Leonid Utyosov

Soviet musician (1895–1982)

Born: 21 March 1895
Odesa
Died: 9 March 1982
Moscow
Country: Ukraine

Biography

Leonid Utyosov was a jazz musician who played voice. Leonid Utyosov was born on 21 March 1895 in Odesa and died on 9 March 1982 in Moscow. The music is usually filed under jazz, traditional folk music and estrada. Honours include Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1942), Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945) and Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1945).

Leonid Osipovich Utesov, also spelled Utyosov or Utiosov, born Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1895, Odessa – 10 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet estrada singer, and comic actor, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.

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Awards

1942 Honored Artist of the RSFSR
1945 Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
1945 Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1946 Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
1947 Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
1947 Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
1957 Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
1958 People's Artist of the RSFSR
1965 People's Artist of the USSR
1965 Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
1970 Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
1975 Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
1975 Order of the October Revolution
1976 Medal "Veteran of Labour"