Founded at the end of 1969 on the basis of the amateur vocal and instrumental ensemble "Avangard-66", organized in the summer of 1966 consisting of:
Alexander Petrenko,
Boris Samygin (guitar),
Evgeny Bronevitsky (guitar),
Vladimir Antipin (bass),
Lev Vildavsky (piano),
Evgeny Maimistov (drums).
After Bronevitsky and Vildavsky left for the SINGING GUITAR VIA, and their place was taken by the “St. Petersburg Elvis”, University student Vyacheslav Mostiev, the composition of the ensemble stabilized for a long time. He received a permanent engagement in the first St. Petersburg youth cafe “Eureka”, where crowds of fans from all over the city gathered, which forced the administration to fire overly noisy, albeit profitable artists.
During the second half of the 60s, “AVANGARD-66” went on tour several times from various philharmonic societies (on one of these trips they found and brought to Leningrad the then very young Yuri Antonov.
In November 1969, the need to earn a living and the limited amateur status forced Avangard-66 to finally establish itself at the Philharmonic and change its name to “Good Fellows.”
Jaroslav Jansa (trumpet),
Alexander Morozov (trombone)
Vsevolod Levenshtein (alto saxophone).
During the first half of the 70s, he toured the country a lot, in 1974 he recorded his first record with Antipin’s songs and a cover version of The Fortunes’ song “Freedom Come, Freedom Go” (which in the Russian version was called Golden Dawn).
Although the core of the ensemble remained unchanged over the years, other musicians joined it at different stages: in 1970-72 Yuri Antonov played, who wrote the “program” song “About Good Fellows” for the ensemble; soloists were Zhanna Bichevskaya, Svetlana Plotnikova, Alexander Lerman (ex-“Skomorokhs”, “Winds of Change”, “Jolly Fellows”), Roman Vlasenko and others.
In 1973, Levenshtein left the ensemble, returning to Leningrad, where he played with the group “Myths”, and later emigrated to England, where he became famous as the presenter of music programs for the Russian edition of the BBC under the name Seva Novgorodtsev. Moscow keyboard player Anatoly Kiselyov became the new leader of “Good Fellows”.
In April 1974, all of its founding veterans left the ensemble. A. Kiselev and R. Vlasenko recruited a new staff and got a job at Rosconcert. In 1976, the ensemble “Good Fellows” performed “My Heart” in D. Tukhmanov’s famous album “In the Wave of My Memory,” and in 1977 they recorded a series of songs by A. Flyarkovsky based on poems by A. Didurov for the feature film “The Prank.”
Over the years, a brilliant galaxy of composers collaborated with pleasure in “Good Fellows”: David Tukhmanov, Evgeny Krylatov, Yuri Antonov, Vyacheslav Dobrynin, Alexander Flyarkovsky and many other luminaries of Russian song classics adorned the ensemble’s repertoire with their works.
And with Mark Fradkin, “Good Fellows” traveled all over the former USSR, visiting Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia, and Mongolia. The two-hour program, compiled only from the works of Mark Grigorievich and including songs of the war years, Komsomol and the latest lyrical ones, was heard by millions of listeners in all corners of our country from Kaliningrad to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
In 1982, they recorded the soundtrack for the New Year's TV movie "Sorcerers" and starred in the roles of the guys from the Pamarin ensemble.
“Good Fellows” disbanded in 1990, so that in 1994, through the efforts of its oldest member (in the group since 1978) Andrei Kirisov, “resurrect” again, restore the old repertoire and have time to “take” it on tour, making sure that the ensemble is still not forgotten by listeners, loved and popular.
In 1994, “Good Fellows” were the only VIA in our country that performed at concert venues. They were the first who began to revive the lost layer of our culture, returning to the people their favorite songs, songs of vocal and instrumental ensembles of the 70s.
Now there are young guys in the team who have brought a fresh musical spirit, and old favorite songs sound in a new way. Young people listen to them and sing with pleasure. The album “All the Best Songs of the 70s”, recorded in 1997 (produced by Sergei Gorbatov), is selling like hot cakes.
At the beginning of 2005, a new album, “Golden Dawn,” was released - this is already the 21st century. But all the new songs live next to the old, seemingly forgotten melodies.
Modern rhythms require a new sound, but the style and manner of singing of “Good Fellows” remain as before, just as kind and young!
VIA concerts are always a success, as they take into account the tastes of the widest audience. And the main thing is that all the songs can be sung, sung together. This is so missing on our stage.
This ensemble was created at the end of 1969, its basis was the VIA "Avangard-66", immediately after its founding, it was an amateur group, but in November 1969 the musicians began performing at the Leningrad Philharmonic, and changed their name to "Good fellows", to Igor Petrenko was replaced by guitarist Mikhail Belyakov, in 1970 the ensemble consisted of: Vladimir Kirillov - vocals, keys - Vladimir Shafran, trumpet - Yaroslav Jansa, trombone, alto, saxophone - Alexander Morozov and Vsevolod Levenshtein.
In the first half of the 70s, the ensemble successfully toured throughout the Soviet Union; in 1974 they recorded their first record, which included Antipin’s songs, as well as a cover version of the Fortunes composition “Freedom Come, Freedom Go”. All this time, the core of the group was preserved, new musicians periodically came to it, in 1970-72 Yuri Antonov was also a member of it, who wrote for the group their most important hit “About Good Fellows”, the soloists of the ensemble at different times were Zhanna Bichevskaya, Alexander Lerman , Svetlana Plotnikova, Roman Vasilenko and many others.
In 1973, its leader, Vsevolod Levenshtein, left the ensemble; he emigrated to London and became a very popular radio presenter of the BBC Russian Service under the pseudonym Seva Novgordtsev; his place in the ensemble was taken by keyboard player Anatoly Kiselev. In April 1974, all of its founders left the group, Kiselev and Vlasenko recruited new musicians and moved to Rosconcert. At various times, the ensemble worked with Evgeny Krylatov, David Tukhmanov, Vyacheslav Dobrynin, Alexander Flyarkovsky, Yuri Antonov and many other Russian music luminaries. The team visited concerts in Yugoslavia, Poland, Germany, Mongolia and other countries. The two-hour program for the ensemble was written by the famous composer Mark Fradkin; it included military, lyrical and Komsomol songs, many of which became real hits.
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Biography, life story of the group "Good Fellows"
Vocal and instrumental ensemble (Leningrad). The ensemble appeared at the end of 1969 from the amateur pop group "AVANGARD-66", organized in the summer of 1966, consisting of: Alexander Petrenko, Boris Samygin and Evgeny Bronevitsky (guitars), Vladimir Antipin (bass), Lev Vildavsky (piano) and Evgeny Maimistov (drums) ). After Bronevitsky and Vildavsky left for the group “SINGING GUITAR”, and their place was taken by “St. Petersburg Elvis”, University student Vyacheslav Mostiev, the composition of the group stabilized for a long time. She received a permanent engagement at the first St. Petersburg youth cafe “Eureka” and attracted crowds of fans from all over the city, which forced the administration to fire the overly noisy, albeit profitable artists. During the second half of the 60s, “AVANTGARD-66” went on tour several times from various philharmonic societies (on one of these trips they found and brought to Leningrad the then very young Yuri Antonov).
The group, for no apparent reason, again became an amateur group, however, in November 1969, the need to earn a living and the limited amateur status forced “AVANGARDE-66” to finally establish itself with the Philharmonic and change its name to “GOOD WELL DONE.” Igor Petrenko was replaced by Mikhail Belyakov, guitarist of the Leningrad group "FAVORITES", and at the beginning of 1970 the ensemble was strengthened by keyboardist Vladimir Shafran, singer Vladimir Kirillov and, in accordance with the fashion of that time, a powerful wind section: Yaroslav Jansa (trumpet), Alexander Morozov (trombone) and Vsevolod Levenshtein (alto saxophone). The latter (under the stage name Vsevolod Novgorodsky) a little later became the artistic director of the new ensemble.
During the first half of the 70s, the ensemble toured the country a lot, in 1974 they recorded their first record with Antipin's songs and a cover version of THE FORTUNES song Freedom Come, Freedom Go (which in the Russian version was called Golden Dawn). Although the core of the group remained unchanged over the years, at different stages other musicians joined it: in 1970-72 Yuri Antonov played, who wrote a “program” song for the ensemble about good fellows and fair maidens, soloists were Zhanna Bichevskaya, Svetlana Plotnikova, Alexander Lerman (ex-“SKOMOROKHI”, “WINDS OF CHANGE”, “ARAKS”), Roman Vlasenko and others.
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In 1973, Levenshtein left the group, returning to Leningrad, where he played with the group "MYTHS", and later emigrated to England, where he became famous as the presenter of music programs for the Russian edition of the BBC under the name Seva Novgorodtsev. Moscow keyboard player Anatoly Kiselev became the new leader of “GOOD WELL DONE”.
In April 1974, the group actually broke up when all of its founding veterans left the ensemble, and Kiselev and Vlasenko, having recruited a new lineup, got a job at Rosconcert. In 1976, A. Lerman and the vocal group performed Heart, My Heart in the famous album by D. Tukhmanov In the wake of my memory, and in 1977 the entire team took part in the recording of a series of songs by A. Flyarkovsky based on poems by A. Didurov for the feature film “The Prank” .
Later, “GOOD WELL DONE,” like most VIAs, toured the country, recorded a dozen records with songs by Soviet composers, and in 1982 recorded the soundtrack for the New Year’s TV movie “Sorcerers.” The group worked until the mid-80s, after which it disbanded. Vlasenko in the early 80s organized his own group “GALAXY”, popular during the heyday of the domestic “metal” scene.
Discography:
VIA Dobry Well done (1978)
The Lion Left Home (Aprelevka Sound Production, 1995)
Disks are spinning. 1970-80 (Company Melodiya, 1996)
I remember as a child... (Moroz Records, 1996
VIA ‘Dobra Molodtsy’ is one of the most popular, successful groups of the 70s. The ensemble was formed on the basis of the amateur popular group “Avangard-66”. In 1969, young, energetic, perky guys performed enthusiastically in St. Petersburg in the youth cafe ''Eureka''. Crowds of fans gathered at their concerts, but they brought a lot of problems to the administration, so the guys had to leave the cafe. They also toured a little, but the status of an amateur group could not provide financial opportunities for the development and existence of the group. If you are interested in more detail about this period of the group’s existence, you can get this information on the official website of the VIA agent Dobry well done. Therefore, the group “Avangard-66” at the end of 1969 changed its name to “Good fellows” and established itself at the Philharmonic. The composition of the group also underwent some changes. VIA Good fellows began working in Moscow in Rosconcert in 1970. This period of their work came at the very peak of their popularity. They experimented a lot with their programs, using Russian folk songs, which they gave original treatment. You can invite Good Fellows to an event or holiday by contacting the Big City concert agency.