Taiska
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Taiska or Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen, née Suominen (born 9 June 1955 in Imatra) is a Finnish singer of popular music. She is mostly known for her evergreen hit, "Mombasa" (1975), originally by Italian composer Fabio Frizzi. She married Pekka Kauppinen in 1984, bore him a son named Elias, and divorced in 1990.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Taiska is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Finland, International Standard Book Number and Imatra.
It is catalogued under topics including 1955 births, 20th-century Finnish women singers and 21st-century Finnish women singers.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1955-06-09
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19,356
- Total plays
- 184,480
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Hannele Kauppinen or better known as Taiska (born 9th of June 1955) is a Finnish folkpop singer who became famous when she won a singing contest in 1975. She signed a contract with the record company Finnlevy. The very same year she made a record and the song Mombasa got enourmous popularity and is still very popular in Finland. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Taiska">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Imatra
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Taiska.JPG
- Residence
- Kemi
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- birth name
- Hannele Aulikki Suominen
- married name
- Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen
- date of birth
- 1955-06-09
- Commons category
- Taiska
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- World Popular Song Festival
- Discography
- Albums
- References
Taiska or Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen, née Suominen (born 9 June 1955 in Imatra) is a Finnish singer of popular music. She is mostly known for her evergreen hit, "Mombasa" (1975), originally by Italian composer Fabio Frizzi. She married Pekka Kauppinen in 1984, bore him a son named Elias, and divorced in 1990.
== World Popular Song Festival == 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.
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