Interwar Russian tangos by Latvian Jewish songwriters Mark Marianovsky (1889-1944) and Oscar Strok (1892-1975), recorded by internationally renowned interpreter of tango-songs Pyotr Leshchenko (1898-1954). Recorded in Vienna in 1933. Pyotr Leshchenko was a singer in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union and is considered"the King of Russian Tango" This LP includes the original recording of the hit tango"Golubiye Glaz" (Sky-blue eyes) by Oskar Strok, the"Latvian Tango King" During World War II the tune was repurposed as a song about the special misfortunes of Jewish-Christian converts in the Warsaw ghetto; after the war it became"Vu ahin zol ikh geyn" (Where shall I go?), the"anthe" of Europe's Jewish Displaced Persons. Side A: Вино любви (Vino Liubi; Wine of Love) Music and words: Mark Marianovsky Vocalist: Pyotr Leshchenko Frank Fox Orchestra Columbia DV 1219 (WHR 288) Side B: Голубые Глаза (Golubiye Glaza; Sky-blue Eyes) Music and words: Oscar Strok Vocalist: Pyotr Leshchenko Frank Fox Orchestra Columbia DV 1219 (WHR 289)
Vino Liubi | Golubiye Glaza