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"Spokoynaya nochʹ" (Russian: Спокойная ночь, lit. 'Quiet Night/Good Night/Peaceful Night') is a rock ballad by the Soviet rock band Kino.Most of the music and lyrics were written by Viktor Tsoi, and the guitar solo was written by Yuri Kasparyan.
"Enthusiast's March" was a popular mass song of the Soviet Union that was first performed in the film "Светлый путь" (Shining Path) in 1940. Film soundtracks produced a significant part of popular Soviet/Russian songs of the time, as well as orchestral and experimental music.
The theme of the song is that the soldier will protect the Motherland and its people while his grateful woman will keep and protect their love. Its lyrics became relevant during the Second World War, when many Soviet men left their wives and girlfriends to serve in the Soviet Army during World War II, known in Russia as The Great Patriotic War.
Paul Robeson recorded the song in 1942 under the title "Song of the Plains", sung both in English and Russian. It was released on his Columbia Recordings album Songs of Free Men (1943). The Rahbani Brothers arranged a version of the song for the Lebanese singer Fairouz sung in Arabic titled Kanou Ya Habibi (كانو يا حبيبي) meaning ...
V putj " [a] (Russian: В путь, pronounced [f‿ˈputʲ]) is a song written in 1954 by Soviet composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhail Dudin. It was originally written for the film Maksim Perepelitsa starring Leonid Bykov. The movie itself was released in 1955, and the song has achieved fame and popularity independently of it ever since.
Smuglyanka was used in the 1973 Soviet film Only "Old Men" Are Going to Battle (В бой идут одни "старики"), the most popular Soviet film about the Great Patriotic War according to Afisha Daily. [3] In the film, a young fighter pilot introduces the song to his squadron and so gets nicknamed "the dark girl".
I am a Vagabond) is a song from the 1951 Indian film Awaara, directed by and starring Raj Kapoor, which was internationally popular. [1] [2] The song was written in the Hindi-Urdu language [3] by lyricist Shailendra, and sung by Mukesh. [4] "Awaara Hoon" immediately struck "a chord in audiences from various classes and backgrounds all over ...
Several alterations were made to the lyrics of "14 Minutes Until Start" after its release. One of the first changes was the alteration of the lyric 'blue planet' (Russian: Планета голубая, romanized: Planeta golubaya), which was altered to 'planet dear' (Russian: Планета дорогая, romanized: Planeta dorogaya) almost immediately after being submitted to the Ministry ...