5-553: Jaak Joala (26 June 1950 – 25 September 2014) was an Estonian singer, musician and a member of two bands: Kristallid and Virmalised . He began as a flautist, later adding singing and bass guitar. Jaak Joala was born in Viljandi , Estonia and grew up in Tallinn . His mother, Helgi Ridamäe, was a music teacher at various schools in Tallinn. His father was Arno Joala, who was a musician and who
10-504: The 1980s, he earned the nickname Kremlin's Nightingale because he often performed and recorded in Russia, and a large part of his repertoire, comprising songs written by such great composers as Raimonds Pauls , David Tukhmanov and Alexander Zatsepin , at that time was sung in Russian. Joala's bandmate Paap Kõlar recounted that eventually Joala grew tired of performing, saying that Goskontsert,
15-516: The Soviet entertainment agency, demanded that he perform. Kõlar suggested that Joala did not have much choice as to whether to perform or not. In the 1990s, Joala's most well-known projects as a singer were with Kollane Allveelaev G (English: Yellow Submarine G ). They performed 1960s music along with Ivo Linna , Karl Madis, Meelis Punder and others. In the middle of the 1990s he performed in joint concerts with Ivo Linna and Tõnis Mägi . The concert tour
20-503: Was informally nicknamed The Three Tenors Tour . After the 1990s Joala devoted his time to teaching, producing and hosting on TV/radio. In the last ten years of his life he was largely reclusive. He died on 25 September 2014. He was buried in the Forest Cemetery of Tallinn. Kristallid This is a list of musical groups (including bands, orchestras ; individual list is for List of Estonian choirs ) from Estonia . The list
25-811: Was later also known as a healer. When Jaak turned seven years old, he started to take piano lessons and in adolescence also began taking flute lessons. Joala is considered a music legend by some. He began his musical career with the beat group Kristallid (English: The Crystals ) in 1966 as a flautist, then as a singer and bassist. In 1968, he was the bassist and lead singer in the popular group Virmalised (English: Northern Lights ). With Virmalised, he sang several of Toivo Kurmet 's songs: Ainult sul ( Only You Have ), Ma ei tea, miks (I Don't Know Why) , Naer (Laughter) , Taas on päev (Once Again The Day) and Üksinda (Alone) . Joala introduced western rock music to Estonian and Soviet audiences by singing in his native language. In
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