Laskoviy Mai
Encyclopedia
Laskoviy Mai is a Soviet boy band
from Moscow
. The group's best-known member was Yuri Shatunov
, who has subsequently gone on to some solo success.
. The group's first album became legendary in the history of the Soviet pop. The style of group is a mix of Western disco
pop music made on the synthesizer
with plain lyrics and sung with a jazzy voice. The style of this group was revived by the group Ruki Vverh!.
Group Vesyolye Rebyata
had a hit "Rozoviy Rozy", but even it could not exceed the popularity of the hit "Belye Rozy" of group Laskoviy Mai. The popularity of this group was similar to the popularity of The Beatles
in the Soviet Union at the time.
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
from Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. The group's best-known member was Yuri Shatunov
Yuri Shatunov
Yuri Shatunov - Russian singer, soloist of the legendary group Laskoviy Mai.He has a wife named Svetlana and a son named Dennis Yuri Shatunov (Russian: Юрий Шатунов) (born 6 September 1973 in Kumertau, USSR) - Russian singer, soloist of the legendary group Laskoviy Mai.He has a wife named...
, who has subsequently gone on to some solo success.
History
Laskoviy Mai was created in the middle of 1980s, Sergei Kuznetsov decided to create a group of musicians with orphan children from an orphanage in OrenburgOrenburg
Orenburg is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies southeast of Moscow, very close to the border with Kazakhstan. Population: 546,987 ; 549,361 ; Highest point: 154.4 m...
. The group's first album became legendary in the history of the Soviet pop. The style of group is a mix of Western disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
pop music made on the synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
with plain lyrics and sung with a jazzy voice. The style of this group was revived by the group Ruki Vverh!.
Group Vesyolye Rebyata
Vesyolye Rebyata
Vesyolye Rebyata is a Soviet pop rock band formed in 1966, in Moscow, by pianist and composer Pavel Slobodkin.Debut EP was sold to 15,795,000 copies....
had a hit "Rozoviy Rozy", but even it could not exceed the popularity of the hit "Belye Rozy" of group Laskoviy Mai. The popularity of this group was similar to the popularity of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
in the Soviet Union at the time.