Today, copyright is much smaller.
For the beloved comedy “Prisoner of the Caucasus” composer Alexander Zatsepin and poet Leonid Derbenev wrote “A Song About Bears”. In the frame it was performed by Natalya Varley, behind the scenes the voice of Aida Vedischeva sounded.
The song is still popular and one of the most recognizable. For the all-Union hit, the authors received not only the recognition and love of the audience, but also a huge fee. Copyright enough to immediately buy a car.
“I am not complaining about income. Everything is fine with me. I get copyrights, then television pays. But in Soviet times, of course, income was much higher. For example, when “A Song About Bears” came out, Lenya Derbenev ran up to me and said: “The other day I received a copyright. I immediately bought a car!” The performance was very good. Now, of course, this is not the case, “the legendary composer shared with Moskovsky Komsomolets.
Picture source: Taken from the movie “Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik’s New Adventures” (1966)
Author: Sergey Vodyanitsky
Source: Popcorn News
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