Old bands from the 80s. Foreign pop and disco groups of the eighties

The performers of the 80-90s perfectly embodied incendiary, and sometimes so understandable life motives in their songs, expressing the feelings and emotions of the listeners to this day. These melodies are loved not only by the generation that spent their youth listening to them, but also by today's youth, who sometimes processing old rhythms and melodies, gives them new life in mixes and new fans.

Notable bands

The times of disco and rock and roll, when they went to dances and listened to the groups "Modern Talking", "Desireless", "CC Cache", the famous Michael Jackson, "Gloria Gaynor", "Bad Boys Blue", "Abba", " Suzi Quatro", "Arabesque", "Joy", "Smokie", "Sandra", "Bee Gee" and others are relevant to this day.

Artists 80-90 and their greatest hits

There are a huge number of songs, of various directions, that blew up the dance floors both in those days and now. But you can select the most popular and loved by many.

• Afric Simon being a professional dancer of that time, he created a very positive record "Hafanana".
• Kaoma and her incendiary "Lambada", to which dancing with a train has become a tradition.
• Arabesque with their very modern hit "Midnight dancer".
• Modern Talking - professionals in their field and their song "all". There are many performers who have covered them, but the original is the original.
• Gloria Gaynor became popular during the sexual revolutions thanks to the anthem of the "democratic youth" - "I Will Survive". Her original arrangements and mixes make her mega popular even now.
• Dr. Alban with his immortal composition "It's My Life" tops the tops of modern charts.
• Eruption are the kings of disco culture, and foreign and domestic performers of the 80-90s in their numerous rehashings of the 80-90 years could not surpass their hit “One Way Ticket”.
• Boney M became the first band that was officially allowed to perform in the USSR, and their hit "Sunny" is deservedly recognized as a living legend.
• Al Bano & Romino Power with their "Felecita" are the main Italian disease of many lovers of incendiary rhythms.
• Opus - with the retro hit "Life Is Life", the chorus of which all his listeners sing along with great pleasure.
• Adriano Chelentano and his "Suzana" undoubtedly excite the hearts of all admirers retro music and on modern dance floors.

Performers of the 80-90s knew how to add bright colors to life, and many of their hits were and remain loved and relevant for more than a dozen years.

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The peak of Alexander Barykin's popularity came in the eighties. We decided to recall his work, as well as other brightest domestic performers of that time.

Alexander was born in the village of Berezovo, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, but as a child he moved with his family to the city of Lyubertsy near Moscow. He began to study music at school, having organized the first group in high school and performing with it on dance floors. Then he wrote the first songs and poems. It is interesting that, having already become popular, he very rarely allowed himself to perform songs on his own poems.

Barykin graduated from the vocal department of the Gnesinka, and then in absentia from the Krasnodar Institute of Culture.

His professional career began in 1973. At first, he performed in the compositions of various teams - "Muscovites", " Funny boys"," Gems. In 1979, he organized the Carnival group, in which he performed with Vladimir Kuzmin. The team became incredibly popular, however, it broke up and gathered again, but without Kuzmin. With Barykin as a soloist, he became truly stellar.

In the early nineties, the artist began to have problems with ligaments, and he was temporarily forced to interrupt performances and recordings, returning only in the 2000s.

Most famous songs: "Bouquet", "Airport", "Television Program for Tomorrow", "20.00", "Beyond the River", "Wonder Island".

VLADIMIR KUZMIN

Vladimir Kuzmin was born in 1955 in Moscow. He was fond of music from an early age. Already at 5 he took up the guitar, studied at a music school in the violin class, at the age of 6 he wrote the first song, and in the middle classes he organized the first group. After school, Kuzmin went to the Dnepropetrovsk Glinka Music College, where he chose the flute as an instrument.

He started his career by participating in various teams, the most popular of which was "Carnival", which he founded together with Alexander Barykin. The collaboration with Alla Pugacheva added considerable success to the artist. He was the soloist of her Recital song theater, wrote songs for the Primadonna and, of course, sang along with her.

In 1987, he embarked on a solo voyage, which he successfully continues to this day. In total, he has about 20 albums and more than 200 songs to his credit.

Most famous songs: "Two stars", "I will not forget you", "When you call me", "5 minutes from your house", "Beauty Queen", "The Tale of My Life".

Alexey Glyzin

Alexey Glyzin is a native of the city of Mytishchi near Moscow. Like many stars, he began to get involved in music from childhood. Graduated music school in piano class. But he did not go to study at a music university, but at a radio-apparatus-building technical school. However, he left it and created his first ensemble, and then nevertheless went to the Tambov cultural and educational school, and from there to the Moscow Institute of Culture.

Glyzin performed in the bands "Good fellows", "Gems", "Rhythm", but "Jolly Fellows" brought him real fame. The group performed on a set music festivals and competitions and gave the public a lot of hits.

In 1988 Alexei started solo career. He released 8 solo albums, the last of which was released in 2012.

Most famous songs: "Bologoe", "Wandering Artists", "Winter Garden", "You are not an angel", "Either will, or not will", "Late evening in Sorrento".

Igor Sarukhanov

Igor Sarukhanov was born in Samarkand in 1956. He was fond of music since childhood, played in ensembles at school, graduated from a music school in guitar class. Igor dreamed of studying at Gnesinka, but he could not enter and, at the insistence of his parents, entered the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering. True, a year later he left him and went into the army, where he served in the song and dance ensemble. There he met Stas Namin and got into his team " Blue bird and then to Flowers.

In 1983, Igor assembled his group, Krug, which quickly became successful. And after 2 years, the artist took up solo career which has not ended today. Sarukhanov's last album was released in 2012.

Most famous songs: “My dear old people”, “Green eyes”, “I wish you”, “This is not love”, “Fox violin”.

Vladimir Presnyakov

Fate left Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. almost no other way than to make music, because she was in his genes. He was born into a family of popular musicians Vladimir and Elena Presnyakov - VIA artists"Gems"

Already at the age of 11 he wrote his first song, at 12 he sang in a church choir in Moscow, and at 13 he performed as part of the Cruise group, performing his own songs. After another 2 years, Presnyakov Jr. began a solo career, performing in the variety show Laima Vaikule.

Real fame came to Vladimir after the release of the film "Above the Rainbow" in 1986, where he sang in his voice main character performed by Dmitry Maryanov. Songs from this picture are still hits of domestic music. After painting successful career didn't have to wait long. Almost until the mid-nineties, Presnyakov consistently hit the charts of the most popular young Russian performers, received music awards and prizes.

However, partly contributed to the success of Vladimir and civil marriage with an equally popular girl of that time - the daughter of Alla Pugacheva Kristina Orbakaite.

Most famous songs: "Zurbagan", "Islands", "A stewardess named Jeanne", "Wanderer", "Touchless", "Lie to me".

Vladimir Markin

Another star of the eighties, Vladimir Markin, before the start of his singing career, he worked as a packer, a bricklayer, a seamstress, a cutter. However, he studied music from childhood, played in the school ensemble and in the institute (he graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute).

In 1983, Markin organized the Difficult Childhood ensemble, with which he began to perform professionally. The team stood out from the rest with songs with irony and humor, thanks to which it gained wide popularity.

Markin left singing career in the late nineties. Today he works as the director of the DC MPEI, an institute that he himself graduated from.

Most famous songs: "Lilac Fog", "Unsmiling Princess", "White Bird Cherry", "Brownie", "I'm ready to kiss the sand."

Sergey Minaev

Muscovite Sergei Minaev (not to be confused with the writer - author of the book "Duhless") graduated from GITIS and Moscow School circus and variety art. The main feature of his work was parodies. With them, he began his performances in 1987. In his arsenal were cover versions of hits by Modern Talking, Yaki-Da, E-Type, A-Ha, Boney M, Aqua, Blue System, Bad Boys Blue and many others. famous performers. Minaev wrote all the texts of his parodies himself, and all of them were distinguished by slight irony.

After a wave of success, Sergei hid from the public for a long time, but last year he returned and presented a new work - a jazz album.

Most famous songs: "Brother Louis", "22 floods", "Voyage", "Minaki-Yes", "Mini-Maxi".

Viktor Saltykov

Viktor Saltykov was born in 1957 in Leningrad. From the age of five, he began to willingly perform at matinees in kindergarten and later at school. His parents gave him to children's choir chapels, but academic vocals Victor's relationship did not work out. In addition, in his youth, he began to actively get involved in sports, played tennis for 10 years and received a youth category.

Saltykova returned to music band The Beatles. To listen to the songs of the quartet, he even worked part-time at a construction site - he had to buy a tape recorder for something. The more music there was in life, the more Victor himself wanted to sing.

This opportunity was given to him in 1983 as part of the Manufactura group. At one of the festivals, the soloist was noticed by Alexander Nazarov and invited to the Forum group. Since that time, Saltykov's success has been counted.

Later, the singer moved to the Electroclub group, in which Irina Allegrova and Igor Talkov worked at that time - the latter was just about to pursue a solo career, and Saltykov replaced him. In 1990, he himself began performing solo and continues to do so today.

Most famous songs: "White Night", "Island", "Horses in apples", "Don't marry him", "I'm crazy about you."

Viktor Tsoi

Another Leningrader, Viktor Tsoi, was born in 1962. As a child, he was fond of music and drawing. That's why he went to study art school and there he created his first Music band- "Ward № 6". True, continue creative work he failed - he was expelled from the art school for poor progress. But musical career turned out much better.

In 1981, Tsoi organized the Garin and Hyperboloids group, which quickly changed its name to Kino - this particular group was destined to become a cult and one of the most successful groups of its time.

Parallel to musical career Viktor Tsoi acted in films, one of the most famous films with his participation is The Needle.

Viktor Tsoi died in 1990. He died in a car accident. He was 28 years old.

Most famous songs: “Change”, “Blood type”, “A star named the Sun”, “We saw the night, “When your girlfriend is sick”, “Pack of cigarettes”, “War”, “Sorrow”.

Chris Kelmi

Chris Kelmi (his real name is Anatoly) is a Muscovite. He took his pseudonym in honor of the hero of the novel "Solaris" by Chris Kelvin. At the age of 4, he began to get involved in music and play the piano. He graduated from a music school, but went to study at a technical university - the Institute of Transport Engineers. But after all, he entered the school to them. Gnesins (where he studied with Vladimir Kuzmin).

Chris Kelmi began his career in the seventies, moving from one to another musical collective. The most successful of them was the "Rock Atelier", where Alexander Barykin and Olga Kormukhina once played.

In 1987, Kelmi came up with a fashionable idea at that time - to unite the most famous musicians and record a total hit. This was the song “Closing the Circle”, among the performers of which were Alexander Gradsky, Andrey Makarevich, Konstantin Nikolsky, Zhanna Aguzarova, Valery Syutkin, Alexander Ivanov and many others.

Since 2000, Chris Kelmi has taken up a solo career.

Most famous songs: "Night Rendezvous", "Closing the Circle", "Tired Taxi".

Vyacheslav Malezhik

First musical instrument Vyacheslav Malezhik had an accordion, it was on it that he gave home concerts for his family and played at weddings with friends. Only then did Vyacheslav switch to the guitar.

He began his career in 1969 as the vocalist of the Mosaic group. Like many, he moved from one team to another (among them were "Merry Fellows"). Glory overtook him in 1977 as part of the Flame ensemble, where he began to perform his own songs, which quickly became hits - the public liked their lyricism and melody.

Most famous songs: "Fellow traveler", "Provincial", "Madame", "Lilliputik", "200 years", "Fog in December".

Igor Talkov

In 1956 in Tula region Igor Talkov was born - the future iconic star Russian scene. In his family were hereditary nobles, Cossacks and officers tsarist army. And Igor decided to connect his fate with music. Already at school, he began to play the button accordion. No less seriously, he was fond of sports, played hockey, but did not qualify for the Dynamo school. Therefore, he only took up music more tightly.

At school, Talkov directed the choir, played the guitar, piano, violin and drums. Wherein musical notation Igor did not master, taking everything by ear.

First professional appearances Talkov began in the mid-seventies. At first, he just worked part-time, giving concerts on variety shows, then he began to go on stage as part of the Electroclub and Rescue Club groups, and also managed to play in several films.

In October 1991, Igor Talkov died. He was shot by Igor Malakhov, director of the singer Aziza. He was 34 years old.

Most famous songs: « Chistye Prudy”, “War”, “Love You”, “Summer Rain”, “I'll be back”.

Yuri Antonov

Yuri Antonov is from Tashkent. Like other future stars, he was fond of music since childhood and in his youth he created his first musical group. After studying at music school he went to work as a music teacher in Minsk, and then worked as a soloist in the Belarusian State Philharmonic, after which - in the same place, but already the head of the ensemble. Vladimir Mulyavin, the founder of the Pesnyary ensemble, worked for some time under the direction of Antonov.

He began performing as a performer in the Singing Guitars group. Then there were “Good fellows”, “Merry guys”, then in the early eighties “Araks”, cooperation with which brought Yuri Antonov all-Union fame.

Today, the performer is rightfully considered one of the masters domestic stage. In 2013, his anniversary concert tour "About you and me" began in honor of the 50th anniversary of his creative activity.

Most famous songs: “I remember”, “From sadness to joy”, “Sea”, “This is how it happens”, “Golden Staircase”, “Anastasia”, “Take care of women”, “A dream comes true”.

Yuriy Shatunov

The youngest member of our list, but at the same time no less popular and even iconic, Yuri Shatunov comes from Kumertau. Since his father showed no interest in his son, after the death of his mother future star adopted by an aunt. Then he was brought up in an orphanage - first in Orenburg region, then in Orenburg itself.

In 1986, he met the head of the musical circle, Yuri Kuznetsov, with the help of whom he created the group " Tender May” and made the first recordings of his songs on a conventional tape recorder. Among them was the composition "White Roses". It was she who heard Andrei Razin on the train and immediately decided to find the boy who sang this song.

He found a team and became its producer, making the group one of the most popular in those years. The team lasted until 1992 until the departure of Shatunov.

After leaving the group, Yuri lived in Germany for some time, then returned and continued to sing solo. He sings even now, although, of course, not so successfully.

Most famous songs: "White Roses", "Summer", "Pink Evening", "Gray Night", "Childhood".

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eighties for Russian show business very interesting period. The Soviet foundations gradually ceased to act, extraordinary and talented young men appeared on the stage - singers of the 80s, Russians. The list of them can be continued almost indefinitely. It is also interesting that on the same stage real masters and representatives of new stage. Also in these years there was a flourishing of rock culture, which until then had been in a strict framework.

Stage legends

Ancestors modern stage the singers of the 70-80s (Russians) became. Their list includes well-known names:

1. Vladimir Presnyakov (senior) in the late 70s made a dizzying career in the Gems group. In 1987 he left big stage to help his son take his first steps in show business.
2. In the 80s, Valery Leontiev dressed more modestly, but he was already famous thanks to his collaboration with Raymond Pauls. At the end of the decade, sales of Valery's sound carriers broke all records.
3. The peak of Lev Leshchenko's career was the closing of the Olympics in Moscow. Not many singers of the 80s (Russians), the list of which is almost limitless, can boast of such an honor.

Other worthy performers of that time can be included in the same list. Iosif Davydovich Kobzon, for example, by the eighties had already become a vocal teacher and released records with records of retro songs, but the peak of his career came in the seventies.

Forgotten Artists

Some singers of the 80s Russian, the list of which will be given below, are now unreasonably forgotten:

1. In the late eighties, the USSR was shocked by a group in which a pupil of an orphanage, Yuri Shatunov, performed. His colleague Andrei Razin competently promoted the project, using rumors, doubles and other tricks. Many years later, Yuri was never able to repeat his former success.
2. Viktor Saltykov in the eighties performed as part of the Electroclub group, but he is more often known as the father of Irina Saltykova.
3. Sergey Minaev became the ancestor of discos and the club movement, today few people will remember him.

These performers were consigned to oblivion only because of the rapidly changing stage of that time. The Russian singers of the 80s did not expect such a fate. The list of forgotten stars of the 90s will be much longer, since many then performed one hit and disappeared. Now the stars of the 80s and 90s often perform at combined nostalgic concerts dedicated to that time.

rock club representatives

Not all singers of the 80s (Russians) are forgotten. The list of men who performed in the rock music genre consists only of cult personalities who are still active on the stage:

1. Vladimir Kuzmin began his career in the late 70s in the Karnaval group, but reached the peak of popularity in the 80s with the Dynamic group. He began to be recognized in every home in 1986, when he performed in a duet with Alla Pugacheva. In 2017, he presented the album “Roker-3. Closing of the season.
2. Valery Kipelov began his career in the Leysya Song team in 1980. When the team failed state program and closed, he was invited to the Aria group. Since 1985, he has performed in it. In 2017, he performed at the "Invasion" already from own group"Kipelov", which was created in 2002, when Valery left the former team due to disagreements.
3. Yuri Shevchuk became famous thanks to his hits "Rain", "Autumn", "That's all ...". Since 1980 he has been the leader of the DDT group. Differs in oppositional views, does not accept any power. In 2017, he became the headliner of the Invasion festival, performed for 2.5 hours and was well received by the public.
4. The following singers of the 80s and 90s became an unusual phenomenon for the stage. The list of "Russian cult rockers of the 80s" is closed by two performers at once: the Samoilov brothers - Vadim and Gleb. Not so long ago they creative way dispersed, Gleb became the leader of the Matrixx group and in 2017 will please the public with a new album, and Vadim the presidential envoy. He regularly performs at Russian venues, participated in concerts in Syria and the Donbass. At the same time, the Saimolovs performed in the style of "rock decadence", which is how they differ from those listed above.

The eighties became the golden age for Russian rock. Most of the idols of even modern fans of this genre came from this period. The list of singers can include Grebenshchikov, Shklyarsky, Makarevich, Kinchev and many others.

Lost Talents

The listed lists cannot be considered complete, since they do not contain two surnames - Tsoi and Talkov. Probably, these singers would be more popular than others, because now their songs are remembered with special warmth. For many fans of their work, it is a chagrin that both performers died tragically in the prime of their careers. Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident, and Igor Talkov was shot backstage concert hall in the early nineties.

Tsoi was known as the herald of perestroika. His songs have become iconic for many, indeed the youth of the USSR wanted "changes". Igor Talkov was also a perestroika singer, his songs were heard during the putsch of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. They were more lyrical than Victor's. Most famous songs Talkov are "Clean Prudy" and "I'll be back."

Many people remember their childhood and youth with nostalgia. That is why performers of the 80-90s (Russians) are popular. The list can be continued almost endlessly. Indeed, at that time there were many acting singers of different genres. They have been basking in success for many years. There were also those whose fame faded after one hit. Here are a few short lists artists who were popular in the eighties and nineties.

Performers of songs of 80-90 years (Russian): list of men

At this time there were many singers who became famous thanks to the performance of several hits. In the first list, we did not include men who are now veterans of the scene and continue to tour actively. We will only talk about those who are currently undeservedly forgotten, although many of these singers are trying to repeat their past success:

That's not all popular artists 80-90 years (Russian). The list is almost endless. We have selected only the most the brightest stars of that time, ignoring the talented Zhenya Belousov and Evgeny Osin. To this day, such singers as Philip Kirkorov, Valery Leontiev and Oleg Gazmanov perform.

Russian performers of the 80-90s: a list of women

The stage of that time was almost 70% composed of women. In those years, the country was heard by the songs of Irina Allegrova and Tatyana Bulanova. Dance hits were performed by Lada Dance. Soulful songs with a folk touch belonged to Nadezhda Kadysheva and her namesake Nadezhda Babkina.

The hits were sung by Russian performers of the 80s and 90s. The list consisted of people who made their way only due to their talent, and of those in whose "promotion" a lot of money was invested. Alsou and Lena Zosimova were called the "golden" children of show business of those years. These singers were promoted at the expense of their fathers, although it cannot be said that they did not have talent. The singers of one hit were Marina Khlebnikova and Natalie. Although the latter has recently released new song, who conquered the whole country - the hit "Oh God, what a man!".

The most famous bands of the 80-90s

The real breakthrough at that time was the success of the Laskovy May group. This first boy band broke a lot of girls' hearts. On tour, the team collected stadiums. Several line-ups of the group even traveled around the country, the singers in which were remotely similar to the original performers. By analogy with this group, many singers began to perform to the phonogram.

There were other successful performers of the 80-90s (Russians). The list of groups, for example, looks incomplete without mentioning Bari Alibasov's Na-na project. The team captivated the audience with its sexuality. Boys sometimes performed in costumes consisting of a single bunch of bananas. In addition to these the brightest groups, the country in those years listened to the songs of the following bands: "Combination", "Kar-men", "Hands up", "Nancy", "Gaza Strip", "Russian size" and " Inveterate scammers". Many of these groups subsequently broke up and gave rise to solo projects.