"Hands Up": biography, peak of popularity, decay

Some people associate the 1990s with a crisis, fashionable leather jackets or forbidden chewing gum. Someone remembers his first slow dance with a nice classmate or a pretty girl from a pioneer camp. And most likely, this significant event happened under the song of the group "Hands Up". The biography of these guys with a romantic voice in the last years of the twentieth century did not bother, perhaps, only deaf people. All their albums people knew by heart, melodies played the guitar, and songs sang under the windows for their beloved girls. Almost everyone has a history of youth, which in one way or another was associated with the rhythms of this collective.

Soloist

Now, still on school discos, the compositions of the group "Hands Up" sound. Biography of Sergei Zhukov, who is the main soloist of this collective, is still interesting to everyone.

This charming guy was born on May 22, 1976 in the city of Dimitrovgrad. At school, he never had an interest in learning. Going to school was a real meal. Time passed, and love of knowledge was not added, so the boy received extremely unsatisfactory marks. In high school Zhukov began to think about his future, visibly tightened his assessments and entered a higher educational institution.

In his spare time, he loved hockey. But the most favorite hobby was music.

Zhukov's favorite hobby became the meaning of his life

In 1999, a young talented guy graduated from the Samara Academy of Culture and Art. In the same year he met with Alexei Potekhin, with whom they later created a duet and named him "Uncle Ray and the Company." A little later, Zhukov's star biography began. "Hands Up" became for him the starting point on the way to glory.

The official date of foundation of this group is considered to be May 1, 1995. At first it was a creative, amateur project. Young guys spent discos, occasionally their songs appeared on the airwaves of radio stations. The talented team was interested in producer Andrei Malikov, with whom the band shone with new colors.

Musician

It would seem that the inseparable phrase is the combination of Beetles - "Hands Up". The biography of the talented performer is known to all. However, do not forget about the second soloist, who for some time was her producer.

Alexey Potekhin was born on April 15, 1972 in Samara. From his childhood he was destined to become a musician. His mother was engaged in symphonic music, and his father was more like pop performance.

From a young age, the boy had a fervent and fighting nature. Parents decided that the energy should be directed to the right direction and sent to the basketball section. Their goal was to grow an athlete. However, creative genes prevailed, and the guy became a musician.

As well as for the main soloist, the starting point for Potekhin was the group "Hands Up". The biography of these two guys was replenished with new achievements every year.

Disintegration

How could the legendary group of "Hands Up" break up? The biography of talented guys interested young girls more than classes in schools and institutes. The performers themselves try to avoid answering this question.

Producer of the popular team claims that he has exhausted himself as much as possible. Young people who grew up on these compositions, have matured for a long time, and the performers themselves have ceased to be young and energetic guys. The new generation was interested in completely different music.

Two guys from the "Hand Up", whose biography for 10 years gave no peace to anyone, went their separate ways. Sergei decided to pursue a solo career, and Alexei was more like a producer's career.

Awards

During its existence, the group received the following awards:

• People's Choice Award.
• Platinum disc.
• Three gold medals at various competitions.
• Six silver medals.
• Diploma "Song of the Year".
• The prize "Golden Gramophone" - repeatedly.

But the most important award for young performers was audience recognition.

Zhukov today

Fans of the group are still interested in Sergei Zhukov ("Hands Up"). Biography of the singer, performing with concerts and recording new CDs, but already in splendid isolation, is replenished with new lines. Sergei retained the name of the group and independently engaged in its promotion. He claims that he will continue to create as long as he has his listener.

Sergei Zhukov devoted most of his life to the work. In addition, he was always a caring father and a good husband. His wife was Regina Burd - a former participant of the VIA "Slivki". He has four children - the daughter of Sasha from his first marriage, the daughter of Nick and the sons of Angel and Miron - from the second.

It is hardly possible to meet a person who would not have heard about the group "Hands Up". And let this collective disintegrated more than ten years ago, he still has his constant listener. Millions of people grew up on the compositions of the band. No one can answer the question, which one was the most popular. Each listener has his favorite composition, which finds a response in the soul.