Moscow Nights
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"Moscow Nights" "Подмосковные вечера" | |
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Song | |
Released | 1956 |
Recorded | 1956 |
Composer(s) | Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi |
Lyricist(s) | Mikhail Matusovsky |
"Moscow Nights" (
Composition and initial success
Composer
In 1956, "Moscow Nights" was recorded by
Covers
"Midnight in Moscow" | |
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Single by Kenny Ball | |
B-side |
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Released |
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Recorded | 1961 |
Genre | Easy listening |
Length | 2:59 |
Label | Kapp |
Songwriter(s) |
The Dutch jazz group New Orleans Syncopators recorded the arrangement of the song under the title 'Midnight in Moscow', arranged by its leader Jan Burgers on January 4, 1961.
In 1962, at the height of the folk revival in the United States, the song was recorded by The Chad Mitchell Trio on their popular live performance album At the Bitter End on Kapp Records. The group introduced the song with its original Russian lyrics to the American mainstream audience during the Cold War era of strained relations between the U.S. and the USSR.
In 1962, American singer and actress Ketty Lester recorded the song for her Love Letters album.
Swedish pianist Jan Johansson recorded a jazzy version of the song. It was named "Kvällar i Moskvas Förstäder", literally "Evenings in Moscow's suburbs" and was released in 1967.[6]
A version of the song was recorded by James Last and appears on his Russland zwischen Tag und Nacht album.[7]
The Chinese composer Gao Ping used the song in 2003 as the basis for one of his Soviet Love Songs for Vocalising Pianist, "Evenings in Suburban Moscow."[8]
In 2015, the
Place in Soviet culture
The shortwave radio station Radio Moscow's English-language service has played an instrumental version of "Moscow Nights" between informing listeners of frequency changes and the hourly newscast since the start of its 24-hour English Service in 1978.[citation needed]
In American popular culture
The lyrics were shown on 9 March 2017 in
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1962 (U.S.)
References
- ^ "Vladimir Trochin – Moscow nights (1956)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Jan Burgers & His New Orleans Syncopators Midnight in Moscow". YouTube.
- ^ "Kenny Ball". 45-rpm.org.uk. 22 May 1930. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 28.
- ^ "Lycklig resa – en hyllning till Jan Johansson". Konserthuset.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ Mitternacht in Moskau, retrieved 6 January 2023
- ^ "Two Soviet Love Songs for Vocalising Pianist – Gao Ping". Sounz.org.nz. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Foreign units marched at the military parade in step with the music of "Katusha" and "Podmoscovnye vechera" songs : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation". Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "CLP – Vanity Card #554". Chucklorre.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "CLP – Vanity Card #585". Chucklorre.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpXve4jdD3E
Other sources
- Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky, "Tales about Your Songs", Moscow, Detskaya Literatura, 1973. Долматовский Е. Рассказы о твоих песнях.- М.: Детская литература, 1973.