| Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi | |
| Birth Name: | Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov |
| Native Name: | Василий Соловьёв-Седой |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Occupation: | Composer |
| Style: | Classical |
Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi (Russian: Василий Павлович Соловьёв-Седой; – 2 December 1979)[1] was a Soviet classical composer and songwriter who was born and died in Leningrad.
Solovyov-Sedoi composed the music for many songs such as "Moscow Nights" (Russian: Подмосковные вечера) and "Nightingales" (Russian: Соловьи).[2] [3] He also wrote music for numerous films. The melody of the Moscow Nights by Solovyov-Sedoi resembles the famous On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away by Paul Dresser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpXve4jdD3EOriginally named Solovyov, when he entered the Union of Soviet Composers he added the suffix "Sedoi", meaning grey-haired, to avoid confusion with another composer with the same surname.[2]