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)
References
^Billboard (1979). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
^Mombasa; Taiska discography; accessed October 2015
^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".”