Taiska
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| Born | 9 June 1955 Imatra |
Issue | Elias Kauppinen |
Taiska or Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen, née Suominen (born 9 June 1955 in Imatra) is a Finnish singer[1][2][3] of popular music. She is mostly known for her evergreen hit, "Mombasa" (1975), originally by Italian composer Fabio Frizzi.[4][5][6] She married Pekka Kauppinen in 1984, bore him a son named Elias, and divorced in 1990.[7]
World Popular Song Festival
[edit]In the World Popular Song Festival 1977, in Tokyo, Japan, she represented Finland with a Finnish-language song ("Boogie-mies"), with a score of 56 points.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Mombasa (1976)
- Taiska (1978)
- Villi vapaudenkaipuu (1980)
- Oma tie (1981)
- 20 suosikkia – Mombasa (1996)
- 20 suosikkia – Rannalla (2000)
- Matkalla (2005)
- Taiska – Hitit (2011)
References
[edit]- ↑ Billboard (1979). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ↑ Rantala, Juha: Ilmiöitä: Suomipopin tähdenlentoja. Tampere: Pop-lehti, 2006. ISBN 952-5546-24-1.
- ↑ Post, EJ (March 20, 2011). "Elämä jatkuu – sävelet soivat". Pohjolan Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ↑ Mombasa; Taiska discography; accessed October 2015
- ↑ L'Espresso (2003). "...(fratello dello showman Fabrizio) per una cantante finlandese, tale Taiska, «una delle poche eroine nel misero panorama del ... locali» e il brano è stato anche «ripreso nella colonna sonora di un film made in Suomi, "Menolippu Mombasa".”
- ↑ Levyarviot: KOKOELMA - Menolippu Mombasaan
- ↑ Taiska (biografija), IMDb
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