Samotsvety (, which means "''Semiprecious Stones''") is a

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VIA band formed in 1971, in

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. It became one of the more successful and better known VIA bands, recording a number of hits and serving as a springboard to fame for several Russian musicians, including Dmitry Malikov, Vladimir Presnyakov Sr., and Alexander Barykin.

History

The band Samotsvety, was founded by Yuriy Malikov, a Recognized National Artist of

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and the father of Dmitry Malikov. The group produced a string of hits in the 1970s, including "Moy adres Sovetskii Soyuz" (My address is the Soviet Union), "Tam, za oblakami" (There, beyond the clouds), "Vsya zhizn vperedi" (My whole life is still ahead), "Ne povtoriayetsia takoye nikogda" (Something like this will never happen again), "Vse chto v zhizni yest u menia" (All that I have in my life), "Shkonlniy bal" (School dance), and "Na zemlie zhivet liubov" (There lives love on this earth), among others. The year 1975 was a turning point for the band. It was the year they recorded "Esli budem my vdvoyem" (If it will be the two of us). The band broke up in the late 1980s when many VIAs were going away as a result of changes in both government censorship and popular tastes. However, in 1996, Yuriy Malikov decided to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of the band by bringing together many of the ex-members for an episode of the television series "Zolotoy shlyager" (Golden hit). The unexpected popularity of the program when it aired made Malikov decide to reconstitute the band. The forecasting grou
Samotsvety Forecasting
is named after this band.

Discography

1973 — (VIA Samotsvety) 1974 — (For us, young ones) 1981 — (Path to the heart) 1985 — (Weather forecast) 1995 — (There, beyond the clouds) 1996 — (All that I have in my life) 1996 — (Twenty years later) 1997 — (We became different) 2003 — (Star names) 2004 — (Mood for love) 2008 — (Samotsvety) GRAND Collection 2009 — (Samotsvety) 2011 — (Samotsvety with stars)

References

External links

* * http://www.samotsvety.ru/ - official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Samotsvety Musical groups from Moscow Russian pop music groups Beat groups Alternative dance musical groups Soviet musical groups Musical groups established in 1971