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| "Moscow Nights" | |
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| Song | |
| Released | 1956 |
| Recorded | 1956 |
| Composer(s) | Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi |
| Lyricist(s) | Mikhail Matusovsky |
"Moscow Nights", [a] originally titled "Leningrad Nights", [b] is a Soviet Russian patriotic song written by Mikhail Matusovsky and composed by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy. It was later covered as "Midnight in Moscow" by Kenny Ball.
Composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhail Matusovsky wrote the song in 1955 under the title "Leningrad Nights". At the request of the Soviet Ministry of Culture, the song was renamed "Moscow Nights" with corresponding changes to the lyrics.[ citation needed ]
In 1956, "Moscow Nights" was recorded by Vladimir Troshin, [1] a young actor of the Moscow Art Theatre, for a scene in a documentary about the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's athletic competition Spartakiad in which the athletes rest in Podmoskovye , the Moscow suburbs. The film did nothing to promote the song, but thanks to radio broadcasts it gained popularity.[ citation needed ]
| "Midnight in Moscow" | |
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| Single by Kenny Ball | |
| B-side |
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| Released |
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| Recorded | 1961 |
| Genre | Easy listening |
| Length | 2:59 |
| Label | Kapp |
| Songwriter(s) | |
The Dutch jazz group New Orleans Syncopators recorded the arrangement of the song under the title 'Midnight in Moscow', arranged by its leader Jan Burgers on January 4, 1961. [2] The arrangement of Jan Burgers was published by Les Editions Int. Basart N.V. and was also used by Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, who recorded the song in November 1961, also under the title "Midnight in Moscow". [3] This version peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in January 1962. "Midnight in Moscow" also reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in March that year, kept out of the number one spot by "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel, [4] and it spent three weeks at number one on the American Easy Listening chart. [5]
In 1962, at the height of the folk revival in the United States, the song was recorded by The Chad Mitchell Trio on their popular live performance album At the Bitter End on Kapp Records. The group introduced the song with its original Russian lyrics to the American mainstream audience during the Cold War era of strained relations between the U.S. and the USSR.
In 1962, American singer and actress Ketty Lester recorded the song for her Love Letters album.
Swedish pianist Jan Johansson recorded a jazz version of the song for his 1967 album Jazz på ryska . This version was titled "Kvällar i Moskvas Förstäder" which translates to "Evenings in Moscow's suburbs". [6]
A version of the song was recorded by James Last and appears on his Russland zwischen Tag und Nacht album. [7]
The Chinese composer Gao Ping used the song in 2003 as the basis for one of his Soviet Love Songs for Vocalising Pianist, "Evenings in Suburban Moscow." [8]
In 2015, the Massed Bands of the Moscow Garrison, under the direction of Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov, performed a march arrangement of the song during the march past of foreign contingents (specifically those from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) in the Moscow Victory Day Parade that year. [9]
The shortwave radio station Radio Moscow's English-language service has played an instrumental version of "Moscow Nights" between informing listeners of frequency changes and the hourly newscast since the start of its 24-hour English Service in 1978.[ citation needed ]
The lyrics were shown on 9 March 2017 in Cyrillic script as the vanity card of The Big Bang Theory episode "The Escape Hatch Identification" (Season 10 Episode 18). [10] It was used once again on 5 April 2018, as card number 585, [11] but the second line of the song was missing. The melody of "Moscow Nights" by Solovyov-Sedoi resembles the famous 1897 song "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" by Paul Dresser. [12]
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"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka, co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Sedaka recorded this song twice, in 1962 and 1975, in two significantly different arrangements, and it is considered to be his signature song. Between 1970 and 1975, it was a top-40 hit three separate times for three separate artists: Lenny Welch, The Partridge Family and Sedaka's second version. The song was also adapted into multiple languages, most notably in Italian and French.
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The 2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held on Victory Day on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the Great Patriotic War ending in the defeat of Nazi Germany. This was the first time the Russian Federation opened its vehicle showcase since 1991, and the airshow since the Cold War. The parade was commanded by Army General Vladimir Bakin, Commander of the Moscow Military District, and reviewed by Anatoliy Serdyukov of the Russian Ministry of Defence. A speech was made by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who took office just two days prior. This would be notable to be the first ever major Russian military parade seen on television worldwide when RT carried a live broadcast of the parade for the first time in its history.
"Only Love Can Break a Heart" is a popular song from 1962, performed by the American singer-songwriter Gene Pitney. The song was written by Hal David (words) and Burt Bacharach (music) and appears on Pitney's second album Only Love Can Break a Heart.
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Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi was a Soviet classical composer and songwriter who was born and died in Leningrad.
Mikhail Lvovich Matusovsky was a Soviet and Russian poet, screenwriter, translator and war correspondent. Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1977).
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