Roman Zhukov is a famous Soviet and Russian singer, musician, composer, arranger, ex-member of the popular Mirage group. Co-author of some songs of the Laskoviy May group, creator of his musical group Marshal.
Disco lovers of the 1980s still remember the song performed by Roma Zhukov "I love you girls, I love you boys", which sounds on all dance floors, radio stations and concerts. The musician recorded thirteen albums between 1988 and 2013.
Today Roman Zhukov is not as popular as during the heyday of disco music, but he continues to perform on the stage and record new songs.
Biography facts
The novel was born in Oryol in the spring of 1967. Later, the whole family moved to Makhachkala, where he spent all his childhood years.
At an early age, the parents noticed that their son had an excellent ear for music, and decided to send him to a music school. There, the boy studied not only playing musical instruments, but also vocals. During his school years, he sang in the ensemble of the House of Pioneers and performed at festive events and concerts.
After receiving secondary education, the young man decided to go to the capital to enter a technical school. But he did not abandon his passion for music. In his student years, he began to perform as part of the "Youth" ensemble, and after a while he entered the music school named after. Gnesins.
Creative way
In the late 1980s, Zhukov received an invitation from representatives of the Mirage group, which was popular in those years. The musician was invited to join the band as a keyboard player. The novel agreed and for a long time performed with Mirage until the departure of the soloist S. Razina.
In the same period, he wrote several compositions for another popular group in those years, "Laskoviy May". Then he acted as a composer and song arrangers for the first solo album of Svetlana Razina.
Soon Zhukov decides to leave the Mirage group and start a solo career. He recorded his first album, which brought the musician wide popularity and fame. Many songs became real hits of those years and were constantly played on the radio.
After the success of his debut album, Zhukov decides to go on tour in the cities of Russia. A year later, the musician gathers his team, giving it the name "Marshal", and releases an album, which includes many famous compositions, including "I love you girls, I love you boys." With this song Zhukov performs at concerts today, many fans will recognize the singer precisely by it.
In the early 1990s, Zhukov, together with his Marshal team, again went on a tour of Russian cities and gave about a thousand concerts.
The next disc "Milky Way" added popularity to Zhukov. Its total circulation was one million copies. But soon, unexpectedly for all, Zhukov stops his performances and leaves first to America, then to Germany, and later to Italy.
The band breaks up, but the musician continues his career abroad. Soon, his famous hits sounded in English and Italian.
Returning to his homeland a few years later, Roman continued to engage in creative work, recorded new compositions and founded his own recording studio, where a whole series of discs under the general title "Legends of Russian Disco" was published. The singer himself recorded his new collection "Back to the Future", taking the pseudonym Nemo.
At the very end of the 1990s, Zhukov released another disc "Return", which included both old and well-known melodies and his new songs. He again found himself in the spotlight, his hits sounded on many music radio stations.
In the 2000s, the singer's popularity began to fade away. He recorded two more albums: "Blue Frost" and "Dust of Dreams", but he could not regain his former glory.
A few years later, Zhukov recalled himself, becoming the producer of the singer Olga Afanasyeva, who performed under the pseudonym Paola. Together with her, Roman recorded four compositions and shot a video clip.
In the following years, practically nothing was heard about the singer. Only in 2013 Zhukov reappeared on the stage with the next album "D. I. S. C. O." A video clip was filmed for the main song in the spirit of the 1980s.
What is a musician doing today
Zhukov not so long ago, in 2017, celebrated two anniversaries at once: his fiftieth birthday and thirty years of his creative career. In the same year, the musician began to engage in the restaurant business, opening the Mint bar in Lazarevskoye. True, Zhukov recently wrote on his page in one of the social networks that he was no longer related to this institution and would not appear there. Perhaps this is due to the singer's move to Moscow, where he currently lives with his new girlfriend.
In 2018, many media outlets discussed Roman's scandalous divorce from his wife Elena. The couple lived together for twelve years, during which time the couple had seven children.
In 2012, a tragedy occurred in the family - one of Zhukov's daughters died. This happened at a time when the couple were in Australia, where Elena was waiting for the birth of another baby.
A few years later, Roman left for Sochi to do business, and soon announced that he was divorcing his wife. The singer's ex-girlfriend, Olga Illarionova, has become the singer's new darling.
In recent years, the singer is rarely seen with solo performances on the big stage or heard on the radio, although he continues his musical activity. Zhukov often takes part in "Retro FM Legends" concerts, delighting his fans with old hits.
Zhukov gives concerts in many cities, but mostly they are held in small clubs, restaurants and hotel complexes.
The singer does not refuse corporate events and private parties. According to some information from open sources, the singer's performance will cost the organizers about 180 thousand rubles.
