What happened to the performers of a hit – Alice Mon, Roerich, Vlasova and others

Under these songs we fell in love, went through breakups, danced on family vacations and in discos. Some performers of these hits, like Valentina Legkostupova (“Yagoda-raspberry”) or Alexander Barykin (“I will drive the motorcycle for a long time”), alas, are no longer with us. And many continue to perform with compositions that once glorified them all over the country. But above all.

The first and only record of singer Yana in 1998 became super popular. In many ways – thanks to the sincerely lined song “A lonely dove on the ledge outside the window”.

The artist tried to consolidate his success with the track “Roses”, but it failed. In 2001, Yana tried to return with the soundtrack for the film The Right to Choose, but no one noticed her appearance.

And then the wedding, the birth of Dasha’s daughter, and Yana disappears from the radar for several years. She returned in 2012 and has been releasing new songs from time to time ever since. Of course, there are very few listeners to his creation today. For example, a song released in April 2021 only has 1.4 thousand plays. But the singer does not give up and continues to do what she loves.

The hit “Two palms – sweet cats” in the mid-90s sounded from every iron. For its interpreter, Svetlana Roerich, it was not a glory fallen from the sky, but the result of a long and hard work. “Ladoshki” appeared in the artist’s repertoire after the release of the first album, so, after hearing how people take the composition at concerts, Roerich made it the title track of his second album. And he left.

Alas, the action was one-time: the third album was not so successful, and in the early 2000s Svetlana stopped her concert activity. In 2011, she tried to come back, but there was no big comeback. Today, Roerich is the owner of her own public relations agency, the public relations director of two charitable foundations, and a blogger who positions herself as a time manager for children and their parents. Sometimes the artist evokes the past and performs at private parties or City Days.

In the early 80s, aspiring singer Olga Zarubina made great strides performing in the VIA “Music”. In 1983, she married the then little-known singer Alexander Malinin, but the marriage did not work out. Immediately after the birth of her daughter Kira, in 1985, the couple broke up, and Olga continued to build a career. And in 1987 she woke up famous when she released the song “Music Plays on the Boat”.

Against the background of popularity, Zarubina moved to the cinema, then she was caught singing on the soundtrack, and in the early 90s, Olga, desperate for a successful career in her homeland, emigrated with her second husband and daughter in the United States. Like many other heroes in our selection, at the beginning of the tenth years the artist tried to return to the stage, but things did not go much further than retro concerts, although Zarubina recorded and records new songs. Today, however, Olga still performs occasionally and even on tour.

The group “Sweet Dream” has been around since 1990, but the artists have had nothing more popular than the hit “On the White Blanket of January”. The song is 30 years old, but even today they listen to it with pleasure, so the band’s tour does not stop. Since 1992, Sergey Vasyuta has been the soloist of the group.

Fun fact: in 2000, reports appeared that Vasyuta could not cope with a busy tour schedule, so he was looking for a double for performances abroad. And the information was not long in being confirmed! Today, Sergey faces charges on his own (or hides something from us).

Alice Mon became famous 10 years before the release of the song “Diamond”. In 1988, she released the song “Plantain”, gained popularity throughout the Union, but could not keep it and disappeared from the radar. The reason for this is the jealous husband-producer, who raised his hand to her. Tired of enduring the beatings, Alice fled to her native region of Irkutsk, and fame could be forgotten.

After 10 years, she returned with renewed vigor. The song “Diamond” and the super expensive music video shot for her in Miami helped restore her to her former glory.

Alas, the artist was again unlucky with the producer: this time she was left with nothing because of her financial fraud. Even the four albums released after Almaz did not help to maintain notoriety. In 2017, Mon remembered appearing on the show 10 Years Younger, then she tried to pass the casting on the show One to One, and started recording new songs. Like many stars of the 90s, she now mainly performs at retro gigs.

Natalia Vlasova has been writing songs since she was 17. “I am at your feet” is the first composition recorded in the studio. And such a success! The arranger of the song sent her to Moscow, and Natasha was immediately offered to conclude a contract. In 1999, the composition falls on the “Song of the Year”, and Vlasova wakes up famous.

All these years, Natalia did not stop creating and releasing new songs, but for a large audience she was lost. In 2016, Vlasova wanted to loudly declare herself with a new concert program, but she did not return to her former success. In 2020, however, the artist’s 10th anniversary album was released.

Larisa Chernikova’s life began like in a fairy tale: she married happily and out of love. Husband Andrei Chernikov was a businessman and was happy to finance the promotion of his beautiful wife on stage. In 1995, her first album “Lone Wolf” was released, and in 1996 everything collapsed: the singer’s husband was killed. Inexplicable debts immediately hung on Larisa, they began to threaten, but she was able to get out of this abyss and continued to sing. In 1997, she decided to change direction and released the perky song “I love you, Dima”, which became a hit overnight.

Then Chernikova released a lot of great tracks that the audience fell in love with, but none of them overshadowed “Airplane in Love.” In the early 2000s, Larisa decided to radically change her life: she met an American on the Internet and decided to settle in the United States, where she lived for more than 10 years – she gave birth to a son, became interested in breeding and mantras. In 2017, she even released the album “Law OM”, where she sings mantras in Sanskrit. In December 2021, Larisa in an interview with Boris Korchevnikov admitted that she had become a mother for the second time, turning to a sperm donor, a familiar man from Russia. Chernikova is sure that the child will grow up and understand her, and she herself is not averse to becoming a mother for the third time.

In the early 2000s, Alexander Makhonin and Olesya Slukina of the band Mister Credo blew up radio stations and dance floors with their soulful song “Slow.” Even today, 20 years later, covers are created for the composition, she still plays in school discos.

Alas, such a bright start did not bring additional super popularity. The band released some cooler songs like “Flock of White Swans”, but then they fell into obscurity. Nevertheless, Olesya and Alexander continue to occasionally visit the country. In addition, Slukina teaches at the Tchaikovsky College of Music, and is also a soloist with the Ural District Military Band of the Russian National Guard Troops. The actress is married and has a daughter. There is practically no information about Makhonin (except rumors of drug addiction), but his bandmate notes: “Alexander is fine, he travels a lot.”

Of course, we haven’t talked about all the performers of a hit. Did you like the selection? Vote for the release of the second part – and we will continue to be nostalgic!

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