Joala, Yaak Arnovich

Born into a musical family (his mother was a musicologist and worked at the State Philharmonic of the Estonian SSR), from childhood he studied piano and flute .

Due to his refusal to stop performing rock music, he was forced to leave his studies at the Tallinn College of Music . He performed military service in Tallinn in an army ensemble.

In the second half of the 1960s, Jaak was the bass player and soloist of various Estonian bands and ensembles, his first radio recordings also date back to that time. In 1970 he won the republican contest of the Komsomol song, a year later - the competition of young pop singers.

He was the lead singer of the ensembles “Lainer” and “Radar”.

In the 1970s, he repeatedly received prizes from various contests and song festivals. His highest achievement was winning a special jury prize at the international song contest in Sopot in 1975 . He collaborated with the largest Soviet pop composers - David Tukhmanov , Alexander Zatsepin , Raymond Pauls and others.

On the eve of the new 1979 year , the premiere of the musical television movie “June 31” was held on Soviet television, in which several songs were performed by Yaak Joala. Since that time, the singer has gained enormous popularity.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the singer toured a lot, participated in festive concerts, and starred in several musical films (concert film "Olümpiaregati tähed / Stars of the Olympic Regatta" ( CT and ETV , 1980), "Jaak Joala. Estraaditähestik" ( Eesti Televisioon, 1981), Teisikud / Doubles (Eesti Telefilm, 1982), and others) and television programs ( Morning Mail , Blue Light ...), has repeatedly become the laureate of the Song of the Year television festival.

Joala masterfully mastered various musical instruments and sometimes he himself played instrumental parts on the records of his own songs - records of his performance on the piano, flute, guitar, and percussion were preserved.

Muslim Magomayev wrote about the singer in the newspaper "Soviet Culture" (No. 35 for 1981):

Artistic appearance, catchy, it’s the pop style of singing, without a touch of vulgarity, sometimes pretending to be “pop specificity”, without stamps, copying someone and something. And most importantly - the voice is bright, sonorous, filled, which he freely owns; strong singing breath, which not every vocalist possesses - all this attracts him. Yaak Yoala sings beautifully, excitedly, as they say, on the nerve.

Since 1988, Yaak left the Soviet stage, and in the mid-1990s, he practically stopped concert performances.

After leaving the stage, he taught guitar at the Tallinn College of Music.

In 2000, he was one of the founders of the Estonian Union of Artists , an organization that protects the copyright of Estonian musicians. He headed it for several years.

In 2002, on TVS in the author’s cycle of Sergei Kostin's “Comet Tail”, a program about Yaak Joal was broadcast.

He was engaged in producing young singers ^[2] , taught vocals.

In 2005, he suffered a first heart attack, in 2006 - a stroke and a second heart attack. May 17, 2011 was hospitalized in the cardiology department in connection with the third heart attack.

He died on September 25, 2014 . He was buried at the Forest Cemetery in Tallinn.

The first wife is Doris, from her son Yanar and granddaughter Carmen. The second wife, Maira, had no children in this marriage.

In Estonian

• “Ausus” (“Honesty”) (B. Joel - Estonian text by V. Oiaver)
• Butterfly (D. Gerard - Estonian text by K. Kikerpuu)
• “Leedi Madonna” (“ Lady Madonna ”) (J. Lennon, P. McCartney - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “Valge aurik” (“Dixie Lily”) (E. John - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• Besame mucho (Besame Mucho Señora) (Roferri - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “Jääda iseendaks” (“Carousel”) ( V. Sevastyanov - Estonian text by V. Oyavere)
• “Sulle, Leyna” (“All For Leyna”) (B. Joel - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “Langeb vihmapiisk” (“Raindrops Keep Fallin 'On My Head”) (B. Bakarak - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “Carnival” (G. Thaniel - Estonian text to O. Sadu)
• “When will you call me” (S. Pedersen - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “Suveöö” ( A. Ojt - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “My Thousand Sea” ( A. Ojt - Estonian text by J. Saar)
• “My Home” ( W. Naissoo - Estonian text by J. Saar)
• “Sea music” (A. Haug - Estonian text by J. Halling)
• “Naerata” (“Smile A Little Smile For Me”) (T. MacAuley & G. Stephens - Estonian text by S. Laansoo)
• “Night Song” (R. Tammik - Estonian text K. Tammik)
• Possess possession (Lennon & McCartney -)
• “Ohtlik naine” (“Devil Woman”) (T. Britten - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “Song of the Living” ( A. Ojt - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “Song of Bloody Flowers” ​​(G. Taniel - Estonian text by H. Karjaharm)
• “Unustuse jõel” ( A. Ojt - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “The Sun Will Not Go Out” (music and lyrics by K. Kikerpuu)
• “I am calling you” (V. Ignatiev - Estonian text by O. Roots)
• “Silent Night” (R. Tammik - Estonian text K. Tammik)
• “Four Nodes” (V. Ignatiev - Estonian text by O. Roots)
• “This rocky land” ( G. Podielsky - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “This joy from life itself” (music and lyrics by K. Kikerpuu)
• “Silmades sul on palju” (“ These eyes are opposite ”) ( D. Tukhmanov - Estonian text by H. Carmo)
• “I don’t laugh anymore” (O. Ehala - Estonian text by V. Oiaver)

In Russian

• “Arena” ( V. Migulya - M. Plyatskovsky ) from the TV show “Doubles”
• “Conversation with the Fatherland” ( D. Tukhmanov - A. Drilling / L. Ozerov )
• “Paper airplane” ( V. Sevastyanov - A. Rimitsan )
• “Be yourself” (V. Sevastyanov - A. Rimitsan)
• “Suddenly” ( R. Pauls - A. Kovalev )
• “Wind from the Ashes” (“Tuhaväljade tuul”) ( A. Ojt - H. Karmo / G. Muravin)
• “Eternally Young Moscow” ( G. Podielsky - M. Lapisova )
• “Time rushes” ( R. Gorobets - P. Zhagun )
• “Let's play in love” ( I. Kotelkov - A. Krishta ) from the TV show “Doubles”
• “Case of Case” (“Nepareizā dziesma”) (R. Pauls - J. Peters / V. Oyavere ) from the TV show “Doubles”
• “Other tears” (“Inne łzy”) (B. Baer - J. Kofta /?)
• “It's not too late” (D. Tukhmanov - V. Kharitonov )
• "Starry Night" ( V. Gustov - E. Shiryaev )
• “Hello” (D. Tukhmanov - V. Kharitonov)
• “Hello, Peace!” ( L. Quint - V. Kostrov ) - Spanish. 80s Estrada Stars: Yuri Antonov , Anne Veski , Lilia Sandules, Valery Leontyev , Yaak Joala, Alexander Tihanovich
• “Gold is ringing” ( A. Zatsepin - L. Derbenev ) from the TV show “ June 31 ”
• “Names fade from memory” ( M. Minkov - O. Lukyanova )
• “I am looking for you” (A. Zatsepin - L. Derbenev)
• “July” ( V. Gustov - E. Shiryaev )
• “What a pity” ( V. Reznikov - V. Reznikov)
• “What a pity” (D. Tukhmanov - A. Dementiev )
• “Track” ( V. Gustov - A. Krishta)
• “ Lavender ” ( V. Matetskiy - M. Shabrov ) - Spanish. Sophia Rotaru and Yaak Yoala
• “Summer Night” (“Suveöö”) (A. Ojt - H. Carmo / V. Oiaver)
• “Love chooses us” (A. Zatsepin - L. Derbenev) from the TV show “ June 31 ” - Spanish. Yaak Joala and the Araks group
• “Baby” ( V. Sevastyanov - A. Rimitsan)
• “My Thousand Sea” (“Meri, mu tuhandenäoline meri”) (A. Ojt - J. Saar /?)
• "Muscovites" ( A. Eshpay - E. Vinokurov )
• "Natalie" ( E. Martynov - A. Dementiev)
• “It doesn’t matter” (V. Reznikov - V. Reznikov)
• “Do not forget” (D. Tukhmanov - V. Kharitonov)
• “I don't have time” ( Yu. Saulsky - R. Rozhdestvensky )
• “Not a day without you” (“Valerie”) (S. Winwood - W. Jennings / V. Oiaver) from the TV show “Doubles”
• “New Year” (V. Reznikov - V. Reznikov)
• “He came, this good afternoon” (A. Zatsepin - L. Derbenev and R. Kazakova ) from the TV show “ June 31 ” - Spanish. Tatyana Antsiferova and Yaak Yoala
• “A song about my love” (E. Martynov - S. Ostrovoy )
• “Song of Happiness” ( A. Zhurbin - R. Rozhdestvensky ) - Spanish. Yaak Joala in a duet with Lyudmila Senchina
• “Pick up the music” (R. Pauls - A. Voznesensky )
• The Last Battle ( M. Nozhkin - M. Nozhkin)
• “Have mercy on my heart” (“Arizona”) (R. Pauls - J. Peters / V. Oiaver) from the movie “Doubles”
• “Prediction” (D. Tukhmanov - G. Kantor )
• “Farewell Day” (D. Tukhmanov - A. Saed-Shah )
• “Let's figure it out” (R. Gorobets - M. Tanich )
• “The Shattered World” (“When Two Worlds Drift Apart”) (P. Sills - V. Oiaver)
• “River of Oblivion” (“Unustuse jõel”) (A. Ojt - H. Karmo / V. Oyavere)
• The Goose River (G. Podielsky - T. Sinitsky )
• “At a glance” (M. Minkov - J. Entin )
• “At a glance” (D. Tukhmanov - I. Shaferan )
• “From this Monday” ( V. Sevastyanov - A. Rimitsan)
• “Love itself” (D. Tukhmanov - I. Shaferan)
• "Wedding horses" (D. Tukhmanov - A. Poperechny )
• “Heart” ( I. Dunaevsky - V. Lebedev-Kumach )
• “Core” (R. Pauls - A. Kovalev)
• “Silver Wind” ( I. Lyubinsky - S. Yesenin )
• “Silhouette of love” (R. Pauls - A. Kovalev)
• “Constellation of love” ( V. Migulya - A. Dementiev)
• “Sundial” ( V. Migulya - I. Reznik )
• “Thank you, love” (D. Tukhmanov - I. Shaferan) from the TV show “Doubles”
• "Ripe Cherries" (R. Gorobets - I. Ivanova)
• The Old Staircase ( V. Sevastyanov - A. Rimitsan)
• “Native land” (“See kaunis maa”) ( K. Kikerpuu - K. Kikerpuu /?)
• “Happiness will touch us” (“Better Than I Know Myself”) (D. Cooke - J. MacKenzie-Dunn / V. Oiaver) from the movie “Doubles”
• “Tandem” (V. Reznikov - N. Zinoviev )
• “Your face” (“Päike ikka paistma jääb”) (K. Kikerpuu - K. Kikerpuu /?)
• “Phone Call” (R. Pauls - A. Kovalev)
• “Photos of loved ones” (D. Tukhmanov - V. Kharitonov)
• “It's enough to wait” (“It's Alright”) (R. Strange - R. Strange / V. Oiaver) from the t / f “Doubles”
• “There was something” (D. Tukhmanov - V. Kharitonov)
• “The Miracle of Love” (E. Martynov - I. Kokhanovsky )
• “I am the son of a soldier” ( V. Oyakäär - D. Vasiliev )
• “I will marry her anyway” (A. Zatsepin - L. Derbenev and R. Kazakova ) from the TV show “ June 31 ” - Spanish. Yaak Joala and the Araks group
• “I am waiting for the postman” (V. Matetskiy - I. Shaferan)
• “I or he” ( V. Shainsky - N. Olev )
• “I draw” (R. Pauls - A. Dementiev)
• “I will give you the whole world” (E. Martynov - I. Reznik)
• The Amber Song ( O. Ivanov - L. Oshanin )

• Honored Artist of the Estonian SSR (1980).
• On February 3, 2010, the Office of the President of Estonia announced a decision to award the musician with the Order of the White Star of Class IV ^[3] .

Interview

• Mikhailovskaya Elena. Yaak Yoala: each song is a small story from my life // Change . - 1980, December. - No. 1286 .
• Morozov Andrey. I put an end to my past // Daily Talking. - 2009. - December 2.

• Jaak Joala on the Internet Movie Database
• Biography of Yaak Yoala
• Discography of Jaak Joala at Discogs.com
• Short biography and some notes
• Interview with Yaak Yoala on June 26, 1983 in the village of DK. Protvino
• Estonian singer Jaak Joala dies
• Last meeting: Yaak Yoala met with his son just before his death ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49Yhumhb04
• Estonian hermit: from whom was Jaak Joala hiding? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwN5e1RPnm8
• Widow of Yaaka Joala: A True Love Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUIW4TOEHco
• Died Yaak Yoala (neopr.) . Newspaper.Ru (September 26, 2014). Date of treatment December 30, 2015.