Moscow Nights: Popular Russian Hits (LP edition)

Recorded in the former Soviet Union, this recording is a collection of Russian popular music, some dating from the 1950s and 1960s. Although American popular music was generally excluded from the Soviet Union, Russian composers would occasionally use the music styles of American bands from the 1940s in writing their popular music compositions. Listeners will recognize “Moscow Nights,” know in America as “Midnight in Moscow,” and W.C. Handy’s “St Louis Blues” played by a trio of Russian guitarists.

Track Listing

101	Moscow Nights (Podmoskovni Vechera)	Vladimir Troshin and the Women's Chorus and Radio Concert Orchestra	04:26
102	Clouds Over the Town (Tuchi Nad Gorodo Vstali)	Mark Berness, Anatoli Shalayev and N. Krilov	02:01
103	Lonely Accordion (Odinokaya Garmon)	George Ots and the Estonian Radio Orchestra	02:55
104	Katiusha	Larissa Avdeeva and the Radio Concert Orchestra	02:13
105	Song of Roshchin	Mark Berness	02:37
106	Why? (Otchevo, Pochemu)	Vladimir Troshin	02:24
107	Blue Twilight (Siniye Sumerki)	Nina Dorda	03:19
108	Accordion Waltz	Boris Tikhonov and the Radio Concert Orchestra	03:18
201	Handy, W.C.; St. Louis Blues	Yuri Greschenko, Victor Mionov, and Alexei Yakushev	03:17
202	First Love Waltz	Rashid Beibutov and the State Orchestra	02:59
203	Try and Guess! (Podi Poproboi, Ogadai-ka)	Vera Krosovitskaya and the Radio Stage Orchestra	03:18
204	Hear Me Out, My Pretty One! (Uslish Menya, Khoroshaya)	George Ots and the Estonian Radio Orchestra	02:20
205	Moon Waltz (Lunni Vals)	Alla Solenkova and the Radio Concert Orchestra	02:46
206	If You Love (Yesli Lyubish)	V. Vlassov	03:44
207	Always with You (Vsegda s Toboi)	A. (Alexandr) Tsfasman	03:15