 The lyrics to most of his songs were written by his wife Olga Pavlova, a famous Russian poet and radio host who has written lyrics for a lot of famous Russian artists, she is also the daughter of the famous Russian impresario, concert administrator and director Pavel Leonidovich Leonidov (director to such artists as Joseph Kobzon, Vadim Mulerman, the pop group Samotsvety and others), who died in 1984 in New York City.Pavel Leonidov was also a very famous Russian poet who wrote such songs as "Zvezdi Na Lugu", "A More Spit", "Tselyi Mir", "Oka", "Vetochka Ryabiny" and many others.Anatoly Dneprov also wrote with the poet Mikhail Tanich the most famous Russian love song that is called "Radovat" (sometimes called "Balovat" or "Vydumat"), the song is almost 30 years old but is still performed by famous Russian pop groups and singers to this day.