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Leonid Utyosov

Also Known As: Леонид Утесов, Л. Утесов, Л. Утёсов

Birth Date

March 21, 1895

Death Date

March 9, 1982

(passed away at 86)

Place of Birth

Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

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Biography

Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (Russian: Леони́д О́сипович 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.