Maria Leonidovna Pakhomenko was a Soviet and Russian singer, a holder of the title of People's Artist of Russia since 1999.
The song that brought her fame was Kachaet, kachaet... that she recorded for the theater play Idu na Grozu in 1963. In the 1960s and until the mid-1970s, Maria Pakhomenko was one of the main stars of the Soviet stage. The songs in her performance sounded in the programs of many radio stations and on television. During her career she toured the USSR and abroad, including Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.
Among the songs by leading Soviet composers of which she was the original performer are Love Will Stay, Nenaglyadnyy Moy, Men, Conversations, Vals pri Svechakh, etc.