Biography
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Вилли Токарев
Real name: Виле́н Ива́нович То́карев (Vilén Ivánovich Tókarev)
Effective period / Period of releases: 1979 - 2007
Vilen "Willi" Tokarev is Russian-American singer-songwriter, born 11 November 1934, Chernyshov, Adyghe autonomous region, USSR - died 4 August 2019. In 1974 he moved from USSR to USA. In the 1980s he became famous all over the Soviet Union for his songs about life as a Russian émigré in New York in Brighton Beach. Father of Антон Токарев, Эвелина Токарева.