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POLYUSHKA POLYE (Song Of The Plains) < previous next >
| (Lev Knipper/Victor Gusev) |
| (o): | Nikandr Khanaev (1934) | label: USSR |
| | Part of Knipper's Symphony N°4 in D Major, Opus 41 - Poem of the Komsomol Fighters (that's the union of the Communist Youth). Lyrics (by Gusev) dedicated to Field Marshall Kliment Voroshilov. Russian revolutionary song (1917-1922). First used by the white army exclusively, later also by the red one. This war song served both sides of the frontline (see also: Dixie and Lili Marleen). |
| (c): | Red Army Choir (1937) [recorded in Paris], Paul Robeson (1942) [as Song Of The Plains], Ted Heath (1945) [as Cossack Patrol], Glenn Miller Orch. (1946) [led by Tex Beneke; as The Red Cavalry Song, arranged by Morton Gould], Peli Mannipojat (1956) , Eddie Calvert (1960) [as Cossack Patrol], Krew Kats (1961) [first rock arrangement as Samovar], Spotnicks (1961) [as The Rocket Man], Cliffters (1962) [Danish as Riding Cossack], Don Kosaken Chor (1963) , Balalaika Orchestra (1964) , Tielman Brothers (1966) [as Du Gehst voruber], Viktor Klimenko (1972) , Axis (1973) [intro Goldwings], Francis Goya (1982) , Waterboys (1984) [in Red Army Blues on A Pagan Place], Leningrad Cowboys (1993) , |
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