Roman Zhukov - Soviet and Russian musician, composer, former member of the Mirage band. The peak of the artist’s popularity came in the late 80s and early 90s of the last century, but his songs are remembered and loved after decades.
Childhood, youth
Roman Zhukov was born on April 19, 1967 in the city of Oryol, but soon his family moved to Makhachkala, where almost all the childhood of the future celebrity passed. Roman grew up in a complete family. From an early age he loved to sing and showed good vocal abilities, good hearing. Parents decided to develop their son’s talent and took him to a music school, which he successfully completed.
In Makhachkala, Roman played in a local orchestra and delighted the audience with vivid performances at various city events, on the stage of the Pioneer House. In 1984, Zhukov, after listening to the advice of his parents, moved to Moscow and entered the then-popular aircraft engineering college. But he did not stop making music. Roman played in the ensemble "Youth". Later, he realized that he would like to do this more professionally and entered the Gnesins music school.
Career
In 1987, Roman Zhukov had a chance to break into the big stage. He was invited to work in the Mirage group and was offered to play keyboards. Roman wanted something more, and after some time, Roman began to compose songs together with Sergey Kuznetsov, the author of the hits of the band "Tender May". He did it very well. Zhukov as a composer-arranger took part in the recording of the album for Svetlana Razina, who left the Mirage. In 1988, Roman left the team and began to build his own career. He wrote soulful songs and performed them on stage. The compositions "First Snow" and "Night Far" were very popular. His magnet album "Dust of Dreams" became his debut and in his support Zhukov made a famous tour of Russian cities.
In 1989, Roman created the Marshal band and quickly recorded a second album, which included the song "I love you girls, I love you boys." This composition was a huge success. Some people still identify Roma Zhukov with this particular song. Subsequently, several versions of the hit were recorded and they were translated into different languages.
The most successful albums of the musician and vocalist were:
- "Dust of Dreams" (1998);
- "The maximum version of discos" (1989);
- "Cute boy" (1991).
In the wake of popularity, the Marshall band has been actively touring, giving over 500 concerts in a year. The editors of one of the authoritative publications called Zhukov a super-guest.
In 1993, the Marshal group broke up and Zhukov moved to live in the United States. In the United States, he studied music, recorded new songs. In 1995, he actively performed in Germany for Russian emigrants, and then unexpectedly returned to Moscow. But at home, the musician did not last long. His popularity in those years began to decline and he wanted to win a new audience, go to a different level. From 1996 to 1997, Zhukov lived in Italy. There he recorded versions of his hit "I love you girls, I love you boys" in English and Italian.
In 1997, Zhukov returned to Russia. Under the pseudonym Nemo, he recorded the album Back to the Future. In 1999, already under his own name, he recorded the album "Return". It included a carpet version of old hits and new compositions.
At the beginning of the new century, Roman Zhukov recorded several albums:
- “You Do Not Believe Me” (2000);
- "The New Best" (2002);
- "Blue Rime" (2003).
In 2013, Zhukov released the album "DISCO". Fans of the artist were very happy about this, since before the release of the disc, Roman did not release anything new for 8 years. The title song for the album was Disco Night. The artist shot a bright clip on her.
After reminding himself as a popular musician, Zhukov tried to become a producer. He was engaged in the promotion of singer Olga Afanasyeva, but this did not lead to anything serious. In 2017, the singer gave fans a new song, “The Game, ” which he recorded a video in 2018. Zhukov actively takes part in national concerts along with other artists who were popular in the 80s of the last century. The novel admits that he would like to record a few more hits that can repeat the success of past songs.
