Alexander Gradsky
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Russian rock singer (1949–2021)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1926-06-30
- Active to
- 2011-02-12
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Discography
- Peter Alexander singt Melodien zum Verlieben1961
- Mir geht's wunderbar1962
- Wiener Spaziergänge1962
- Piccolo-Party1963
- Spaziergang durch das Land der Operette mit Peter Alexander1964
- Schöne Weihnacht mit Peter Alexander1965
- Spaziergang durch das Land des Films1965
- Wiener G'schichten mit Peter Alexander1965
- In Paris1966
- Spezialitäten von der Donau zum Don1967
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- 1,841
- Total plays
- 12,306
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Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (Алекса́ндр Гра́дский); born November 3, 1949, Kopeysk) is a Soviet and Russian Rock singer, bard and composer, and has sometimes been called the Soviet Union's most popular recording artist. He is known to have a three-and-a-half octave range voice, and has performed with John Denver on the song "Let Us Begin..." Gradsky is also known as "Granddad of Soviet rock" <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alexander+Gradsky">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Kopeysk
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Anastasiya Vertinskaya
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Gnessin Russian Academy of Music
- Employer
- Donetsk Philharmonic society
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- What? Where? When?
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- gradsky.com
- Image
- Александр Борисович Градский, Москва, 2015 (2).png
- Voice type
- lyric tenor
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- Commons category
- Alexander Gradsky
- date of birth
- 1949-11-03
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- Fach vocal classification
- tenore di grazia
- birth name
- Александр Борисович Фрадкин
- name in native language
- Александр Борисович Градский
- date of death
- 2021-11-28
- influenced by
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- place of burial
- Vagankovo Cemetery
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
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