Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi was [|a] Russian classical composer and songwriter who was born and died in Leningrad.
Solovyov-Sedoi composed, among others, the music for the songs Solov'i and Moscow Nights. He also wrote music for numerous films. Originally named Solovyov, when he entered the Russian "Composer's Union" he added the suffix "Sedoi", meaning grey-haired, to avoid confusion with another composer with the same surname.
