“Raspberry” is a song by Vyacheslav Dobrynin to the verses of Mikhail Plyatsky from the repertoire of Valentina Legkostupova . Appeared in the singer's repertoire in 1987. The song was first performed on the Blue Light program on January 1, 1987. The song entered the finals of the vocal contest Song of the Year 1987.
| Raspberries | ||||
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| Executor | Valentina Legkostupova | |||
| Album | Collection of songs "Berry Raspberry" (1994) | |||
| Date of issue | 1987 | |||
| Date Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Pop music | |||
| Song language | Russian | |||
| Duration | 04:43 | |||
| Label | Melody | |||
| Author | Vyacheslav Dobrynin / Mikhail Plyatskovsky | |||
| Track list of the album “ Songbook“ Berry Raspberry ”(1994) ” | ||||
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About the song
The song “Berry Raspberry” after thirty years has not lost its popularity, it often sounds at festive events, is rightfully considered a feast. She fell in love with everyone, because she was kind and cheerful [1] .
Composer Vyacheslav Dobrynin , author of more than 200 songs, an unsurpassed lyricist, composed a very easy simple motive to the verses of Mikhail Plyatsky . That is how the story of the long-standing popularity of Raspberry Berries began. The song itself seemed to the soloist Legkostupova to be unremarkable - the singer was more attracted by the opportunity to work with its authors. But, as it usually happens, nobody can predict the phenomenon of truly popular songs in advance, or explain them later [2] .
The composition, which later became popularly beloved, was recorded in 1986. It was with this song that the soloist took part in two major youth festivals in Czechoslovakia and Poland. It was a significant year for singer Valentina Legkostupova .
Quotes about the song
- “To make me like a song is such a hard case - it’s hard for me to like it, it's hard to feel that it’s my song. But this song is probably all mine. ” - Valentina Legkostupova ;
- “The song gained popularity, for which I am very grateful to her. This is my nurse, this is my mother this song. How can I not like the song that allowed me to find a multi-million audience. I just then will be an ungrateful person. " - Valentina Legkostupova ;
Other Artists
- Ani Lorak ;
- Jasmine
- Sonya McGaffey is the granddaughter of composer Vyacheslav Dobrynin .
- The song was used as the soundtrack to the TV series Eighties , episodes 6, 10, 31.
Notes
- ↑ Read more about who sings “Berry Raspberry” (Russian) , FB.ru. Date accessed August 21, 2018.
- ↑ Programs: Programs: History of the song “Berry-Raspberry” . www.radiodacha.ru. Date accessed August 21, 2018.