Midnight In Moscow (aka “Moscow Nights“) ~ Acker Bilk ~ (HD)

“Moscow Nights“ (aka: “Midnight In Moscow“) is a Russian song, one of those best known outside its homeland. The song was originally created as “Leningradskie Vechera“ (“Leningrad Nights“) by composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhail Matusovsky in 1955 (when both had well-established careers), but at the request of the Soviet Ministry of Culture, the more or less “Evenings in Moscow Oblast“ version was prepared, with corresponding changes to the lyrics. The British jazz group, Kenny Ball and his Jazzm