Leonid Utyosov

Biography

Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (Russian: Леони́д О́сипович Утёсов); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (Russian: Ла́зарь (Ле́йзер) Ио́сифович Вайсбе́йн) (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1895, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor of Jewish origin, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.

Details

KnownAs: Леонид Утесов - Леонид Утёсов -

Birthday: 21/03/1895

PlaceOfBirth: Odessa, Odessa uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire

Deathday: 09/03/1982

Gender: 2

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