Biography
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Born
31 August 1931
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Born In
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
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Died
12 April 2014 (aged 82)
Brita Koivunen (31 August 1931 – 12 April 2014) won a singing contest in Helsinki 1954. Her first record was Nainen - mies the same year. 1956 came out her breakthrough record Suklaasydän. It became the second ever gold disc in Finland. Her other known songs are Mamma, tuo mies mua tuijottaa, Käy tanssimaan, Mua lemmitkö vielä oi Kustaa?, Troikka ja Katinka. 1960 she was voted the best singer by the readers of Iskelmä magazine. She was also acting in music films like Suuri sävelparaati and Iskelmäkaruselli pyörii.
In the sixties she was in a band Matit ja Maijat alongside with Vieno Kekkonen, Laila Kinnunen, Kai Lind and Eino Grön. Later on her career she has also performed as a trio with Pirkko Mannola and Vieno Kekkonen.
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