Top 3 best songs by Mikhail Boyarsky

Mikhail Boyarsky - one of the most beloved actors of Soviet cinema. His legendary performance as D'Artagnan is still remembered to this day. A whole generation grew up on films with Boyarsky! But he was remembered not only for his artistry and hat, but also for his unique vocal performances.

Mikhail Boyarsky cannot be called the most talented vocalist. But he sang just fine. The words, performed by him songs, for a long time fell into the soul. And even young people know the songs we will tell you about in this top!

Green-eyed taxi

Boyarsky did not write the music and lyrics to his songs himself. In Soviet times, few performers could boast that their repertoire was composed by themselves. This was done by professionals. For example, the music for "Green-Eyed Taxi" was written by Oleg Kvashibut the words Valery Panfilov.

Not all modern listeners understand what a green-eyed taxi is. It doesn't exist anymore. But in the past, inside or outside each car there was special torchThe colour green was red or green, depending on whether the car was occupied or not. If the colour is green, you can safely get into the taxi - it is not occupied.

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In 1988. The Melodiya company decided to release a disc on which each star had to sing two songs by Oleg Kvasha. "Green-Eyed Taxi" went to Mikhail Boyarsky. Many people liked Boyarsky's performance, but to perform at the festival Song-88 he was banned. The organisers said that "Green-eyed Taxi" performed by Boyarsky was a depressing, sleepy song. Although it is now clear that not all songs and performers have to be cheerful.

Llanfranc-Lanfra

And this song is a masterpiece from the film ""The Gardemarines, forwards!" 1987 release. In the film, she's played by Chevalier de Brillyplayed by Mikhail Boyarsky. Accordingly, he sang the song too. It turned out great, and it couldn't have been otherwise.

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The text was authored by Yuri Ryashentsev. He worked with the musical design of films with Boyarsky. It was he who composed the songs for the film D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers. As the author himself, Yuri Ryashentsev, said:

"The famous 'lanfren-lanfra' is a meaningless gibberish often used in old French songs. It's the same as 'oy-lu-lee' in Russian songs."

So we broke up.

Very much so. sad song about broken human relationships. The title also points to this ambiguously. In Boyarsky's performance, this touching song becomes even more expressive. The musician seems to have a special talent for singing sad songs.

The text was authored by Leonid Derbenevand he composed the music Vyacheslav Dobrynin. They worked with Boyarsky in the creation of several more legendary compositions. Together they created the song "Big Bear". And Leonid Derbenev wrote lyrics for some of the songs in the films in which Boyarsky starred.

What are your favourite Boyarsky songs? Share your opinion in the comments!