Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi (Василий Павлович Соловьёв-Седой; 25 April 1907 – 2 December 1979) was a Soviet classical composer and songwriter who was born and died in Leningrad.

Solovyov-Sedoi composed the music for many songs such as "Moscow Nights" (Подмосковные вечера) and "Nightingales" (Соловьи). He also wrote music for numerous films. The melody of the Moscow Nights by Solovyov-Sedoi resembles the famous On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away by Paul Dresser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpXve4jdD3E Originally named Solovyov, when he entered the Union of Soviet Composers he added the suffix "Sedoi", meaning grey-haired, to avoid confusion with another composer with the same surname.

Filmography

 * Heavenly Slug (1945)
 * The First Glove (1946)
 * World Champion (1954)
 * Good Morning (1955)
 * Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)
 * Be Careful, Grandma! (1960)
 * Don Tale (1964)
 * The Salvos of the Aurora Cruiser (1965)
 * Virineya (1968)
 * Fitil (1975)
 * Sweet Woman (1976)
 * A Taiga Story (1979)