Leonid Kostritsa compositions sheet music and chords

Leonid Gerasimovich Kostritsa (February 3, 1919, Kyiv - November 5, 1970, Leningrad) - pop singer. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1956). He possessed a baritone of rare beauty. In 1946 he was awarded the title of laureate and third-degree prize at the Second All-Union Competition of Variety Artists. This victory opened the way to the big stage. He worked as a soloist of Lenkotsert. Among the first Soviet pop artists, he went on tour abroad in the early 50s. In 1946, one of the first records of Kostritsa, the song "We are friends, migratory birds", was released. In the future, Kostritsa recorded mainly at the studio artel "Plastmass". He was most famous in the 50s.