Taiska Explained

Taiska
Issue:	Elias Kauppinen
Birth Place:	Imatra

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

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

Albums

• Mombasa (1976)
• Taiska (1978)
• Villi vapaudenkaipuu (1980)
• Oma tie (1981)
• 20 suosikkia – Mombasa (1996)
• 20 suosikkia – Rannalla (2000)
• Matkalla (2005)
• Taiska – Hitit (2011)

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=LyQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Taiska+singer&pg=PT96 Billboard
2. Rantala, Juha: Ilmiöitä: Suomipopin tähdenlentoja. Tampere: Pop-lehti, 2006. .
3. News: Elämä jatkuu – sävelet soivat. Post. EJ. March 20, 2011. Pohjolan Sanomat. Finnish. March 31, 2011.
4. http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/en/kappale.php?Id=Mombasa Mombasa
5. 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".”
6. http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=14 Levyarviot: KOKOELMA - Menolippu Mombasaan
7. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1739806/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Taiska