Alla Pugacheva

Alla Borisovna Pugacheva , is Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day. For her clear mezzosoprano and a full display of sincere emotions, she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity.

Pugacheva was born to Boris Mikhailovich Pugachv and Zinaida Arkhipovna Pugachv in Moscow, onApril 1949. In 1956, she enrolled in music school 31, and attended the IppolitovIvanov music college. She went on to study at school 496, finishing her studies there in 1964. She then studied in the choralconducting department of the college. Pugacheva recorded her first track Robot in 1965, for a morning programme on Radio Yunost.

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