Alla Yakovlevna Ioshpe (Yoshpe) (; 13 June 1937 â 30 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian pop singer, and a People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2002).
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.
In 1960, at a university event, she met Stakhan Rakhimov and the pair formed a pop duo. The pair performed both in the Soviet Union and overseas.