The name of Valery Obodzinsky has already become a legend. At one time he was a phenomenal personality, a talent with a capital letter. Valery did not have a musical education, but mother nature rewarded him with a bewitching, strong and beautiful voice that penetrated the hearts of ordinary Soviet people. The artist’s life was filled with many interesting and vibrant events that combined victory and defeat. What kind of person was Valery Obodzinsky? Biography, photos from the archives of the personal and pop life of the famous singer will tell about this.
Parent house of Valery Obodzinsky
January 24, 1942 was born Valery Vladimirovich. It was a difficult time for his hometown of Odessa, because the Germans occupied the city.
Obodzinsky’s parents (mother is Ukrainian, father is Pole) served at the front, and his son was left in the care of grandmother Domna, who became the second mother for the future singer, he simply called her - mother. Little Valera was brought up with his uncle Lenya, who was 2 years older than him. Once, a German officer nearly shot the boys when a hungry Lenya stole sausage from him. This could end the biography of Valery Obodzinsky, if not for a loving grandmother. She saved the lives of the boys when, falling to her knees, she kissed the soldier's boots.
Young talent - a find for the company of thieves
Valery read a lot from childhood, he got acquainted with the works of Russian classics. At the same age, his singing talent appeared. The boy entertained vacationers on the beach, performing songs in Italian, for which he was nicknamed Caruso.
The war ended, and in 1949 Obodzinsky began to attend school, but he did not study well, because hunger distracted him from the educational process, and in his spare time it was preferable to walk in the yard. It was on the street that he met friends, with whom he knew thieves' life. The boys called him Tsun and took him to their company as a distraction: his comrades made thefts while Valery Obodzinsky sang songs in a sonorous voice, accompanying the double bass.
The biography, personal life and work of the singer have always interested his fans. Classmates said that Valery was a very shy guy of inconspicuous appearance, it was difficult for him to attract the attention of girls. But any girl could show interest in Obodzinsky, only learning about his outstanding vocal abilities. At an older age, Valera imitated Elvis Presley. Always was elegant, and with the girls kept politely and courteously.
Dreams of the stage and work on the steamer Admiral Nakhimov
The biography of Valery Obodzinsky says that after school, the future singer changed many professions. It was at that moment that he began to take singing lessons from a former vocal teacher - his neighbor Amalia Brunovna. Obodzinsky dreamed of a music career, wanted to go to a music school, but for some unknown reason, the admissions committee rejected his profile.
Perhaps the name of Valery Obodzinsky would have remained famous among his friends, acquaintances and ordinary passers-by, who had heard his singing, if fate had not brought him to the head of the youth theater of the Palace of Culture of Paramedics - Valentina Borokhovich. The guy said that he would really like to sing on stage. Valentina accepted him into her theater club. At the same time, Valery attended vocal classes at the Palace of Sailors, and then became a mass-entertainer of the Admiral Nakhimov motor ship. From that moment, the creative biography of Valery Obodzinsky began. Switching to another ship, he spoke from the Kostroma, Novgorod and Chernihiv Philharmonic. There was a chance to become a soloist of the Yaroslavl ensemble, but refused the offer, because he preferred the work of a double bass player and soloist from the Tomsk Philharmonic in the Lundstrem orchestra.
Nelly Kravtsova - wife of Valery Obodzinsky
The artist’s biography and personal life changed when in 1961 there was a fatal meeting between Obodzinsky and the daughter of the capital of the passenger liner Azerbaijan, Nelli Kravtsova. They immediately liked each other, but Valery had a problem - addiction to alcohol. He was unable to get rid of this addiction, Nelly told about it. The girl was bribed by this frankness of a modest guy. Soon, young people officially consolidated their relationship, and after the birth of the eldest daughter, Angela, Valery vowed to his wife that he would no longer touch the glass. The biography of Valery Obodzinsky was filled with happy events: children and his wife brightened his life, gave inspiration and vitality. The eldest Angela received a name in honor of the singer’s song of the same name, and the youngest Valeria was named in his honor.
A turning point with Pavel Shakhnarovich
Three years later, in 1964, Obodzinsky met Pavel Shakhnarovich. This meeting influenced the fate of Valery: the guy got a place in the Lundstrem orchestra, and then moved to the Don Philharmonic. Once, touring abroad, Obodzinsky met with the Bulgarian pop star Lily Ivanova. The biography of the singer Valery Obodzinsky was now firmly connected with the stage. Lily brought him together with composer Boris Karadmichev, who presented the singer with his song “The Moon on a Sunny Beach”, and Oleg Gadzhikasimov translated it into Russian. Obodzinsky performed with her at the Polish song festival Sopot. Then this performance was a sensational event for the singer himself and for the songwriters.
Work with David Tukhmanov: first hits and first fame
This was followed by work with David Tukhmanov, and already on the "Blue Flame" sounded "Eastern Song".
Then Valery Vladimirovich bathed in the rays of his fame, his songs immediately became hits: “A song without words”, “Carnival”, “Something happened”, and when hits of foreign popular singers - Joe Dassin, Tom Jones, appeared in his repertoire Forests of Reed - Obodzinsky became the object of adoration for all women of the Soviet Union.
The biography of singer Valery Obodzinsky indicates that at that time it was the best period of his creative career. The composition “These eyes are opposite”, written over the evening by David Tukhmanov and his wife Tanya Sashko brought Obodzinsky real fame and recognition. We recorded the song the next morning, and after a while it sounded on the radio. Radio stations did not have time to rake bags of letters containing requests to hear songs performed by the beloved singer, and during concerts it was not worth spending a lot of words to announce Valery Obodzinsky.
In the family - hope and support, on the stage - a strong competitor
Children Valery Obodzinsky enthusiastically remember about his father. Angela says that her father was an all-powerful, reliable person with whom you feel safe. He knew how to be both kind and strict at the same time. A lot of positive emotions in the daughter was caused by the fact that passers-by recognize her dad and admire his talent.
The self-taught singer with an absolute ear for music and excellent voice data was different from his fellow artists, overtaking such singers as Vadim Mulerman, Eduard Gil, Joseph Kobzon and Yuri Gulyaev in the ranking. The biography of Valery Obodzinsky reports that Muslim Magomayev was the only performer who could measure the skill, talent and success of a career with an artist.
Government criticism and discontent
Critics praised and loved Obodzinsky, but the performance of foreign songs caused a storm of indignation among officials, therefore, the career of a popular favorite was not always successful. For the first disc, released in the late sixties, sold in the amount of 13 million copies, Obodzinsky received a fee of 150 rubles, and the state - a profit of 30 million rubles. Once Ekaterina Furtseva, who at that time was the Minister of Culture, having visited the record company, accidentally found a box with music records on which was written: "Valery Obodzinsky." The biography, the personal life of the singer, like himself, were unknown to her. Furtseva immediately felt distrust of the unknown artist. Soon, an order was issued to reduce the number of concerts of the singer. The arguments of the plant manager, who reported that Obodzinsky is a star and the people love him, did not help. The government did not like romantic motives in Obodzinsky’s songs, since then it was more correct to sing about the party, Komsomol and work, and love lyrics were not held in high esteem.
And in 1971, concerts of Valery Obodzinsky on the territory of the Russian Federation were banned, and the ban lasted almost a year. But Vasily Shauro, an admirer of the artist, helped restore Valery the right to perform in Russia, but he was banned on television: according to the government, his songs could not teach anything. On the side of Obodzinsky was Nikita the Theological.
Valery Obodzinsky: “Faithful friends” and new ups
In 1973, Obodzinsky began performing as part of the vocal-instrumental ensemble “Faithful Friends”, with whom he performed his old hits and recorded new ones, and some of them were performed in the films “Treasure Island”, “Center from Heaven”, “In my death I ask you to blame Claudia K., "Big space travel."
In 1974, the newspaper Sovetskaya Kultura published an article calling for “noticing the good”, which helped rehabilitate Obodzinsky: the tour began again, tickets were sold out at a frantic speed, and there was no crowding at concerts.
Return of addiction
But already in 1975, Valery Obodzinsky became addicted to alcohol again. Biography - personal and creative - suggests that these were sad times for the artist. The singer had a bad habit even before the birth of his daughters, he managed to hold out for several years, but at one point Valery surrendered, and trouble again hung over the singer not only in the form of alcohol dependence, but also illegal drugs. Shakhnarovich said that the singer even had to be incognito in a psychiatric hospital, the director forbade him to go on stage drunk, but not always the prohibitions acted on Obodzinsky.
In 1977, Shakhnarovich refused to work with Obodzinsky, the ensemble musicians left with the director of the singer: according to his colleagues, it became impossible to work with Valery.
Valery Obodzinsky, biography: family and career - downhill
The family and career of the singer collapsed with incredible speed. In Moscow, Obodzinsky spoke once more in 1983, and in 1986 he completely left the world of music. In 1979, the wife left the artist. The singer then worked as a simple watchman in a tie factory, where in 1991 he met Anna Yesenina. The woman was a big fan of the singer, soon became his support and support, this woman restored the artist’s self-confidence, he sang again, and after a while Anna became his common-law spouse.
Before her fiftieth anniversary, Anna phoned television and radio stations, but gave an answer from Mayak radio: put three songs by Valery Obodzinsky and congratulated them on the anniversary. From that moment on, his name sounded again, speeches began, the proposals of which were streamed from all over the country. But Valery Vladimirovich did not always agree not only to perform, but also to perform the songs proposed to him.
Vertinsky’s songs and a full house in the concert hall “Russia”
In the early nineties, Valery Obodzinsky decided to perform Vertinsky's songs, and Anna Yesenina helped him record the whole Vertinsky's album.
In 1994, Obodzinsky gathered a full house within the walls of the Rossiya Concert Hall, performing for the first time after a long break. It was surprising that, having gone through such a difficult life, sorting out bad habits, his voice remained just as beautiful.
Death of Valery Obodzinsky
Shortly before his death, Valery Obodzinsky set off on his last concert tour of Russia. Biography (date of death of the singer - April 26, 1997) indicates that he left unexpectedly and too early - he was 55 years old.
Obodzinsky’s death unexpectedly overtook, shortly before his death, he underwent a complete examination, which showed no life-threatening pathologies, he would still have to live, according to doctors, for about 50 years. But Valery did not follow the diet prescribed by doctors. The day before, on April 25, Obodzinsky became ill, did not go to the hospital, and perhaps felt a quick death. Anna and her eldest daughter Valeria were nearby, they did not sleep all night. The next morning he was gone.
A lot of people came to say goodbye to Obodzinsky, everyone was discussing him, there were fiery speeches about which person left this world and how everyone respected and loved him. Suddenly, the portrait of the singer, standing in the frame, fell to the ground with a roar, and the glass shattered. There was a dumb silence around. The Obodzinsky family is sure that this was a sign: from the other side Valery Vladimirovich forced to stop and not disturb his soul. The body of the artist is now resting in the Kuntsevo cemetery.