For the second week of Jan. 2017 we chose a video by a Georgian YT videos' producer who comes up with a lot of Moscow's Tango Festivals - Tango dancers' videos. The one which we chose was done by two Russian Tango dancers - Olga Nikola and Dmitryi Kuznetsov. Moscow - Russia has a big followiong of Argentine Tango - lovers.
Judging by the perfect moves of those two - Tango is the only thing they do - day in and day out. The small Tango orchestra called "Solo Tango Orchestra" does a great job of performing a famous Tango by an outstanding Tango composer - Oswaldo Pugliese who composed a number of beautiful Tangos. This one is called "Patetico" and the "Solo Tango Orchestra" arranges and plays it - flawlessly.
Of course their moves are highly choreographed for the stage so when I and my friends dance either American Tango or Argentine Tango in our favorite Ballroom studio - our moves are simplier and easier. Notice when he executes the "flicks" typical for the Argentine Tango style - they are done in a professioanl manner - otherwise - they might look as if he is kicking her in the butt.
Enjoy the video and have a super good second week of January 2017! As always don't forget to click here next week - either Thurs. Jan.19 - 2017 or Fri.Jan.20 - 2017!
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
Friday, January 6, 2017
Our Choice of Favorite Video of the Week for the First Week of 2017 - We Picked Dr.240252's Vid uploaded on Dec.1-2016 titled- "Skuczno - 'Drearily' -Vocals by Pyotr Leshchenko with His Orchestra".
For the first week of 2017 we picked for the second time as our YT Video of the Week Feature - Dr. 240252's Video uploaded on Dec.01-2016 - titled "Pyotr Leshchenko's 'Skuczno' - by Pyotr Leschenko and his Orchestra". Dr. 240252 always comes up with magnificent visuals/artwork for his musical selections. The Tango which he picked sounds great - unfortunately - the lyricist and the composer - are - both - uncredited. Leshchenko's vocals accompanied by his orchestra never disappoint - his understated flood of feelings always comes through in a masterfully restrained manner.
Leshchenko's stormy life and no less turbulent career are examined at length in a TV serial produced by the Ukrainian TV in 2013 - with its most important parts - available on YouTube. The talented Ukrainian actor/singer - Konstantin Khabensky - channels Pyotr Leshchenko's personality in a skillful manner while he conveys the singer's passions without any excessive melodrama.
The great operatic legend of the nineteen thirties - Fyodor Shalapin - paid a big homage to the "King of 'Crooner's'" of his day - Pyotr Leshchenko - by applauding loudly at the end of Leshchenko's performance and calling him - "King of the Plastic Records" which - by the way - sold like crazy with Leshchenko's numerous beautiful Tangos and Old Romances - in the late nineteen thirties.
After the Second World War broke out in 1939 - Leshchenko's life and his career became entangled in Nazi Germany's - Hitler's and later - in Stalin's (Soviet Russia's - strongman who killed estimated 4 million innocent people) - dictatorial political storms - until Leshchenko's tragic early death in the Romanian labor camp fashioned after Stalin's huge net of hard labor penal colonies/gulags - death traps to many innocent - frequently - creative people - of which a lot of them were famous and talented ones - who somehow "offended" the dictatorial powers of the day; many of them languished for years in jails/camps after being sentenced by "revolutionary" courts which handed down long prison sentences - left and right - after the trumpeted up, phony charges were quickly handed down.
At any rate - have a good first week of 2017 and as always - don't forget to click here a week from today!
Copyright@L. Hadley and Associates 2025
Leshchenko's stormy life and no less turbulent career are examined at length in a TV serial produced by the Ukrainian TV in 2013 - with its most important parts - available on YouTube. The talented Ukrainian actor/singer - Konstantin Khabensky - channels Pyotr Leshchenko's personality in a skillful manner while he conveys the singer's passions without any excessive melodrama.
The great operatic legend of the nineteen thirties - Fyodor Shalapin - paid a big homage to the "King of 'Crooner's'" of his day - Pyotr Leshchenko - by applauding loudly at the end of Leshchenko's performance and calling him - "King of the Plastic Records" which - by the way - sold like crazy with Leshchenko's numerous beautiful Tangos and Old Romances - in the late nineteen thirties.
After the Second World War broke out in 1939 - Leshchenko's life and his career became entangled in Nazi Germany's - Hitler's and later - in Stalin's (Soviet Russia's - strongman who killed estimated 4 million innocent people) - dictatorial political storms - until Leshchenko's tragic early death in the Romanian labor camp fashioned after Stalin's huge net of hard labor penal colonies/gulags - death traps to many innocent - frequently - creative people - of which a lot of them were famous and talented ones - who somehow "offended" the dictatorial powers of the day; many of them languished for years in jails/camps after being sentenced by "revolutionary" courts which handed down long prison sentences - left and right - after the trumpeted up, phony charges were quickly handed down.
At any rate - have a good first week of 2017 and as always - don't forget to click here a week from today!
Copyright@L. Hadley and Associates 2025
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Our Choice for the YouTube Video of the Week for the Last Week of 2016 is Dr.240252 Upload from Dec.29-16 - "Norma Bruni - My Prayer - Tango - 1939".
Our favorite producer of terrific YouTube videos Dr.240252 always comes up with interesting ideas for his entertaining and informative - mini productions. For this last week of 2016 we chose a gorgeous sounding old Tango - "My Prayer" by a little known composer - Boulanger which was re-done into mega hit in the late nineteen fifties by an American "dooup" vocal idols of the American teens of the day - "The Platters".
This interpretation was done masterfully by a beautiful Italian vocalist Norma Bruni in a low, sensuous alto - and it was recorded while she was at the height of her career in 1939. As you will find out from Dr.240252 excellent commentary - her singing career ended tragically because the Italian people never forgave her for collaborating with Hitler's - Italian "protege" - Benito Mussolini.
Every society judges harshly the artists who take sides with the "wrong" side of the political powers which means - the powers who loose out at the end. We fervently hope that the powers that prevail at the end - are the forces for good.
At any rate - all of us - wish our numerous "clickers" a very Happy New Year 2017 coming up very soon! As always don't forger to "click" here on Fri. Jan. 06 - 17 or Thurs. Jan. 05 - 17 for our choice of YT Video of the Week for the first week of 2017!
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This interpretation was done masterfully by a beautiful Italian vocalist Norma Bruni in a low, sensuous alto - and it was recorded while she was at the height of her career in 1939. As you will find out from Dr.240252 excellent commentary - her singing career ended tragically because the Italian people never forgave her for collaborating with Hitler's - Italian "protege" - Benito Mussolini.
Every society judges harshly the artists who take sides with the "wrong" side of the political powers which means - the powers who loose out at the end. We fervently hope that the powers that prevail at the end - are the forces for good.
At any rate - all of us - wish our numerous "clickers" a very Happy New Year 2017 coming up very soon! As always don't forger to "click" here on Fri. Jan. 06 - 17 or Thurs. Jan. 05 - 17 for our choice of YT Video of the Week for the first week of 2017!
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
Our Choice of YouTube's Video of the Week for the Fourth(Christmas)Week of Dec.2016 is Dr.240252's Last Year's - Dec. 24- 2015-Christmas Upload Titled "Lucyna Szczepanska - Silent Night - 1949".
For this important Christmas Week of 2016 - we chose Dr.240252's last year's Christmas upload "Silent Night" performed superbly by a fabulous Polish soprano - Lucyna Szczepanska in the 1949 - when she was very advanced in age but her silver voice - sounds - totally top notch. You can read tango3721 - comments - as well.
A lot of famous performers loose their "star power" when they get older with - unfortunately - only a few of them - successfuly - progressing to do "something else" with equal energy and conviction. Still - many of them manage to keep their advanced skills in their beloved field to a very old age which - we think - they achieve by a lifelong - healthy physical and spiritual - discipline - which pays off and doesn't have to be excessively hard. It's called healthy and good - life style.
Lucyna Szczepanska's voice - seemed to improve with age - but unfortunately - another great Polish singing star with a divine voice - Ewa Bandrowska-Turska - almost totally lost her magnificent voice in her late fifties. She insisted on performing which was a big mistake on her part. It's always good to know when to "walk away when you're on top" and of course - it never hurts to devise an excellent "exit strategy" - as well.
At any rate - enjoy the vid - everybody and have a fabulous Christmas 2016 - week! As always - don't forget to click here next Thurs. Dec. 29 or Friday Dec.30 - 2016 for our Youbube Video of the Week for the last week of 2016!
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A lot of famous performers loose their "star power" when they get older with - unfortunately - only a few of them - successfuly - progressing to do "something else" with equal energy and conviction. Still - many of them manage to keep their advanced skills in their beloved field to a very old age which - we think - they achieve by a lifelong - healthy physical and spiritual - discipline - which pays off and doesn't have to be excessively hard. It's called healthy and good - life style.
Lucyna Szczepanska's voice - seemed to improve with age - but unfortunately - another great Polish singing star with a divine voice - Ewa Bandrowska-Turska - almost totally lost her magnificent voice in her late fifties. She insisted on performing which was a big mistake on her part. It's always good to know when to "walk away when you're on top" and of course - it never hurts to devise an excellent "exit strategy" - as well.
At any rate - enjoy the vid - everybody and have a fabulous Christmas 2016 - week! As always - don't forget to click here next Thurs. Dec. 29 or Friday Dec.30 - 2016 for our Youbube Video of the Week for the last week of 2016!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Our Choice for YouTube Video of the Week for the Third Week of Dec. 2016 is Dr.240252's Video uploaded on Feb.24-2013 titled "Italian Hit 1937 - Carlo Buti - Vivere".
For this - first "frigid" spat of dry, cold weather in Chicago - we picked a sunny looking and cheery sounding video of the well known Italian song in the style of "Neapolitan" vocal pieces - typically from Luciano Pavarotti's repertoire - titled "Italian Hit 1937 - Carlo Buti - Vivere" - uploaded by our friend Dr. 240252 on Feb.24 - 2013.
In addition to his vast operatic performances - Luciano Pavarotti continued a splendid tradition of "Neapolitan" songs - successfully performed by many earlier Italian vocalists. Carlo Buti - a handsome Italian tenor recorded many "Neapolitan" style kinds of songs which are usually - upbeat and cheery sounding.
The artwork Dr. 240252 has chosen - which presents blue seashore shining under the summer sun - comes handy during the single digit temps accompanied by the wind.
At any rate - please - do not miss our comments those of - tango3721 - and have a good third week of Dec.2016. As always don't forget to click here for our choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the next week's - the Christmas Holiday's - Video of the Week!
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In addition to his vast operatic performances - Luciano Pavarotti continued a splendid tradition of "Neapolitan" songs - successfully performed by many earlier Italian vocalists. Carlo Buti - a handsome Italian tenor recorded many "Neapolitan" style kinds of songs which are usually - upbeat and cheery sounding.
The artwork Dr. 240252 has chosen - which presents blue seashore shining under the summer sun - comes handy during the single digit temps accompanied by the wind.
At any rate - please - do not miss our comments those of - tango3721 - and have a good third week of Dec.2016. As always don't forget to click here for our choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the next week's - the Christmas Holiday's - Video of the Week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2026
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Our Youtube Choice of the Video of the Week for the Second Week of Dec.2016 - is Yana Gray's Gypsy/Russian Ballad Uploaded on Dec.04-2016 - Based on Serge Yesenin Poem.
For the second week of Dec. 2016 - we picked a Russian/Gypsy ballad uploaded by Yana Gray - an American/Russian vocalist specializing in old Russian/Gypsy ballads - on Dec. 04-2016. Yana Gray's low, sensuous alto lends itself well towards Russian/Gypsy ballads. Some ladies performers of this popular musical genre have a mezzo soprano voice which also sound good. The operatic soprano - is not the best voice for this kind of genre - even though a lot of prominent performers - specializing in it - have that range.
The poetry of Serge Yesenin - a celebrated young Russian poet from 1920's has a lot of nature's and animals' - motives in it. He - himself was an enormously handsome youth who successfully romanced and married a famous American modern dancer - a big celebrity of the day - Isadora Duncan.
The poetry of Serge Yesenin - a celebrated young Russian poet from 1920's has a lot of nature's and animals' - motives in it. He - himself was an enormously handsome youth who successfully romanced and married a famous American modern dancer - a big celebrity of the day - Isadora Duncan.
Her visit to Soviet Union made her fall deeply in love not only with a great looking Serge Yesenin - fifteen years her junior - a "newbie" to the - at times - treacherous - celebrity world - but Duncan also fell deeply under a spell of newly born Socialistic/Leftist/Communist - "paradise" - the Soviet Union - which was - despotically run - for 50 years - by a long time lasting ruthless power machine of Soviet dictator - Josheph Stalin. The historians estimate that his string of horrible labor camps - killed no less than 10 million - mostly innocent - Soviet people as well as many foreigners - "in love with Communism".
Upon her marriage to Yesenin and the return to the U.S. - the American public opinion "poured venom" on Isadora for her sympathetic views towards the excesses of global Socialism/Communism - while the American press quickly "sharpened their collective claws" to attack a pair of odd, new members of the celebrity circles - their all-time favorite targets.
The marriage broke up before shortly after it began - while Isadora suffered a tragedy in terms of her two young children from her previous marriage - drowning in an accident.
Upon her marriage to Yesenin and the return to the U.S. - the American public opinion "poured venom" on Isadora for her sympathetic views towards the excesses of global Socialism/Communism - while the American press quickly "sharpened their collective claws" to attack a pair of odd, new members of the celebrity circles - their all-time favorite targets.
The marriage broke up before shortly after it began - while Isadora suffered a tragedy in terms of her two young children from her previous marriage - drowning in an accident.
Yesenin - in the meantime - went back to Russia and wrote a lot of scathing reviews of the U.S. - which were probably forced by Stalin's Red regime; however - taking into the account his rough treatment by the American press - perhaps - it was not hard for him to do.
Unfortunately - Yesenin committed suicide at a young age. With the Stalin regime iron fisted reign for a long time - not every suicide by a famous person - was exactly that. Isadora Duncan - though - lived to the old age and successfully taught young girls - the modern dance - the art which she mastered.
Have a great second week of December 2016 - everybody and as always - we meet here - a week from today - as every week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2026
Have a great second week of December 2016 - everybody and as always - we meet here - a week from today - as every week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2026
Friday, December 2, 2016
Our Choice of YouTube Vide of the Week for the First Week of Dec.2016 - "Skuczno - Tango by Pyotr Leshchenko's Orchestra - 1930" - uploaded by Dr.240252 on Dec.01 - 2016.
For the first week of Dec. 2016 - we present Dr. 240252's - video titled "Skuczno - Tango by Pyotr Leshchenko - 1930" which he uploaded on Dec. 01-2016. "Skuczno" could be loosely translated from Russian as "Sadness".
Dr. 240252 consistently comes up with a lot of magnificent Tango videos in terms of the music as well as really imaginative visuals which accompany the musical/vocal arrangements. He produced quite a few pieces by Pyotr Leshchenko - a famous in the late 1930's - early 1940's - Romanian/Jewish - singer/composer/arranger who widely performed in several languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian.
As a sad twist of fate - Leshchenko perished in the Stalinist run - Romanian prison camp - full of innocent creative people like himself - at the early age of fifty "something" - but his beautiful songs and other compositions - live on YouTube - so his numerous legions of fans - continue enjoying his talent.
This particularly evocative Tango - "Skuczno" - which means roughly "Sadness of Love" in Russian - was created by an excellent duo of a composer and lyricist - unfortunately - uncredited. The Pyotr Leshchenko Ochestra's musical arrangement as well as his vocals - all sound superb.
We hope that everybody has a great in every way - first week of Dec. 2016. Don't forget to click here next Fri. Dec. 09 - 16 - for our Choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the second week of Dec. 2016!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2026
Dr. 240252 consistently comes up with a lot of magnificent Tango videos in terms of the music as well as really imaginative visuals which accompany the musical/vocal arrangements. He produced quite a few pieces by Pyotr Leshchenko - a famous in the late 1930's - early 1940's - Romanian/Jewish - singer/composer/arranger who widely performed in several languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian.
As a sad twist of fate - Leshchenko perished in the Stalinist run - Romanian prison camp - full of innocent creative people like himself - at the early age of fifty "something" - but his beautiful songs and other compositions - live on YouTube - so his numerous legions of fans - continue enjoying his talent.
This particularly evocative Tango - "Skuczno" - which means roughly "Sadness of Love" in Russian - was created by an excellent duo of a composer and lyricist - unfortunately - uncredited. The Pyotr Leshchenko Ochestra's musical arrangement as well as his vocals - all sound superb.
We hope that everybody has a great in every way - first week of Dec. 2016. Don't forget to click here next Fri. Dec. 09 - 16 - for our Choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the second week of Dec. 2016!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2026
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