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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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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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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