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Leonid Osipovich Utyosov (Леонид Осипович Утёсов in Russian; real name - Леонид Осипович Вайсбейн, or Leonid Osipovich Weissbein) ( in , Odessa - 9 March 1982, Moscow) was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR (1965).

Utyosov started his theatrical career in 1911 and set up one of the first Soviet jazz bands in 1929. His popularity was on the rise in the 1930s when he co-starred with Lyubov Orlova in the comedy Jolly Fellows
and performed such hits as Me and My Masha at the Samovar and Tired by the Sun (revived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a theme for his eponymous Oscar-winning movie). On the Victory Day (May 9, 1945) he performed on Red Square. In many of his songs Utyosov alluded to his native town of Odessa, where a monument to him was opened in 2000.

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