Yoshpe was born in Moscow into a Jewish family. She studied philosophy at Moscow State University and while a student sang with the university's symphony orchestra.[4]
In 1960, at a university event, she met Stakhan Rakhimov and the pair formed a pop duo.[5] The pair performed both in the Soviet Union and overseas.[4]
Selected songs
'Tri plus pyat' (Russian: Три плюс пять, lit. 'Three plus five'), Russian-language cover of Marie Laforêt's 'Ivan, Boris et moi'