Arkady Ostrovsky

Arkady Ostrovsky studied at Professional technical school. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is music and piano performance. Works named in the authority record are May There Always Be Sunshine, Tired Sleeping Toys, How to escort a steamship and I am very glad, because I’m finally going home. Distinctions recorded are Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

• Birth Name — Arkady (Avraam) Il'ich Ostrovsky • Birthplace — Syzran, Syzransky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 18 September 1967 • Place of death — Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow • Occupation — Composer

Ostrovsky was born to a Jewish family in Syzran. From 1927 on, he lived in Leningrad. He worked in Leonid Utyosov's Jazz Orchestra from 1940 to 1947 and composed his first works. He died in Sochi in 1967. In 2004, Ostrovsky got a star posthumously on the Star Square in Moscow.

In 2009, a 1976 video of singer Eduard Khil singing Ostrovsky's vocalise I am very glad, because I’m finally going home (Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой) was uploaded to YouTube and quickly became an Internet meme known as "Trololololololololololo." The song itself was written by Ostrovsky, and was also performed by Valery Obodzinsky and by Muslim Magomayev on Little Blue Light. Ostrovsky's son, Mikhail, is quoted as saying: Original quote in Russian

Ostrovsky is the author of dozens of popular songs in the post-Soviet countries. For example he is author of music for the song "Let there always be sunshine", which was "taken" under the name of 'Gabriel' into repertoire of the Swedish band 'Hootenanny Singer' without specifying the author. In Russian In English