Armenian composer and pianist, People's Artist of the Soviet Union and Armenia Arno Babajanyan was born on January 22, 1921. He gained great popularity as a songwriter, successfully collaborated with poet Robert Rozhdestvensky and singer Muslim Magomaev ("Королева красоты", "Голубая тайга", "Улибнись", "Будь со мной", "В нежданный час", "Встреча", "Воспоминание", "Позови меня", "Загадай дечено", "Благодарю тебя", "Свадьба"). Yevheni Yevtushenko's ("Не спеши", "Чёртово колесо", "Твои следы"), Andrey Voznesensky ("Год любви", "Москва-река", "Верни мне музыку"), Leonid Derbenyov ("Лучший") were also very successful. город земли"), the songs written in co-authorship with "First love song" and "Yerevan" are perceived as the anthem of the hometown. "Nocturne" is widely k