Reino Helismaa
Illustration — Reino Helismaa • Illustration — Esa Pakarinen (left) and Helismaa (centre) and Jorma Ikävalko (right) Reino Vihtori "Repe" Helismaa (12 July 1913 – 21 January 1965) was a Finnish singer-songwriter, musician and scriptwriter. Reino Helismaa was born in Helsinki, he was mainly known for his humorous, yet homely songs. One of his best-known interpreters was Tapio Rautavaara.
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Reino Helismaa
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- Full name
- Reino Vihtori Helenius.
- Born
- 1913. · Helsinki.
- Died
- 1965. · Helsinki.
- Nationality
- Finland and Grand Duchy of Finland.
- Occupation
- actor, singer, lyricist, songwriter, poet, composer and screenwriter.
- Fields
- schlager and couplet.
- Honours
- Finnish Music Hall of Fame.
- Languages
- Finnish and English.
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Illustration — Reino Helismaa • Illustration — Esa Pakarinen (left) and Helismaa (centre) and Jorma Ikävalko (right) Reino Vihtori "Repe" Helismaa (12 July 1913 – 21 January 1965) was a Finnish singer-songwriter, musician and scriptwriter. Reino Helismaa was born in Helsinki, he was mainly known for his humorous, yet homely songs. One of his best-known interpreters was Tapio Rautavaara.
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He also scripted the comic strip Maan mies Marsissa, drawn by Ami Hauhio.
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 kalakukko) • 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 Rovaniemi 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 Pätkä -comedy films made in the 1950s.
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Singers Tapio Rautavaara and Reino Helismaa performing in Tesvisio's television programme.
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