Taiska or Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen, née Suominen (born 9 June 1955 in Imatra) is a Finnish singerBillboard (1979). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.Rantala, Juha: Ilmiöitä: Suomipopin tähdenlentoja. Tampere: Pop-lehti, 2006. . of popular music. She is mostly known for her evergreen hit, "Mombasa" (1975), originally by Italian composer Fabio Frizzi.Mombasa; Taiska discography; accessed October 2015L'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".” Levyarviot: KOKOELMA - Menolippu Mombasaan She married Pekka Kauppinen in 1984, bore him a son named Elias, and divorced in 1990.Taiska (biografija), IMDb
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)
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