90th birthday was marked by several articles in Soviet newspapers, and several radio shows were dedicated to him at the time. Notable songs While most tango dancers around the world only know Serdtse, on special theme evenings and modern CDs, other songs sung by Pyotr Leshchenko may get a mention. They include: the Argentinian Tangos Anikusha, Barselona, Chornye Glaza, Davay Prostimsya, Golubye Glaza, Moyo Poslednee Tango (Strok), Ne Uhodi, Ostansya, Priznaysya Mne, Studentochka, Skazhite Pochemu, Skuchno, Ty I Eta Gitara (both sometimes called "Polish Tangos"), Vernulas Snova Ty, Vino Lyubvi (Maryankovsky) and Zabyt Tebya, the Gypsy Romances Chto Mne Gorye and Za Gitarnyi Perebor and finally the "waltzes" Moy Drug and Pesnya o Kapitane (this last one, like Serdtse, with text written by the Soviet poet Vasily Lebedev-Kumach) In popular culture In August 2012, Russian production company, Central Partnership, produced a television drama based on his biography, The series Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was... stars Konstantin Khabensky as Leshchenko. References David Macfadyen. Songs for Fat People: Jazz Music in the USSR. McGill-Queens Univ Press, 2002. (Google Books) {ru}"Я тоскую по Родине", или улица Петра Лещенко. External links Discography of Pyotr Leshchenko on Russian-Records.com the German label Oriente has published four Pjotr Leschenko CDs a contemporary orchestra in Leipzig, Peter Wassiljewski & The Leschenko Orchestra recreate the rhythms of Pjotr and his era Tango outside Argentina "Ruhm und bitterer Tod des Sängers Pjotr K. Leschenko" 1898 births 1954 deaths Romani musicians 20th-century Romanian male singers 20th-century Romanian singers Russian pop singers Romanian male pop singers Romanian restaurateurs Ukrainian pop singers Tango in Russia Russian Romani people Romanian people of Russian descent White Russian emigrants to Romania Tango singers Inmates of the Danube–Black Sea Canal Prisoners who died in Romanian detention People from Odesa Oblast Soviet male singers