that 60s russian lalala singing guy love him (him = Эдуард Хиль "Edward Gil")

how can u not love this guy? his name is Эдуард Хиль "Edward Gil." he was a popular singer in russian. probably the equivalent of someone like lawrence welk. but he's russian so he's way fucking cooler. i bet he smoked a lot (look at his teeth) and drank a lot (don't all russians?). maybe he was the darling of the russian mafia like frank sinatra was in the US and calmly witnessed ppl getting their bloody assed kicked? who the fuck knows. he is just so contagiously endearing i want to adopt him as my grandfather. per wikipedia, he's still alive and has worked w/ his son's band. someone book him a show in nyc!!!! translated wikipedia pg about this loveable, musical genius: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Хиль,_Эдуард_Анатольевич&sl=ru&tl=en