Biography
The Russian Shanson's Investigator is so Arkady North called lovers of this musical genre. Looking at the pictures of the artist, to believe in such a loud title difficult. In the photo, the man does not look like a charismatic star, whose songs were heard by residents of the Soviet Union. According to the memoirs of friends, it was worth northern to take a guitar into his hands, as a man was transformed beyond recognition and attracted the attention of everyone who was nearby.Childhood and youth
Arkady Zvezdin (real singer's surname) became the fifth child in the family of the head of the railway station and the doctor. The boy was born on March 12, 1939 in the city of Ivanovo (Artist - Russian by nationality). Soon after the birth of the son, Father Arkady went to the front and returned only in 1946, when the boy went to the first class.
At school, the child did not stand out among the peers. Zvezdin grew by quiet and invisible, avoided noisy companies. Everything changed when a guitar appeared in the biography of Arkady.
Already in school years, the teenager was fascinated by Chanson. The young man independently composed music to poems from a homemade collection, which Arkady gave an older sister. Lyudmila (so called a relative) After returning from prison, he gave the youngest brother the notebook, where specific rhymed works were collected.
Music
In 1957, a young man moves into Leningrad to get a diploma of the Forestry Academy named after S. M. Kirov. Together with student entertainment in the life of Arcadia, acquaintances with fan dermators and lovers of informal music. One of these fans was Rudolf Furs, who accidentally heard Arkady performs unnecessary romances under the guitar.
Inspired by the Talent of Arcadia, Furs offers a young man to record a cassette. In the summer of 1963, the record of the first home concert Arkady North - such a pseudonym took himself a student and a renowned executive song in the style of Chanson.
In 1968, the creative activity of the North had to be interrupted - Arkady called in the army. The man was determined in the helicopter regiment of the Leningrad Military District. Later, when the Northern will ask about the service, Arkady will drupt that he fought in Vietnam.
Arkady returned to music in 1972, when I realized that the salary of an economist in the office called Exportles - there sent a man after the distribution institute - lacks. Together with the Furser, the northern records the album "Program for the State Concert".
Record had an unprecedented success. Along with official work, the next 2 years, the artist devotes tourists from the cities of the USSR and work on new songs.
In 1975, fate reduces the north with an ensemble acting at the "Sail" restaurant. The musicians who were known under the name "Pearl Brothers" are recorded with an ascending star another home concert.
Bohemian life has negatively affected Arcadia, and in 1976, the artist's friends became clear: the North suffers from alcoholism and needs treatment. A man interrupts touring and makes the first attempt to get rid of a detrimental habit. However, the treatment is enough for just a year.
In 1977, the northern moves to Odessa to record a new album. In the territory of the Primorsky city there was an acquaintance of Arkady with Kumir - Vladimir Vysotsky. Reaching the hotel room of the artist, the North has introduced himself to Vladimir. In response, Vysotsky said he heard the records where Arkady performs his songs and makes it an extremely bad. The conversation was offended by Chance, and he quickly left the number of the star of Soviet cinema.
Returning to Moscow, where Arkady stopped with friends, the North again goes into a strong binge. Only doctors, new tours and records of concerts were able to withdraw from this state of the singer.
Personal life
About his first marriage Arkady recalled with reluctance. Back in the student years, the young man met the telegraph name named Nina. Young people quickly got married and devoted quickly, not to acquire children or joint property.
Acquaintance with the second wife occurred during the service in the army. Arcadia was sent with the instructions to Leningrad. The man was already in the train, when he saw a girl, hurrying to train. Gone to emotions, Arkady left the car and immediately rushed to get acquainted with beauty. Stranger called Valentina Boytsov. December 12, 1969, young people got married.
And on June 14, 1971, the spouses were born a daughter called Natalia. Over time, the relationship of the couple, which met so romantic, spoiled. The causes of the scandals were the constant disappearance of Arkady, alcohol and fans, ready for a lot for their idols.
In 1975, Arkady and Valentine broke up and stopped all sorts of communication. The former spouse and daughter did not even come to the funeral of a loved one.
The last beloved artist was Zina's girl, with which the North became acquainted in Odessa in 1977. Couple squeezed in a year. Like the official wife, Zina did not tolerate the drunkenness of his beloved and constant abdomen of Arcadia from the house.
Death
The singer died on April 12, 1980 in Leningrad. The cause of death was hemorrhage into the brain. According to the official version, a man has become bad among the familiar who quickly delivered Arkady to the hospital named after Mechnikov.
However, the organizer of the concerts of the North, Sergey Maklakov, claims that the artist died in someone else's apartment during the next Zavoy. The drinking companions did not notice that Arkady became bad, and too late called an ambulance. Men did not have time to save.
The singer's grave is located on the territory of St. Petersburg Crematorium. It is saying that on the day of the funeral Friends of the North, so violently grudge about the mustache, which lost the urn with the rush. According to another version, the urn with dust stole later, already with the grave of a talented artist.
Discography
- 1972 - "Program for the State Concert"
- 1973 - "Program for the State Concert Part 2"
- 1974 - "Concert No. 1"
- 1975 - "First Odessa"
- 1976 - "To the 85th anniversary of Vertinsky"
- 1977 - "Lord officers"
- 1978 - "For Jora Mirgorodsky"
- 1979 - "The first and second Tikhoretsky concerts"
- 1980 - "Olympic Concert"