Today’s Tango Is... Осенний мираж Autumn Mirage - Pyotr Leschenko 1937

Осенний мираж AUTUMN MIRAGE - Tango with English translation Pyotr Leschenko 1937 Information on the video notes (Show More) So much more with the Facebook Group: Today’s Tango Is… Музыка и Слова Music & Lyrics: А. Суханов A. Suhanov Исп Singer: Петр Лещенко Pyotr Leschenko 02-06-1898 – 16-07-1954 Фото Photo: Jim Childs Photography Записанный Рига 1937 Recorded: Riga, 1937 After the First World War, Pyotr Leschenko worked in restaurants as a waiter and dishwasher and playing small theatrical roles part-time. He started a dance act with his first wife Zinaida Zakit with which they toured. It was in Riga, Latvia, when his wife was pregnant that he started performing solo and improvising tango songs such great success that it launched him into a new career. Finally, he and his second wife Vera Georgievna were arrested by the Soviet authorities. Vera was sent to a gulag where she endured years of h