Yuri Shatunov

Yuriy Vasilevich Shatunov (russian: Юрий Васильевич Шатунов; September 6, 1973 – June 23, 2022) was a Russian singer, best known as being the frontman of the Russian 1980's band Laskoviy Mai (Ласковый май).

Name

Commonly spelled "Yuri Shatunov" in English, his official website, Shatunov.com, lists his name as "Yuriy" (which is the most precise transliteration of Russian), "Yury," and "Yuri." The English pronunciation of all three is identical. Yuri took his mother, Vera Shatunova's surname at a young age due to the lack of a relationship with his father, Vasiliy Klimenko.

Personal life

Shatunov was born on 6 September 1973 in the city of Kumertau, Bashkir ASSR, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the former Soviet Union. His father ''Vasiliy Vladimirovich Klimenko'' was half Russian and half Ukrainian. At the age of three he was abandoned by his father and was raised by his mother. When he was eleven, his mother died of heart disease. He went to live with his aunt and maternal grandparents, who soon found themselves unable to cope with his behavior.

Shatunov was sent to ''Orenburg Children's Home Number 2'' in Orenburg, where he had a reputation for poor behavior. This included running away from the orphanage, playing guitar, singing on the streets to get money and cigarettes, getting into fights, and avoiding work.

He met with Sergei Kuznetsov, a music teacher in the orphanage, and they created a band, " Laskoviy Mai" ("Tender May"). In this group they frequently sang about unfortunate love, which was not typical at that time, and was especially unusual for the young band members who were only in their early teens. This group, in which Shatunov was the frontman, existed from 1986 to 1992, and was very popular in Russia. In 1996, Shatunov moved to Germany, where he went to complete his education, which was unfinished due to his turbulent youth and early career in music, and to learn how to become a music producer.

Shatunov had a wife and two children, a son and a daughter. Shatunov and his wife got married in 2007 in Germany after seven years of dating.

Before Shatunov died, he was busy working on his solo career, and performed frequently in Russia, Germany and in Eastern European countries, as well as some of the former Soviet bloc countries in Central Asia such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Yuri Shatunov died on the night of 23 June 2022 of acute heart failure (myocardial infarction) in a Moscow hospital. The singer's condition deteriorated critically on the way to a hospital in Domodedovo where he underwent intensive resuscitation but could not be saved. Funeral ceremonies for Yuri Shatunov were held on 26 June 2022 in the farewell hall of Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, and he was cremated a day later. On 28 June 2022, the urn containing his ashes was partially buried in Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery and the other part of the ashes, in accordance with the singer's wishes, will be scattered into one of the lakes in Munich, Germany.

Rights to songs and performances

In 1992, the songwriter Sergey Kuznetsov signed a contract with Andrey Razin, and 14 years later they made a deal, based on which the producer became the sole owner of the group's hits. However, during the trial it turned out that "no one has ever seen the original contract." Moreover, the examination proved that Kuznetsov's signature was forged, which means that the transaction was falsified. On June 17, 2022, it became known that Shatunov had sued for the rights to the compositions of the group "Tender May".

On June 20, the singer gave the last TV interview in his life, in which he commented on the trial with Razin.

Discography

Studio albums

*Do You Remember... (russian: Ты помнишь…) (1994)
*Remember May (russian: Вспомни май) (2001)
*Gray Night (russian: Седая ночь) (2002)
*If You Want... Don't Be Afraid (russian: Если хочешь… Не бойся) (2004)
*Record My Voice (russian: Запиши мой голос) (2006)
*I Believe... (russian: Я верю…) (2012)
*Don't Be Silent... (russian: Не молчи…) (2018)

Singles

*''Belye rozy – The White Roses: 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2003 remix, 2004, 2005, 2019''
*''Zabud – Forget: 2001, 2002 remix, 2004, 2019''
*''Tet-a-tet – One-in-one: 2011, 2019''
*''A leto cveta – The summer colors: 2012, 2018''
*''Detstvo – Childhood: 1992, 2002, 2005, 2019''
*''Sedaya noch – Grizzled night: 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2001, 2019''
*''Ne boisya – Do not be afraid: 2003, 2005, 2018''
*''Rozovyi vecher – Pink evening: 1988, 1996 remix, 2003 remix, 2005, 2019''
*''Gryozy – Dreams: 2014, 2018''
*''Leto – Summer: 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2001 remix, 2004''
*''Vecher holodnoyi zimy – Cold winter evening: 1986 demo, 2002, 2019''
*''Ryadom s nei – Next to her: 2014, 2018''
*''Chto zh ty, leto – What are you, summer: 2002, 2019''
*''Nu chto zhe ty – Well, what are you: 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2004''
*''Zvyozdnaya noch – Starry night: 1992, 2018''
*''Poezda – Trains: 2014''
*''Pust budet noch – Let it be the night: 1986 demo, 1988, 2004''
*''Glupye snezhinki – Silly snowflakes: 1988, 2011''
*''Zhizn moya – My life: 2014, 2018''
*''Zapishi moi golos na kassettu – Record my voice on tape: 2005, 2018''
*''Medlenno uhodit osen – Slowly autumn leaves: 1986 demo, 1988, 2002, 2005, 2019''
*''Odnoklassniki – Classmates: 2015, 2018''
*''Maiskii vecher – May evening: 2008, 2012''
*''Zvezda – Stars: 2015, 2018''

*''Padayut listya – Fall leaves: 2001, 2002 remix, 2005''
*''Ot belyh roz – From the white roses: 2011''
*''Tayuschii sneg – Melting snow: 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2005''
*''I ya pod kitaru – And I play guitar: 2015, 2017''
*''Ty prosto byl : You've just been: 1988''
*''Ya otkrovenen – I'm frankly: 1986 demo, 1988, 1996 remix, 2004''
*''Posle vypusknogo – After the graduation: 2005''
*''Ne molchi – Do not be silent: 2018''
*''Privet – Hi: 2012''
*''Esli hochesh – If you want to: 2004''
*''Ya teryayu – I'm losing: 2001, 2002 remix''
*''S dnjom rozhdenija: Happy birthday – 2017''
*''I upav na koleni – And having fallen on his knees: 1993''
*''Ya veryu – I believe: 2012''
*''Ty prosti menya, prosti – Forgive me, forgive: 2005''
*''V pozhdestvo – (On) The Christmas: 2018 ''
*''Bez tebya – Without you: 2012''
*''Skolko mozhno – How much: 2005''
*''A pomnish – The remember: 1999, 2005, 2019''
*''A ty vosmi i pozvoni – And you take it and call: 2018''
*''Ya peressorilsya v dozhdyom – I quarreled in the rain: 2001''
*''Ne hochu – I do not want: 2012, 2019''
*''Mama – Mum: 1993''
*''Ty mne ne verish – You do not believe me: 2018''
*''Romashki – Daisies: 2012, 2019''
*''Pismo – Letter: 1993, 2019 remix''

References

External links

Yuriy Shatunov reveals secret of his family
Russian News (6 September)


popsa.info.

Shatunov.com
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Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery