Sokol (Soviet band)

The band was formed at the end of 1964 in Moscow on the initiative of the guitarist Yuri Ermakov.

The band also included Igor Goncharuk, Vyacheslav Chernysh, Sergey Timashev.

[1] Like all early Soviet bands, the Sokol's repertoire was based on the works of Western rock and pop stars: Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, the Beatles.

However, Ermakov and Goncharuk became the authors of the first rock song written in Russian ("Где тот край", 1965).

[2] The first performance of the Sokol band took place on October 6, 1964 in Moscow in the Ekspromt cafe.