The Songs of My Mother

The Songs of My Mother (Песни моей мамы) is a Russian album by the singer Vitas. It was released in 2003, simultaneously with Mama.[1] Both albums were a tribute to his late mother. Songs from these albums featured heavily in the setlist of Vitas' extensive world tour The Songs of My Mother, performed at hundreds of venues in several countries from 2004-2006.[2]

Songs of My Mother
Studio album by
Vitas
Released2003
GenrePop, Folk
LabelIceberg,
Moon
Vitas chronology
Mama
(2003)		 Songs of My Mother
(2003)		 A Kiss as Long as Eternity
(2004)

While Mama included several new songs written by Vitas, Songs of My Mother consists entirely of cover versions of popular older songs, described as "the gold reserves of Russian pop music",[3] including the 1980 song, The Bird of Happiness, composed by Aleksandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov (from Yuri Ozerov's 1981 film O Sport, You - the world!), previously recorded by the vocal – instrumental ensemble Zdravstvuy, Pesnya, among others.[4][5] The song The Bird of Happiness became from 1981 on forward the most successful in both Russia and China.[6] The song Chrysanthemms Have Faded was previously included on Vitas' Smile! album. All the other tracks were newly recorded for Songs of My Mother.

Vitas performed a piano-backed arrangement of Winter on a Russian New Year TV show in 2002.[7]

Track Listing
Track Russian title English title Music Lyrics
01 Птица cчастья The Bird of Happiness Alexandra Pakhmutova N. Dobronravov
02 Любите пока любится Love While You Can Alexander Morozov M. Ryabinin
03 В краю магнолий In the District of Magnolias Alexander Morozov Yu Marcinkiewicz
04 Всё могут короли Kings Can Do Everything BA Rychkov, E. Krylatov L. Derbenev
05 Зима Winter E. Hanoch S. Ostrovoj
06 Гадалка Fortune-Teller M. Dunaevskii L. Derbenev
07 Букет Bouquet A. Barykin Rubtsov
08 Морская Песенка A Sea Song N. Bogoslovskiy V. Dykhovichniy, M. Sloboda
09 Говорящая кукла The Speaking Doll Alexander Morozov G. Gorbovsky
10 Отцвели хризантемы Chrysanthemums Have Faded Out N. Harito V. Shumsky
11 Горький мёд Bitter Honey O. Ivanov V. Pavlinov
12 А цыган идёт And The Gipsy Is Going Petrov Rudyard Kipling(1)
13 Одесса Odessa A. Zatsepin L. Derbenev

(1) Translated by G. Kruzhkov

References
  1. WikiMusicGuide Archived 2009-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Press release Archived September 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Ticketone biographical information
  4. Video on YouTube
  5. Video on YouTube
  6. Video on YouTube
  7. Vitas singing Winter live, New Year 2002 on YouTube


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