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Times change, and with them our habits and way of life. The current generation of children can not imagine how you can live without a computer and smartphone.
Those who were born a little earlier are used to discs and do not understand how it is to wait for the next cartoon to appear during the day, plan your day, adjusting to the television program.
But all generations have one thing in common – these are the songs on which they grew up. Both those who are already over 40 and 3-year-old kids know the perky melodies of Chunga-Changi and with pleasure sing “A Christmas Tree Was Born in the Forest” every New Year.
The most popular children’s songs have become a part of the life of both modern toddlers and their parents, and even grandparents.
10 We are small children – we want to walk!
The song was written for the film “The Adventures of Electronics”. All the music for this picture was composed by Evgeny Krylatov, and the words were written by Yuri Entin.
The composer had to remake his songs several times at the insistence of the director. Like any creative person, he could not help being outraged by this fact.
Once he was so carried away by a dispute with Konstantin Bromberg that in slippers worn on his bare feet, without a coat, he walked with him from Mayakovsky Square to the Belorussky railway station, although it was already cold outside, because. it was in autumn.
After the “Adventures of Electronics” was shown on TV, the magazine “Krugozor” released a record (No. 8 for 1980), where songs from the film were recorded, including “We are small children – we want to walk!» Performed by Elena Kamburova.
Later, the Melodiya company released a separate disc, on which songs from the film called “Winged Swing” were collected. She was in great demand.
9. A true friend
In 1975, the Soviet cartoon “Timka and Dimka” appeared. He talks about the friendship between a bear cub named Dimka and a kitten named Timka.
The famous song “A true friend“. Many remember her by the first line “Friendship is strong».
The lyrics of the song were written by Mikhail Plyatskovsky and the music was composed by Boris Savelyev. It soon became very popular and was included in many collections of children’s songs.
8. We came to you for an hour
The song was written for the cartoon “In the footsteps of the Bremen town musicians”, which appeared in 1973. The part of Troubavdur was performed by Muslim Magomayev.
In the credits of the cartoon it appears that the Bremen musicians were voiced by Anatoly Gorokhov, but in fact Leonid Berger was invited for the vocal parts. He moved to Australia, which was frowned upon at the time, and because of this emigration, it was better to remove him from the credits, otherwise it could interfere with the release of the musical.
Music for the songWe came to you for an hour”wrote Gennady Gladkov. This composer has written many songs for films, as well as for animated films, and in The Bremen Town Musicians he performs his own songs. His music sounds in “Kid and Carlson”, “Blue Puppy”, “38 Parrots”, etc.
The words were written by Yuri Entin. We can hear his songs in the famous films “Guest from the Future”, “The Adventures of Pinocchio”, in the cartoons “Flying Ship”, “Well, you wait!”, “Blue Puppy”, etc.
7. Two merry geese lived with granny…
The words to this playful song were written by Maria Klokova around 1927. She was the author of several children’s books. In the 1920s, it was published in the children’s magazines Druzhnye Rebyata and Sparkle.
But her poem “Merry Geese”, which later became a children’s song, received particular fame.
This poem was set to music by Mikhail Krasev. He is also known as a composer who wrote the songs “The Little Christmas Tree is Cold in Winter” and “Autumn”.
The song “Two merry geese lived with granny”was created based on the Ukrainian folk song. After the husband of the poetess Maria Klokova was arrested as an enemy of the people, they preferred to forget about her authorship.
The song sounded in a short animated cartoon, as one of the plots of the animated almanac “Merry Carousel” No. 2, which was filmed in 1970.
6. Little Red Riding Hood song
The music for this song was written by composer Alexei Rybnikov, the author of the famous rock opera Juno and Avos. Text – Julius Kim. His works are known to fans of the films “Bumbarash”, “Ordinary Miracle”, there are more than 50 titles in his film library.
The main role in the movieAbout Little Red Riding Hood“Performed by Yana Poplavskaya, who was then 11 years old.
But the song was not performed by her, but by Olya Rozhdestvenskaya, the daughter of Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya. Mom and daughter accidentally ended up on the set. Alexander Rybnikov asked her to perform this song. He liked everything, the recording was made from the first take. The composer then praised her performance very much, saying that only angels sing like that. At the time when she performed this song, Olga was only 8 years old.
5. Chunga-Changa
The song sounded in the cartoon “Katerok”, which was released in 1970. There we hear her performed by Anatoly Gorokhov and Aida Vedischeva.
The music for one of the most beloved songs by kids was written by Vladimir Shainsky, and the lyrics were composed by Yuri Entin. The poet recalled that he was criticized for the text, because. he decided to sing about a foreign country, and this was considered unpatriotic.
The word “Chunga-Changa”Yuri Entin himself came up with, moreover, he received a certificate that confirms this. The bureau granted him a patent, but not immediately, but after a long study that lasted 2 years.
Now any use of the word “Chunga-Changa” for commercial purposes is not legal unless the author gives permission.
Entin puzzled for a long time, because. couldn’t think of a name for the island. But somehow he saw a poster that advertised ballet on ice. The director was Eugene Changa. The poet liked his surname, he supplemented it with the word “Chunga”.
The same Eugene Changa was not very happy with the success of the song, moreover, he tried to jokingly strangle its author. If earlier everyone called him Zhenya, then after that even his wife called him to the table by the name of “Chunga-Changa”.
4. Mama
Songwriter Yuri Entin composed the words to the famous song “Mama“, which many will recognize by the first line “Mom is the first word».
Romanian director Elisabeth Bostan invited him to work on the music for the film “Mother”. He usually always wrote the text first, and already selected music for it.
But this time everything turned out differently. Two composers offered him their melodies. One of them is the Romanian Themistocle Popa, and the second is the French composer Gerard Bourgeois. Antin liked the music of the second author, and he picked up the words for it.
Once he got a call from his friend Gennady Gladkov, with whom they had been friends for over 50 years. He did not just speak, but cried, he liked this song so much, for which simple and precise words were chosen. His praise and tears were very dear to the poet, he then realized that he had written a good song.
Also with the composer David Tukhmanov, he created the song “Papa”, but it is not as popular as “Mom”. It is the latter that Yuri Entin calls “my beloved child».
3. From a smile it will become brighter for everyone
In 1974, the cartoon “Little Raccoon” was filmed based on the fairy tale by Lillian Muur. This cheerful children’s song sounded there, which teaches kids how important a smile is in the world.
A frowning face and frowning eyebrows will not please anyone, while an open smile will help make friends and cheer everyone up.
Music for this beloved song by many “From a smile it will become brighter for everyone”wrote Vladimir Shainsky, and the verses were written by the famous songwriter Mikhail Plyatskovsky.
2. Antoshka
In 1968 V.Ya. No one took Shainsky seriously, especially since he came to the Melodiya company dressed not very respectably.
Yuri Entin asked him to sit in the garden so that later he could listen to music on the piano. He replied that he could do without the piano. He began to pound on the surface of the table and sing. The famous song “Antoshka».
Entin immediately tried to attach her to television, but he was criticized. They said that Shainsky should not be allowed near children, and his song is no good. But they went to other editions, and there the song became a hit.
It was especially popular after 1969, when the Merry Carousel collection appeared.
1. The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree
It was a Christmas song that became a New Year’s song in our country. The author of the words Raisa Kudasheva published her poem “Christmas tree” in 1903 in the magazine “Malyutka”.
OK. Beckman, after 2 years, decided to give a song to his eldest daughter on her birthday and composed a melody. He had no musical education, but he could play the piano by ear, sang beautifully, and knew how to improvise. His wife Elena Beckman-Shcherbina, who graduated from the conservatory with a gold medal, translated it into sheet music.
After the revolution, the New Year was banned, the song was forgotten. But E. Edman in 1941 gave it a second life, including it in the New Year’s poetry collection.