Willi Tokarev
Russian-American singer (1934–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Willi Ivanovich Tokarev (Russian: Вилли Ива́нович То́карев; 11 November 1934 – 4 August 2019) was a Russian-American singer-songwriter.[1] In the 1980s, he became famous throughout the Soviet Union for his songs about life as a Russian émigré in New York in Brighton Beach.[2]
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Birth name | Vilen Ivanovich Tokarev |
Born | (1934-11-11)11 November 1934 Chernyshev, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 4 August 2019(2019-08-04) (aged 84) Moscow, Russia |
Genres | Russian chanson |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Website | willitokarev |
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