Иосиф Кобзон is tagged as: russian, retro, ussr, 70s, soviet Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon (Russian: Иосиф Давыдович Кобзон; born September 11, 1937) is an iconic Soviet crooner, who has been acclaimed as “the official voice of the Soviet Union”. Kobzon was born to Jewish parents in the mining town of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine. As a boy he demonstrated a talent for singing, winning many of the regional and national singing contests, including one in which he performed in front of Joseph Stalin. See official site of Iosif Kobzon Kobzon went on to technical school to study geology and mining, as this was considered a lucrative vocation in the Soviet Union following the Second World War. However, following his contact with professional music instructors in the Soviet Army in 1956, Kobzon decided that music would be his preferred vocation. In 1958 Kobzon officially started his singing career in Moscow, and chose to study at the Gnessin Institute. In the next few years Kobzon made valuable contacts in Moscow’s entertainment world, and was eventually given a chance by composer Arkady Ostrovski to perform some of his music. Initially, he performed in a duet with the tenor Viktor Kokhno, but was eventually offered a solo repetoir by many of the outstanding composers of the time such as Mark Fradkin... Read More About Иосиф Кобзон Biography...  Send Иосиф Кобзон ringtones to your cell
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