Margarita (Valery Leontiev song) explained

"Margarita " (Russian: Маргарита) is a Soviet song written by Yury Chernavsky and Alexander Markevich. It was written for the discotheque SPM Record in Luzhniki, Moscow. It was the first discotheque in the USSR for more than 10,000 people.[1] [2]

The first performer of the song was showman and disc-jockey Sergey Minaev. Later the song entered the repertoire of Valery Leontiev,[2] who released it on album Wicked Way in 1990.

Sergey Minaev version

Margarita
Artist:Sergey Minaev
Album:Nazad v Buduchshee
Released:2002
Recorded:1986
Studio:Yury Chernavsky's home studio
Genre:Euro-disco
Length:4:21
Label:Kvadro-Disc

Original version of the song was recorded by popular Soviet disc-jockey Sergey Minaev.[1] [3] Chernavsky was introduced to Minaev by sound engineer Vladimir Shirkin a few days before the recording.[4]

The recording was made in 1986 in Chernavsky's home studio. Yuri attracted to the recording of backing vocals several famous singers with whom he was working at that time. Everyone was ready to help the young performer. The arrangements were recorded by Yuri in the then fashionable euro-disco style. During the same period Chernavsky recorded other songs with Minaev — "Shaman" and "Disco Princess". Subsequently, the composer recalled: "...Seryozha Minaev was extremely talented, efficient and bright, easy-going."[5]

The song "Margarita" immediately became popular in Moscow clubs, spread across the country on samizdat "cassette singles"[3] and became an All—Union hit.[6]

Chernavsky's songs, including "Margarita", were not included in Minaev's albums until 2002,[7] although included in his magnetoalbums;[3] [8] [9] [10] [11] mastertapes being considered lost. In 2006, Minaev recorded a remix version for the album "Pirate of the XX century".[12]

Valery Leontiev version

Margarita
Artist:Valery Leontiev
Album:Wicked Way
Released:1990
Recorded:1988–89
Length:5:20[13]
Label:Melodiya

In 1987, after Sergey Lisovsky, with the assistance of Chernavsky, organized SPM "Record", Minaev no longer collaborated with Yuri. In 1989, Chernavsky, without waiting for the release of the song on LPs, produced the recording of the second version of "Margarita" — with Valery Leontiev.[2]

A month later, director Vadim Korotkov and co-director and screenwriter Yuri Grymov shot a music video, which received wide rotation on Soviet television.[14] The role of Margarita was played by model Olga Anosova.

The song was the leader in the TV contest "Pesnya-89".[15] [16] and reached the highest ranks of the USSR charts.[17]

Editions

Legacy

Valery Leontiev highly appreciated his work with Yuri Chernavsky on the song "Margarita" and other joint projects.[18] Minaev described Chernavsky as "an underrated genius".[19]

Afisha Daily, in the article "What is the post-Soviet sound?", cites the song as a vivid example of post-Soviet pop music (formally belonging to the Soviet era, the composition denies it in sound and subject matter) as well as "reading the night as a time of magical adventures", which has become one of the trends of post-Soviet pop music.[20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Сергей Минаев. Дискография 80-х. ru. Авторадио. 2009-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20111103173704/http://www.disco80.ru/?an=minaev. 2011-11-03. In Russian
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20171024005512/http://os.colta.ru/music_modern/events/details/35187/page2/ Топ-12: Юрий Чернавский (автор: Денис Бояринов) (16 марта 2012 года)
  3. Web site: Сергей Минаев (Песни Юрия Чернавского). Музыкальный блог, любимые исполнители. ru. «Спроси Алёну»; www.tonnel.ru. 2009-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20120217062803/http://music.tonnel.ru/?l=music. 2012-02-17. In Russian
  4. Web site: Чернавский Ю.. Флейты, джаз и философия. Архивы Банановых островов, Том I / Archives of the Banana Islands, Vol. I. Mir-United Inc.; Юрий Чернавский / Yury Chernavsky. ru. 2009-09-30. «…звукорежиссёр Вова Ширкин, по заводу, загнал мастер-фейдер до отказа, и горы колонок буквально прыгали по сцене…». https://web.archive.org/web/20090426010012/http://www.abi-1.com/Flaute_jazz_fios.html. 2009-04-26. In Russian
  5. Web site: Чернавский Ю.. Альбом «Банановые острова». 1983. Архивы Банановых островов, Том I / Archives of the Banana Islands, Vol. I. ru. Mir-United Inc.; Юрий Чернавский / Yury Chernavsky. 2009-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20091105233252/http://www.abi-1.com/BO_Interwiev.html. 2009-11-05. In Russian
  6. Web site: 2007-09-04. Сергей Минаев. Биографии. ru. Классика русского шансона; Blatata.Com. 2009-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20111105045139/http://www.blatata.com/2007/09/04/sergejj-minaev.html. 2011-11-05. In Russian
  7. . Maschina Records (2022)
  8. Web site: Маргарита. Сергей Минаев. Исполнители. ru. Moskva.FM — песни на радио Москвы. 2009-10-04. https://archive.today/20130213144701/http://www.moskva.fm/artist/%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2/song_899333. 2013-02-13. In Russian
  9. Web site: Минаев С.. 2002-10-27. Съёмки "Серебряного диска". Блог Сергея Минаева. Сергей Минаев.ru. Диск-жокей № 1: версия 4.0 (01.01.2009). ru. 2009-09-30. https://archive.today/20130417134429/http://www.sergeyminaev.ru/v5/tv/tv-okonchanie.html. 2013-04-17. In Russian
  10. Web site: Сергей Минаев. Назад в будущее. Audio CD. Музыка. ru. Интернет-магазин OZON.ru. 2009-09-30. 2005-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20050831221159/http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/1201391/. In Russian
  11. Web site: 2009-09-03. Сергей Минаев — Маргарита. YouTube — lohnes20009’s Channel. ru. YouTube, LLC. 2009-09-30. Сергей Минаев — «Маргарита» с СD «Назад в будущее» (2002). 2015-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20150817063030/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpSmGDLy7Fk. In Russian
  12. Web site: Минаев Сергей.. 2006-02-03. Отчего не сплю?. Блог Сергея Минаева. Сергей Минаев.ru. Диск-жокей № 1: версия 4.0 (01.01.2009). ru. 2009-09-30. https://archive.today/20120909134800/http://www.sergeyminaev.ru/v5/disco-80/est-diskoteka-2005.html. 2012-09-09. In Russian
  13. Web site: Маргарита. Валерий Леонтьев. Исполнители. ru. Moskva.FM — песни на радио Москвы. 2009-10-04. https://archive.today/20120903144306/http://www.moskva.fm/artist/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2/song_1679170. 2012-09-03. In Russian
  14. Web site: 2008-05-24. Валерий Леонтьев — Маргарита (видеоклип). YouTube — punchouss’s Channel. ru. YouTube, LLC. 2009-09-30. В. Леонтьев, видеоклип «Маргарита», режиссёр Юрий Грымов (1989). 2017-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20171012062110/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=586_vaf2LBM. In Russian
  15. Web site: 2008-06-21. Маргарита — В. Леонтьев. Дневник deltaplan-club. ru. deltaplan-club; LiveInternet. 2009-10-02. «Песня-89», осенний выпуск. 1989 год. 2014-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220919/http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/deltaplan-club/post78504060/.
  16. Web site: 2008-07-06. Песня-1989. Видеоклипы и музыка 70—80—90-х. ru. Retro80.com. 2009-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20130524091300/http://retro80.com/main/101-pesnja-89.html. 2013-05-24. In Russian
  17. Web site: 2009-07-13. Леонтьев оденет высокие ботинки, чтобы допрыгнуть до Патрисии Каас. Новости шоу-бизнеса. ru. Новости NEWS.rin.ru. 2009-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215738/http://news.rin.ru/news///132554///%F7%C1%CC%C5%D2%C9%CA%20%EC%C5%CF%CE%D4%D8%C5%D7/. 2014-05-12. In Russian
  18. Web site: Среда, 01.09.1999: Валерий Леонтьев. Передачи. Интервью. ru. Радиостанция «Эхо Москвы». 2009-10-01. Ведущие: Марина Багдасарян, Матвей Ганапольский. В эфире радиостанции «Эхо Москвы» Валерий Леонтьев — певец. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512224554/http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/23047/. 2014-05-12. In Russian
  19. TV program "По волнам нашей памяти", host - Oleg Nesterov. In Russian
  20. Web site: "Комбинация", "Кино", "Шесть мертвых болгар" и другие. Что такое постсоветский звук? . 2021-12-24 . 2021-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211224071759/https://daily.afisha.ru/music/21852-kombinaciya-kino-shest-mertvyh-bolgar-i-drugie-chto-takoe-postsovetskiy-zvuk/. In Russian

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