He worked as a musical director with Soviet vocal-instrumental ensembles Fantasy and Krasnye Maki (Red Poppies) and, later on, with rock and pop groups Carnival, Dinamik, and Vesyolye Rebyata (Jolly Fellows).

He worked with many Russian stars including Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontyev, Mikhail Boyarsky, Sergei Minaev, Tõnis Mägi, Vladimir Presniakov Jr., Anne Veski and many others.

This audio album as well as Automatic Kit, later purchased by the EMI Europe publishing company, represented the first international level of Russian rock music.

In 1986, Yury was acting as a founder and president of the pop music studio SPM "Record" created under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of the Soviet Union.

The Russian superstar Alla Pugacheva worked closely with Chernavsky, and in 1984, together with the vocal group ABBA, performed his songs "Through the Eyes of a Child" and "Superman" that were presented by the Swedish TV star Jacob Dahlin).

He also worked with independent corporate FX groups such as Digital Domain leading by worldwide known movie director James Cameron (The Terminator, True Lies, Titanic) and others companies.

He continues traveling and experimenting in the field of international music business with young American and European singers and musicians (in the style of R&B and rap), movie actors, and directors.

Chernavsky works on major projects in the US and Europe to developing Russian performers, advancing new ideas on the world market, and selecting young European professional artists (e.g., a Fox group / Pikosso Records "Hollywood Dreams V. 2"[4]) and famous martial arts fighters to present their skills at international entertainment levels.