Magic night: Spaniards dance to the world-famous Soviet song

The "Magic Night" campaign, when shops in the city center are open until 23:00 local time, was held in Spanish Albacete (the capital of the province of Albacete as part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha). The Swinging Cats group performed a cover of one of the most famous Soviet songs "Moscow Evenings", and the locals danced.

The song was written in 1956 by composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedy and poet Vladimir Matusovsky, it was created for the film about the Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR "In the days of the Spartakiad". In the picture, she sounded in the background and went completely unnoticed. However, one day the soundtrack of the composition was put on the radio. After that, tons of letters began to come to the Radio Committee, residents of the country asked to put a song where "the river moves and does not move, all of moon silver." After the repetition on the radio, the popularity of the song only increased.

In 1957, the composition became the solemn song of the Moscow Festival of Youth and Students. And Solovyov-Sedoy, quite unexpectedly for himself, received the First Prize and a Large gold medal of the festival for it.

Since that moment, "Moscow Nights" has been repeatedly quoted in the works of Russian and Western bands, many arrangements have been made, the song has repeatedly appeared in films and animations, has been translated into many languages — German, Italian, French, Spanish, Swedish, Hungarian, Chinese, Japanese, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Vietnamese and Turkish.

It should be noted that the program of the "Magic Night" events was supervised by the city Council with the participation of the president of the Association of the Albacete Center, Angel Sansem. There was also a parade of stilt walkers and acrobats, music was played in many stores, and the Ballesteros Sisters Dance Academy showed its performance.