Leo Monosson (
Russian
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: Лев Исаакович Моносзон, lit. Lev Isaakovich Monoisson) (1897–1967) was a
tenor
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singer born in
Moscow
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, who found fame in
Germany
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in the years 1928-1933. He spoke eleven languages and produced over 1400 records, one of his best-known being ''"Liebling, mein Herz lässt dich grüßen"'' with the
Ben Berlin Orchestra. He was also an actor, appearing in films such as the musical ''
The Three From the Filling Station''. As a
Jew
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, he had to leave
Germany in 1933, moving first to France and then the United States. In New York, he started a new career as a
stamp trader.
References
Leo Monosson returns... with his true history! Cabaret-Berlin
External links
(German)
''Liebling, mein Herz lässt dich grüßen''
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1897 births
1967 deaths
Musicians from Moscow
Russian Jews
Russian tenors
Weimar culture
20th-century German male singers
20th-century Russian male singers
Soviet emigrants to Germany