 Therefore, on the Soviet еstrada was dominated by solo singers with good vocal abilities, not to play the instrument and its repertoire writing themselves.Among the artists of the early period were Leonid Utesov (also one of the pioneers of Soviet jazz), Mark Bernes, Lyubov Orlova, Coretti Arle Titz, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Rashid Behbudov.Among the many artists of the Khrushchev Thaw and the Era of Stagnation were Yuri Gulyaev, Larisa Mondrus, Aida Vedishcheva, Tamara Miansarova, Lidia Klement, Eduard Khil, Lyudmila Senchina, Edita Piekha, Vladimir Troshin, Maya Kristalinskaya, Vadim Mulerman, Heli Lääts, Uno Loop, Anna German, Valery Obodzinsky, Iosif Kobzon, Muslim Magomayev, Lyudmila Zykina, Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, Sofia Rotaru, Lev Leshchenko, Valentina Tolkunova and Sergey Zakharov.