Performance · Production
Toivo Kärki
real name Toivo Pietari Johannes Kärki
Toivo Kärki is credited on 618 albums across 2,114 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
618
Albums
2,114
Pressings
8
Decades active
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In collections
Biography
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Finnish composer, musician, pianist, producer and arranger, born December 3, 1915 in Pirkkala, Finland; died April 30, 1992 in Helsinki, Finland. He worked very often with lyricist Reino Helismaa.
About 1400 of his compositions has been recorded, many of them several times in different versions. He also composed music for films, plays and radio.
Like many other Finnish composers and lyricists, he also had a bunch of pseudonyms: Kari Aava, Antonio Brave, C. Kaparov, Vesa Lehti, Matti Metsä, Martti Ounamo, Pedro De Punta, Sulo Sointu, Karl Stein, W. Stone, Markku Tienoja, Esko Tuulimäki, Vasara and Orvokki Itä. Some of the pseudonyms have been used by both Kärki and Helismaa, but in different occasions.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
618 albums · 2,114 pressings · active 1955–2023
- Performance · 6,573
- Production · 148
- Other credits · 143
Studios: Takomo Studiot · Studio Brushane · Finnlevy Studios · Finnvox
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Olavi Virta
- Tapio Rautavaara
- Eino Grön
- Vesa-Matti Loiri
- Katri Helena
- Reijo Taipale
- Esa Pakarinen
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