Critics and experts continue to argue about the specifics of the genre of Russian chanson. Lyubov Uspenskaya does not enter into discussions, she goes on stage and sings. She is known and loved by Russian people on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Childhood
In a real situation, it often happens that the child is not told the whole truth about the origin. This is done not out of malice, but in order not to injure the fragile psyche of the baby. This kind of situation has developed in the fate of the famous singer Lyuba Uspenskaya. The future "queen of chanson" was born on February 24, 1954 in a Soviet family. Parents at that time lived in the ancient city of Kiev. My father worked as a director of a household appliance factory. Mother worked in a garment factory. She died two months after the birth of the girl.
Lyuba was raised and raised by her grandmother from her father. The future singer for a long time considered her grandmother to be her mother. When the girl was fourteen years old, one of the neighbors told her the bitter truth. This news had a depressing effect on Lyuba. At first, she did not know how to behave with relatives. Ouspenskaya perceived all the teachings and instructions from the elders, including her father, as they say, "with hostility." From an early age, she demonstrated rare musical capabilities. She sang well, and she was enrolled in a music school in the accordion class.
Creative activity
At fifteen, Lyuba turned into an attractive girl and began to sing popular songs on dance floors. After some time, she was invited to sing in one of the fashionable restaurants in Kiev. It was here that she was noticed by serious impresario and offered engagement to perform in the city of Kislovodsk. Father and grandmother were categorically against the girl moving alone to the North Caucasus. But the seventeen-year-old singer insisted. Three years later, she moved to Yerevan and sang in the famous Sadko restaurant.
In 1978, Uspenskaya, under pressure from censorship and party functionaries, decided to go abroad. By that time, she already had familiar musicians who moved to a permanent place of residence in the United States. When Lyuba left the ladder, her friends were already waiting for her. She quickly gained fame with the local public. She performed with Mikhail Shufutinsky, Willy Tokarev, Slava Medyanik. For more than eighteen years, Love spent on hospitable American land. Here she recorded several solo albums, including one in English.
