Марк Бернес Песня о Родине

For millions of Soviets he was more than just a crooner – his voice resembled Nat King Cole’s and he looked a little bit like Frank Sinatra. The songs of Mark Bernes were popular all across the USSR; each was a hymn to the life-changing period of Soviet history – the years before, during and immediately after World War II. He had top nationwide hits in the 1950-1960s and did not stop singing and recording even when he learnt that he had an incurable form of cancer.