[2] After two years working in a rock theater ensemble Poyushchiye Gitary.
A singer's solo career began in 1983, the first success, We Have Not Separated, The leader of the St. Petersburg charts 1983–84.
In 1985, according to a poll of the Leningrad press: Yuri Okhochinsky was the best young singer of the year.
Winner of the song contest Pesnya Goda, the participant of numerous musical programs on the Soviet TV and radio.
In 1994 Okhochinsky sung the opening and closing Goodwill Games in Petersburg.