Reino Helismaa
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Reino Vihtori "Repe" Helismaa (12 July 1913, Helsinki
- 21 January 1965) was a Finnish
singer-songwriter, musician and scriptwriter, mainly known for his humorous, yet homely songs. One of his best-known interpreters was Tapio Rautavaara
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Other works by Helismaa include 8 plays, 10 revues, 32 film manuscripts and 104 radio plays.
Helsinki
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- 21 January 1965) was a Finnish
Finland
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singer-songwriter, musician and scriptwriter, mainly known for his humorous, yet homely songs. One of his best-known interpreters was Tapio Rautavaara
Tapio Rautavaara
Kaj Tapio Rautavaara was a Finnish athlete, singer and movie actor.-Early life:...
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Works
Song lyrics: Helismaa wrote over five thousand song lyrics. Some of the most famous include:- Balladi Villistä Lännestä (A ballad of the Wild West)
- Daiga-daiga-duu (Diga-diga-doo)
- Hiljainen kylätie (A quiet village street)
- Kaksi vanhaa tukkijätkää (Two old lumberjacks)
- Kulkuri ja joutsen (The tramp and the swan; translation of originally Swedish song Vagabonden och svanen by Lasse Dahlquist)
- Kulkurin iltatähti (The tramp's evening star)
- Lentävä kalakukko (The flying kalakukkoKalakukkoKalakukko is a traditional food from the Finnish region of Savonia made from fish baked inside a loaf of bread. The Cornish pasty from Cornwall has the same basic idea of complete packed lunch. Kalakukko is very polular food in Savonia head city Kuopio. There is even Finland "Kalakukko" competition...
) - Meksikon pikajuna (The Mexico Express, original: Orient Express)
- Päivänsäde ja menninkäinen (The sunbeam and the goblin)
- Rakovalkealla (At the campfire)
- Reppu ja reissumies (The knapsack and the travelling man)
- Rovaniemen markkinoilla (At the RovaniemiRovaniemiRovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its...
fair) - Suutarin tyttären pihalla (At the shoemaker's daughter's yard)
Other works by Helismaa include 8 plays, 10 revues, 32 film manuscripts and 104 radio plays.
- Screenplays for several Pekka ja PätkäPekka ja PätkäPekka and Pätkä is the name of several comedy films produced by Suomen Filmiteollisuus in the 1950s in Finland, based on the popular Finnish comic characters Pekka Puupää and Pätkä , who can be said to be the Finnish version of Stan and Ollie...
-comedy films made in the 1950s.