Biography
The songs of the Group "Gems" are characterized by simplicity and melodiousness. Soviet romance still loved by listeners, despite the fact that the repertoire of the team is unchanged for over 40 years. Familiar and relatives "We wish you happiness", "all life ahead" still sounds in radio broadcasts and television, raise the mood and inspire optimism.History and composition
The founder, ideological inspirer and leader of the group for many years of existence remains Yuri Malikov. With the young man who arose in the young man to organize a music team and began the "Gem" ensemble.
The young graduate of the conservatory in the class of double bass Yury Malikov was on the list of participants of the Expo-70 exhibition in Japan. Despite the fact that a man has appeared in a month before that, the first man - the son of Dima, the musician went to an eight-monthly foreign business trip to the country of the rising sun.
There, the double bassist met the pop European music, which was difficult to hear in the country of advice. Particularly attractive was the technical side of concerts.
A young musician caught fire the idea of creating a completely new and atypical for the USSR of a musical team with a bright soloist, similar to Tom Jones. For the eight months spent in Japan, Yuri bought a huge number of equipment necessary to record and work the music group.
According to Malikov's memoirs, the wife burst into tears when he saw that earned his husband's fee was spent on 15 drawers of technology. And this is during the period of total deficit in the country.
Not spending time in vain, enterprising Malikov immediately engaged in the organization of the ensemble. Numerous listening and watching singers and musicians ended with the birth of a group, which at first did not have a name and was called simply under the control of Yuri Malikova.
August 8, 1971 held a debut of the team on the air of a popular radio broadcast "with good morning!". Young musicians devoted a full release, the listeners were able to appreciate the first teams of the team, including "I will take you to Tundra." Music lovers were offered to come up with a group name. Among thousands of options, Yuri Malikov chose "Gems". As the team leader explained, the participants sparkle in their own way on stage, like jewelry.
The first team of the team changed many times, but the soloist remained bright and attractive. According to Malikova, the ideal in the face of Tom Jones was a guideline. In the end, the constant composition was formed, with whom the Hits of the Group were recorded: Irina Shachneva, Edward Rabbit, Sergey Berezin, Gennady Zharkov, Valentin Dyakonov, Nikolai Rappoport.
However, not everything was smooth in the life of VIA "Gems". In 1975, on top of creative success, part of the team leaves the ensemble and organizes its own VIA "Flame".
Then Malikov made it impossible - in the shortest possible time he chose new musicians, rewritten with them the repertoire of the group, at the same time half replacing it. In addition, a large solo concert was organized with new participants.
Experienced professional stars have entered the staff, such as Elena and Vladimir Presnyakov, who came from the team "What guitars sing". The group became incredibly popular, active touring work was carried out in the cities of the Union. Participated team in foreign concerts and festivals.
Many star stars began in "Gems". At different times, Alexey Glysin, Vladimir Kuzmin, Alexander Barykin, were opposed in the group, Vyacheslav Dobrynin. Some musicians who came to listening, Malikov did not take into the team, because he believed that they need to do a solo career. In this number, Alexander Serov, Alexander Malinin. As the time has shown, the head of Via was not mistaken with the tips.
After the 1980 Olympic Games, pop culture moves into the background, and the first turns on the first rock bands. The number of speeches falls like the popularity of VIA "Gems." Musicians are gradually acquiring families, concerts distract from raising children and calm homework.
In 1992, Yuri Malikov is forced to stop the work of the team. However, already in 1996, the release of the legendary VIA was released in the transfer of the Golden Hike. 30 former participants gathered on the stage. The songs caused such a positive response of emotions and memories from the viewers that the group resumed the work and performance.
Music
For the Soviet Union of the 70s, the repertoire of "gems" became a new alive, close to the heart of each listener. Texts are simple, ringtones are romantic. The compositions of the group "where Maple noise", "Music", "the leaves are frightened," the leaves of yellow over the city are poured, "people are encountered." Songs came from stadiums and concert halls, where concerts were held with the fellow.I first sounded on the air "with a good morning!" The songs of "Gem Communion" fall into the "Mayak" program, Hello, Comrade and others. The composition "My address - Soviet Union" became a business card of the team, the concerts of the group began with it.
For the first time, we saw the public saw pets on a speech at the Summer Theater Hermitage in Moscow. The program of the collective was different from the performances of other ensembles. Yuri Malikov abandoned the entertainer, boring dry ligaments between the songs. The soloist and musicians independently commented, communicated with the public.
For the first time in the program, humorists are involved. Vladimir Vinokur debuted on stage with "gems." Directory findings of the concert, competent work with lighting allowed to make the output of artists on the scene original and exciting. It is not surprising that the halls and stadiums were invariably overwhelmed by the team fans.
"Gems" recorded four plates with songs in the Soviet period. After returning to the scene, and since 1995, about ten albums came out, including a popurry from old songs, loved by the compositions in the new arrangement, as well as several fresh works.
"Gems" now
After a loud return to the scene, the band continues to perform and give concerts and in 2018. On the photo of the main composition of the team smiling, positive, invariably young soul musicians of the active composition - Elena Presnyakova, Alexander Nefedov, Oleg Sleptsov, Georgy Vlasenko.
Yuri Malikov admits that there are not much concerts, but they are consistently present in the life of the group. Large solo performances are organized regularly, former participants come with pleasure.
The head of the ensemble once proposed the daughter of Inn Malikova, who, like his father, performed on stage, continue working on the musical brainchild and breathe new life into him. Thus, the team "New Gems" appeared, the first performance of which was held at the anniversary concert on the 35th anniversary of the legendary group.
The new generation of the ensemble performs songs, favorite and familiar fans of Via Yuri Malikova, released and recorded several compositions directly for the new composition of "gems" to which clips were removed.
Discography
- 1973 - "My address is the Soviet Union"
- 1973 - "Gems"
- 1975 - "We, young"
- 1980 - "Path to Heart"
- 1983 - "Weather Forecast"
- 1995 - "There behind the clouds"
- 1996 - "All in my life I have"
- 1996 - "Twenty years later"
- 1997 - "We have become different"
- 2000 - "The Best"
- 2001 - "Star Boulevard"
- 2001 - "Records 70x, 80s"
- 2003 - "Kolkenka"
- 2003 - "First Love"
- 2006 - "New love mood"
- 2009 - "Grand Collection"
- 2009 - "New Gems"
- 2010 - "Golden Hits"
- 2010 - "We have young"