Lily Gegelia[a] (12 August 1923 – 21 November 2000) was a Georgian singer.
[2] Gegelia is especially known for her ballads, such as "Blue Violets" (ლურჯი იები)[3] and "A small garden by my house" (ჩემს სახლთან პატარა ბაღია).
[5] Following a difficult period that saw the execution of her father and the arrest of her mother at the hands of Soviet authorities, Gegelia grew up in the western Georgian city of Kutaisi.
In 1956, Gegelia became a member of a prominent Georgian pop orchestra "Rero".
[6] Together with "Rero", Gegelia toured England, Scotland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and held solo concerts in the USSR, as well as Germany.