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Eduard Khil
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Russian singer (1934-2012)
Film & TV
Smolensk
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012) was a Russian baritone singer and a recipient of the People's Artist Award of the Russian SFSR. Khil became known to international audiences in 2010 when a 1976 recording of him singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I am very glad, as I'm finally returning back home" became an Internet meme. The song (often referred to as…
Known for
- Indifference2010
- The Triumph of a Funny Girl. Alisa Freindlich — Self2009
- Yatinsotests — Club director2004
- Seven Happy Notes1981
- Thanks for Non-flying Weather1981
- New Year's Abduction — Khil1970
- City and Song1968
- Голубой огонек - в первый час — Self1965
- A Kaleidoscope Concert1965
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Key facts
- Born
- Eduard Anatolyevich Khil , ( 1934-09-04 ) 4 September 1934, Smolensk , Western Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 4 June 2012 (2012-06-04) (aged 77), Saint Petersburg , Russia
- Resting place
- Smolensky Cemetery
- Occupation
- Singer
- Years active
- 1955–2012
- Spouse
- Zoya Pravdina ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 )
- Awards
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples People’s Artist of the RSFSR Lenin Komsomol Prize
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Smolensk
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Notable work
- I am very glad, because I’m finally going home
- Genre
- estrada
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Melodiya
- Official website
- edhill.narod.ru
- Image
- Эдуард Хиль (17-11-2007) (cropped).jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Eduard Khil
- date of birth
- 1934-09-04
- date of death
- 2012-06-04
- cause of death
- stroke
- name in native language
- Эдуард Анатольевич Хиль
- place of burial
- Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- social media followers
- 35100
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуард Анатольевич Хиль, Russian pronunciation: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ]; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer.
Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home" (Russian: "Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой", romanized: "Ya ochen' rad, ved' ya, nakonets, vozvrashchayus' domoy") became an Internet meme, often referred to as "Trololol" or "Trololo", or as the "Russian Rickroll", and the song became associated with Internet trolling. The song's newfound prominence in Internet culture led him to adopt Mr. Trololo as a stage name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eduard Khil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.