Critics and experts continue to argue about the specifics of the Russian chanson genre. Lyubov Uspenskaya does not enter into discussions, she goes on stage and sings. Russian people on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean know and love her.
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 the director of a factory for the production of household appliances. Mother worked in a garment factory. She died two months after the birth of the girl.
Lyuba was raised and raised by her father's grandmother. The future singer considered her grandmother to be her mother for a long time. 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 any teachings and instructions from her elders, including her father, with hostility, as they say. From an early age, she demonstrated rare musical possibilities. She sang well, and she was enrolled in a music school in the accordion class.
Creative activity
At the age of fifteen, Lyuba turned into an attractive girl and began performing popular songs on dance floors. After a while 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 an engagement to perform in the city of Kislovodsk. Father and grandmother were categorically against the girl moving to the North Caucasus alone. But the seventeen-year-old singer insisted on her own. Three years later, she moved to Yerevan and sings at the famous Sadko restaurant.
In 1978, Ouspenskaya, under pressure from censorship and party functionaries, decided to go abroad. By that time, she already had acquaintances musicians who moved to permanent residence in the United States. When Lyuba got off the gangplank, her friends were already waiting for her. She quickly gained fame among the local public. She performed with Mikhail Shufutinsky, Willie Tokarev, Slava Medyanik. For more than eighteen years, Love has spent on the hospitable American soil. Here she has recorded several solo albums, including one in English.
Recognition and privacy
Uspenskaya returned to her native shores in the early 90s. The first performances took place in Moscow. Then they began touring and recording new albums. The singer has received the prestigious Chanson of the Year award more than ten times.
Much has been said and written about the singer's personal life. She got married four times. The surname Uspenskaya came from her second spouse. With their beloved husband Alexander Plaksin, they have been living under one roof for over 30 years. Raised and raised a daughter.
