Leonid Utesov
Leonid Osipovich Utesov or Leonid Utyosov (Russian: Леонид 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. Read more on Last.fm
Leonid Utesov was featured in the movie Polillas.
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