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Eduard Khil

1934 - 2012

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Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Хиль, lit. 'ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ'; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer. Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home" (Russian: "Я о́чень рад, ведь я, наконе́ц, возвраща́юсь домо́й", romanized: "Ya ochen' rad, ved' ya, nakonets, vozvrashchayus' domoy") became an Internet meme, often referred to as "Trololol" or "Trololo", or as the "Russian Rickroll", and the song became associated with Internet trolling. The song's newfound prominence in Internet culture led him to adopt Mr. Trololo as a stage name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Khil is the 270th most popular singer (down from 190th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from Russia (down from 375th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Singer.

Eduard Khil is most famous for his rendition of the song "I Am Glad, 'Cause I'm Finally Returning Back Home" in a video that went viral on YouTube.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Eduard Khil ranks 270 out of 4,381. Before him are Nicolai Ghiaurov, John Fogerty, Tito Gobbi, Lisa, Neil Diamond, and Sam Cooke. After him are Rosé, Nena, Chavela Vargas, Asmahan, Phil Ochs, and Udo Dirkschneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Eduard Khil ranks 87. Before him are Garry Marshall, Renata Scotto, Marshall Rosenberg, Bingu wa Mutharika, Dave Mackay, and Cláudio Hummes. After him are Nirmala Joshi, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Ingvar Carlsson, Otar Iosseliani, Marty Feldman, and Leonid Rogozov. Among people deceased in 2012, Eduard Khil ranks 73. Before him are John Atta Mills, J. Christopher Stevens, Harry Carey Jr., Bingu wa Mutharika, Malam Bacai Sanhá, and Teófilo Stevenson. After him are Richard Lynch, Chavela Vargas, Ben Gazzara, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Helmut Haller, and Hans Werner Henze.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Eduard Khil ranks 429 out of 3,761. Before him are Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Lyubov Popova (1889), Rinat Dasayev (1957), Sergei Taneyev (1856), Naum Gabo (1890), and Andriyan Nikolayev (1929). After him are Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), Ivan Ilyin (1883), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), and Valentin Serov (1865).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Eduard Khil ranks 6. Before him are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Anna Netrebko (1971), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Valery Leontiev (1949), and Viktor Tsoi (1962). After him are Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), Elena Obraztsova (1939), and Martti Talvela (1935).

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