ArtistInfo

Клавдия Шульженко

voc, 1906-1984 UA, Kharkiv
Singer of Pop
A.k.a. Клавдия Ивановна Шульженко

Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko (Russian: Кла́вдия Ива́новна Шульже́нко; March 24 [O.S. March 12] 1906, Kharkiv – June 17, 1984, Moscow) was a popular female singer from the Soviet Union.Shulzhenko started singing with jazz and pop bands in the late 1920s. She rose to fame in the late 1930s with her version of Sebastian Yradier's La Paloma. In 1939, she was awarded at the first all-Soviet competition of pop singers.On April 10, 1976, Shulzhenko performed to enraptured audience in the Column Hall of the House of Unions in what would become her most famous concert.

Genres

• Pop
• World
• Jazz
• Soundtrack