 In 1971 he graduated from the Musical Academy and moved to Moscow where he became one of the most famous Soviet pop composers of the 70s, selling almost 200 million albums with his music that was performed by various Soviet performers.From 1979 to 1987, he lived in New York and became a very popular singer in the Russian Community that was living abroad.In 1987 he moved back to Moscow and began touring all over the Soviet Union.