“My voice wasn’t that clear, ” Sergey Belikov sings in one of his hits. In fact, the voice of its rare beauty has been perceived for several generations with great pleasure.
“I dream of a village”, a hit of the 80s, the Soviet pop star performed with such skill that each of the listeners remembered their native places, and everyone was almost sure that the singer was really born in the village and yearned for his small Motherland.
Ordinary interesting kid
In fact, the poet and composer Sergei G. Belikov hails from Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, where he was born into the usual working-class family of a driver and auto dispatcher on October 25, 1954. He grew up the most ordinary city kid.
In the family, no one was engaged in music.
He was sent to a music school, rather, because it was fashionable to develop children. He learned to play the button accordion, sang in the school choir, and at the age of thirteen he became interested in the guitar. The impetus for this was the famous Beatles, while all the boys wanted to be like the Beatles.
After graduation, he entered a music college in Moscow, then there was an institute of culture.
Another serious hobby was football. As part of the city club team, they even won the Moscow championship.
But by the end of adolescence had to make a choice: music or football. It is physically impossible to deal with both at a high level, and Sergei could not relate to the work of the half-strength. That is his character. Fortunately, the music won.
Profession Steps
The first stage of the artist was the stage of the dance floor, where Belikov and his friends performed with his VIA. At that time, he was still in college.
Soon he “outgrew” the youthful team and began to engage with the group “We”. The team gained quite wide fame not only in their hometown, but also in the capital. In particular, he was invited to play at the wedding of V. Tretyak.
The young man was noticed with a beautiful voice and was invited to Lenkom to beginner director Mark Zakharov. The theater troupe included the Araks group, which took part in the production of musical performances and rock operas. The level of professionalism of “Araks” was very high, not only theatrical spectators came to performances, but also a large number of musicians.
In the 80s, the company "Melody" released a revolutionary at that time Tukhmanov's disc "On the wave of my memory." One of the songs was entrusted to sing to Sergey. He himself admits that it was like a breath of fresh air.
And at the end of the decade, at the invitation of Yuri Malikov, the singer begins work in the legendary band "Gems". The manner of performance and his image corresponded to what the ensemble was doing, but Belikov was more progressive, and this brought the group to a new round in creativity. But "Gems" also gave the artist a lot - here he is gaining performing and acting skills.
Then there was a return to Lenkom, and then - free swimming with his solo programs. His performances gathered full halls and stadiums.
In the 90s, the top performer of the Soviet era experienced a difficult period in his career, he was practically not allowed to perform. Even Sergey himself does not know about the reasons.
At that time of crisis, football saved him. As part of the national team of famous artists, Belikov traveled half of the former Union and was considered one of the best players. On his account, most goals scored.
In 2005, an album was released under the working title "New Songs and Old Hits." This topic is continued in subsequent collections.
