Mykola Vasylyovych Hnatyuk[a] (born 14 September 1952) is a Ukrainian and Soviet singer, popular in the early 1980s.[1][2]
Mykola Vasylyovych Hnatyuk Микола Васильович Гнатюк | |
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| Born | 14 September 1952 Nemyrivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Ukraine) |
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| Years active | 1970–present |
Biography
editIn 1979 he won the Grand Prix at the Dresden Pop Music Festival with David Tukhmanov's I Dance With You (Russian: Я с тобой танцую). A year later Dancing on the Drum (Russian: Танец на барабане, penned by Raimonds Pauls) brought Hnatyuk the 1980 Sopot Intervision Song Contest Grand Prix,[note 1] and made him famous at home. A year later came out Bird of Fortune (Russian: Птица счастья, by the Pakhmutova-Dobronravov songwriting team), another huge hit for him.[3][4]
In 1988 Hnatyuk was awarded the title The People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.[5]
In 2002 Mykola Hnatyuk received the title "Honorary Citizen of Mogilev" for his great contribution to the development of national cultures of Belarus and Ukraine.[6]
In 2021, Mykola Hnatyuk pleased fans with new songs, which he recorded under the name Anastasiy.[7][8]
Notes
edit- ^ He scored 36 ponts and shared the first place with four other performers: Marion Rung (Finland, Where Is the Love), Marika Gombitova (Czechoslovakia, I Want to Share with You), Jigsaw (UK, Sky High) and Vox (Poland, Banana Song)
References
edit- ^ "Николай Гнатюк – биография, новости, личная жизнь, фото, видео". stuki-druki.com (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Народный артист Украины Николай Гнатюк выложил в Фейсбуке пост". fishki.net (in Russian). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Николай Васильевич Гнатюк, biography at zakulisi.ru
- ^ "Гнатюк Микола | Золотий Фонд української естради" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Николай Васильевич Гнатюк, peoples.ru
- ^ "Новости шоу бизнеса сегодня онлайн. Последние гламурные новости Украины и мира". Tochka.net (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Гейдор, Оксана (11 October 2023). "Куда подевался бывший кумир миллионов – певец Николай Гнатюк: жизнь в Германии, смена имени и скандал с Пугачевой". OBOZREVATEL NEWS (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Представлен новый хит легенды украинской эстрады на слова днепровского поэта". Gorod.dp.ua. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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