-1980s, the group gathered in the cities of three stadiums per day [6] .
As part of a popular group in the USSR, Drozdov performed romantic-love hits, among them “Where the Maple Noises ...” (a song to the music of Yuri Akulov and the words of Leonid Shishko in 1964 was first performed by Lyudmila Zykina , but her version did not become popular [7 ] ), “Mom’s record”, “I’m coming to meet you”, “At the crossroads”, “So what are you!”, “Bitter!” And many others that became widely known and recognizable in the USSR thanks to the unique voice of Drozdov [6] .
In 1984 he graduated in absentia from the Tambov branch of the Moscow State Institute of Culture with a degree in conductor and orchestra.
In 1991, after returning from touring the USA, the ensemble began to take a long break, the artists were no longer going to the previous line-up [1] . He tried to start a solo career [8] .
In 1999, he made his first attempt to revive the creative team - together with the new artistic director Alexei Komarov, with the consent and approval of one of the founders of the ensemble Robert Bolotny. However, in 2002, Sergey left the group in order to devote himself to a solo career [8] .
In 2002, he founded the group “The Blue Bird of Sergey Drozdov”. The group has been touring with varying success throughout the country and abroad (Belarus, Ukraine, Germany). From the “golden” composition of the ensemble, Drozdov periodically attracted the soloist Sergei Levkin (1951-2006) [9] and the permanent guitarist Vladimir Gaponov. On October 30, 2006, a concert “Golden Voices of the Blue Bird” was held in St. Petersburg: Sergey Drozdov, Sergey Lyovkin, Svetlana Lazareva . Five days after the concert, Levkin passed away.
In 2010-2011, Drozdov recorded 15 new songs, which he composed [6] .
He performed with tours in more than 40 countries of the world - from Bulgaria to Cambodia and Seychelles [8] .
Creativity
Albums: [10]
- 1999 - It is impossible to live without love;
- 2004 - We are 25 again;
- 2007 - I'll be with you;
- 2010 - The blues of my soul;
- 2013 - Last
- 2015 - Afterword [7]
Amateur
1972 - Laureate of the competition "Hello, we are looking for talent" (Moscow), mastered the bass guitar.
Professional Scene
- 1973 - 1974 - Gorky Philharmonic, VIA Sovremennik
- 1974 - 1988 - Kuibyshev, Philharmonic, VIA "Blue Bird"
- 1974 - Recording of the song “Where the Maple Noises”. Bass, lead vocalist
- 1976 - Tour on the BAM
- 1978 - Laureate of the All-Union Pop Art Competition
- 1979 - Laureate of the international competition "Bratislava Lira" (Czechoslovakia)
- 1980 - Laureate of the competition "Allen Mack" (Bulgaria)
- 1981 - Tours in Angola
- 1985 - Member of the World Festival of Youth and Students (Moscow)
- 1985 - Concerts for internationalist warriors in Afghanistan: Kabul, Shindant, Kandahar, Jalalabad
- 1985 - Tours: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
- 1985 - Tours: Tanzania, Kenya, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Congo, Benin, Togo
- 1986 - The Rock in the Struggle for Peace Festival, Sokolova (Czechoslovakia)
- 1987 - Festival of Soviet-Indian friendship
- 1988 - Concerts for internationalist warriors in Afghanistan: Kabul, Bagram, Herat
- 1989 - After leaving the “Blue Bird” - vocalist of the Red Square group (formerly “Galaxy”). Tours in Germany
- 1990 - Tours in the USA
- 1991 —1998 - Solo career, recording in studios, release of a magnetic album
- 1999 - First attempt to revive the legendary ensemble
- 2002 - Creation of the group “The Blue Bird of Sergey Drozdov” [4] [3] .
Family
Sergey Drozdov’s wife, Irina (born 1955), a choreographer, worked as a lighting artist in the ensemble, and later accompanied her husband on tour as an administrator. Lived together for 35 years.
Daughter Alyona (b. 1981), granddaughter of Alice (b. 6.4.2011) [6] .
Sergei Drozdov lived in Tambov on Naberezhnaya Street, in 14a building. In memory of the original artist, a memorial plaque was installed on the house with the words of his most popular song “Where the Maple Noises over the River Wave ...”. He was friends with Vyacheslav Malezhik , both singers were related by a common lyrical-romantic role in a pop song [7] .
He was fond of fishing .
Sickness and death
In February 2012, doctors diagnosed Sergei with a serious illness - lung cancer. The singer went through five courses of chemotherapy, but the disease was stronger [5] . His last concert was in May in Dusseldorf .
He died on November 18, 2012 at his home in Tambov. He was buried at the Tambov Don Cemetery [6] [11] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 The Blue Bird soloist Sergey Drozdov - Anton Valagin - Russian newspaper - The Blue Bird VIA soloist Sergey Drozdov died in Tambov on the 58th ...
- ↑ Conversation with Sergey Drozdov . Date of treatment March 2, 2013. Archived March 15, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Collective Archived November 4, 2012 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1 2 3 Sergey Drozdov (It’s impossible to live without love ...), Music blog, favorite artists Archived November 10, 2012 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1 2 Tonight: The soloist of the Blue Bird group died
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 The performer of the hit “Where the Maple Noises ...” died // Express newspaper
- ↑ 1 2 3 Sergey Drozdov. Afterword. Television show of Tambov television
- ↑ 1 2 3 History (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 30, 2012. Archived November 4, 2012.
- ↑ Memorial evening of Sergey Levkin - Exclav. RU - Kaliningrad news, forums, photos (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 30, 2012. Archived March 5, 2016.
- ↑ Media Library (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 15, 2015. Archived April 2, 2015.
- ↑ News