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Juha Vainio

real name Juha Harri Vainio

Juha Vainio is credited on 834 albums across 2,515 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,515

Credits

834

Albums

7

Decades active

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In collections

Biography

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Born: May 10th 1938, Kotka, Finland
Died: Oct 29th 1990, Gryon, Switzerland
Juha "Watt" Vainio, nicknamed "Junnu", was a Finnish singer, songwriter and translator of song lyrics. He is best known as a witty lyricist, but has also composed and performed numerous evergreen songs. Like many other Finnish songwriters, Vainio also used several pseudonyms during his career: Junnu Kaihomieli, Jorma Koski, Ilkka Lähde, Mirja Lähde, Kirsi Sunila and Heikki Ilmari.
Father of Ilkka Vainio

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Credited work

2,515 releases · 834 albums · active 1963–2023

  • Performance · 4,993
  • Other credits · 379
  • Production · 16

Studios: Takomo Studiot · Finnvox · Finnlevy Studios · Studio Brushane

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Katri Helena
  • Eino Grön
  • Paula Koivuniemi
  • Tapani Kansa
  • Kari Tapio
  • Markku Aro
  • Frederik (3)

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