Yul Brynner & Alyosha Dimitrievich

Still In The Gypsy Mode !!...a very unusual L/P that needs listening too a few times to appreciate how good it is... if you like the different unusual !!

Yuliy Borisovich Briner (Russian; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner, was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical The King and I, for which he won two Tony Awards, and later an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film adaptation. He played the role 4,625 times on stage and became known for his shaved head.

 In 1941, Brynner performed as a singer and guitar player at the "Blue Angel" club in New York. There he met and fell in love with Marlene Dietrich. She was 40, Brynner was 21; it was a mutually beneficial relationship, and the two became lifelong friends.

He was also an accomplished guitarist and singer. In his early period in Europe, he often played and sang gypsy songs in Parisian nightclubs with Aliosha Dimitrievitch. He sang some of those same songs in the film The Brothers Karamazov. In 1967, Dimitrievitch and he released a record album The Gypsy and I: Yul Brynner Sings Gypsy Songs (Vanguard VSD 79265).

Aleksey (Alyosha) Ivanovich Dimitrievich (March 23, 1913, Russian Empire – January 21, 1986, Paris was a Russian singer of Roma origin.

He was born in a family of artists from Russian Gypsies (according to another version - kotlyars). His father created a gypsy ensemble of singers and dancers, organized tours throughout Russia. Alyosha had three older brothers - Ivan, Nikolai and Dmitry, and two sisters - Valya and Marusya. Each child had his own role in the ensemble: singer, dancer or musician. Alyosha was a dancer and guitarist.

From the late 1930s he was friends with Yul Brynner, with whom he then performed in many Parisian restaurants and cabarets. They later recorded a record together.

1. The Line Of Fate

2. The End Of The Road

3. Don't Be Angry

4. Sokolov's Guitar

5. A Hundred Miles

6. Two Guitars

1. The Pacer

2. For The Last Time

3. Why Get Married

4. The Shawl

5. Travelling Gypsy's

6. I Am Lost

         4. The Shawl