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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. He also scripted the comic strip Maan mies Marsissa, drawn by Ami Hauhio.[1]

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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 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.

References

External links

• Last.fm

На других языках

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- [en] Reino Helismaa

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[ru] Хелисмаа, Рейно

Ре́йно Ви́хтори Хе́лисмаа (фин. Reino Vihtori Helismaa, фамилия до 1934 года — Helenius; 12 июля 1913, Хельсинки, Финляндия — 21 января 1965, там же) — финский певец и автор песен, один из наиболее ярких представителей финской популярной музыки 1950-х гг.

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