Story of one song: Yuri Antonov - There is no you more beautiful (1969)
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Yuri Antonov is like our Paul McCartney! Almost every song of his can be sung in one breath... His music bank is multifaceted and rich in timeless hits! And there is a place in it for songs for any mood - from sadness to joy, from longing to anticipation of something pleasant... The main pop romantic of the Soviet Union, to whose tunes people had fun, fell in love, enjoyed life....
The story behind the song "There's No More Beautiful You"
Today we are going to talk about the magnificent composition "No More Beautiful Thou Art". A favourite of many, it was written at the sunset of the 60s (in 1969). The authors were: Yuri Antonov himself, Irina Bezladnova and Mikhail Belyakov.
Inspiration struck Antonov (at that time the keyboardist of "Singing Guitars") during the group's trip to Moldavia, right on the train! Yuri composed a heartfelt melody, and his then-girlfriend Irina Bezladnova wrote the lyrics....
At first, the whole song consisted of two verses! But later Antonov decided that this was not enough. He asked Irina for help, but she refused, citing urgent matters (which, in fact, she bitterly regretted later...) Then Yuri turned to Mikhail Belyakov, the guitarist of the Dobry Molodtsy ensemble.
How the recording went...
A curious fact, but Antonov himself did not participate in the recording, having left the collective....
"When Yura left, he left a crumpled sheet of paper... As it turned out, it was a song! He said to me: "Zhenya, I think this song will be performed by you...". And that's how it turned out! This song was in my notebook for about six months, until I remembered about it. In one night I wrote down who was going to play it and what they were going to play. And we played it!" - recalled Yevgeny Bronevitsky.
But here's the funny thing: Bronevitsky, on the contrary, thought the song was too long... It was decided to remove the second verse and add a guitar solo.
Edition
The composition was released by Melodiya, as part of the mini-album "Seeing Off" (1970).
The song was first performed by the Singing Guitars VIA ensemble. Later it was performed by Antonov himself.
In the late 80's she, performed directly by the author himself, completed an album called "Life is a fairy tale".
