Disclaimer: I love Conway Twitty as a musician. He's without a doubt one of the greatest country singers ever. But this piece…well… here's a disclaimer:
This piece was a project of the U.S. government as a measure of "goodwill" to the Soviet Union, commissioned in 1975 to mark the end of the Space Race between the two countries. They commissioned Twitty and a professor at the University of Oklahoma to create this piece.
The end result? Twitty's signature song, "Hello Darlin'," translated into the international language of love (/sarc): Russian. While the 1975 mission was an overall success, apparently the Soviets were so offended by the piece that they refused to cooperate with NASA on any other missions for the rest of the country's existence, and it would not be until 1995, two decades after this, that the U.S. and Russia would collaborate on another space mission.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Briefing Room, I present for your consideration into the Jukebox from Hell Conway Twitty with "Privet Radost."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez76iMlM9PA