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![]() Zhenya Belousov, 1991
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Background information | |
Birth name | Evgeny Viktorovich Belousov |
Born |
Zhikhar |
September 10, 1964
Died | June 2, 1997 Moscow, Russia |
(aged 32)
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1985-1997 |
Evgeny Viktorovich Belousov (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Белоу́сов; September 10, 1964, Zhikhar - June 2, 1997, Moscow), better known as Zhenya Belousov (Russian: Женя Белоусов) was a Soviet and Russian pop singer, one of the most popular in the Soviet Union and Russia in the late 1980s - early 1990s.
The most well-known songs in his performance: Girl, my blue-eyed, Night taxi, Alyoshka, Devchonka-devchonochka, Vecherok-vecherochek, Hair cloud, Golden Domes, Short summer, Dunya-Dunyasha, Evening on the bench.
Evgeny Viktorovich Belousov was born on September 10, 1964 in village Zhikhar Kharkiv region.
He graduated from vocational school No 1 in "mechanic-repairman". He studied at the Kursk Music College in the class of bass. The army did not serve (released for health reasons, because adjourned at school age heavy concussion after car collision).
In the mid-1980s, he played in one of the restaurants in Kursk, where he was noticed by the head of the popular ensemble "Integral" - Bari Alibasov, which subsequently Zhenya worked as a bass guitarist and vocalist.
From 1987 to 1997 - a solo career.
Since 1993, Belousov took up the vodka business (investments in Ryazan Distillery), its touring activity and popularity began to decline. However, the business will soon have problems. He was accused of tax fraud. In 1996, the singer released the album again, but he remains unnoticed by listeners.