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Juha Vainio
Sign in to saveAlso known as Juha Harri Vainio, Junnu Vaino, Juha "Watt" Vainio, Juha Watt Vainio
Finnish singer-songwriter, lyricist and teacher
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Täten on tähkät
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1938
- Active to
- 1990
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23,526
- Total plays
- 567,111
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Juha Vainio (born May 5, 1938 in Kotka, Finland; died October 29, 1990) was a Finnish singer, songwriter and translator of song lyrics. His body of work comprises more than 100 tunes and translations or original lyrics for well over 1000 songs recorded by countless Finnish singers. He was also a recording artist since his debut single of 1963, continuing his performing career well into the 1980s. The themes for many of Vainio's best-loved songs can be traced back to his childhood experiences in
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Kotka
- Place of death
- Gryon
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Genre
- schlager music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Juha Vainio.jpg
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- Commons category
- Juha Vainio
- date of birth
- 1938-05-10
- date of death
- 1990-10-29
- birth name
- Juha Harri Vainio
- place of burial
- Hietaniemi cemetery
- pseudonym
- Ilkka Lähde
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- copyright representative
- Teosto
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