Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (Russian: Леони́д О́сипович Утёсов); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (Russian: Ла́зарь (Ле́йзер) Ио́сифович Вайсбе́йн) (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1895, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor of Jewish origin, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.

Other name:

Леонид Утесов,

Л. Утесов,

Л. Утёсов

Gender:

Male

Birthday:

Mar 21, 1895

Deathday:

9 thg 3, 1982

Place of birth:

Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire