{{Short description|Finnish band}} thumb|Ernos '''Ernos''' is a Finnish band founded in 1965 by the vocalist-pianist-songwriter Erno Lindahl, after whom the band was also named.<ref name="BluesNews">{{cite web |title=SUOMIBLUESIN JA -SOULIN ÄÄNITE- JA YHTYELUETTELO - ERNOS |url=http://www.bluesnews.fi/suomiblues_e.htm |website=Blues News |access-date=22 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414211613/http://www.bluesnews.fi/suomiblues_e.htm |archive-date=14 April 2012 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ernos was among the most popular bands in Finland in the 1960s.<ref name="Yle-2014">{{cite web |last1=Lindfors |first1=Jukka |title=Ernosin musiikissa soi moniääninen 1960-luku |url=https://yle.fi/a/20-118446 |website=Yle |access-date=22 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322234816/https://yle.fi/a/20-118446 |archive-date=22 March 2026 |language=Finnish |date=7 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Their first single 'Yksin' ("Alone"), penned by Lindahl, came out in summer 1966.<ref name="BluesNews"/> Soon afterwards the band's bassist Jorma Toivonen and drummer Mikko Kuoppamäki left the Ernos. Late 1966 was released the second single 'Harha' ("Illusion"), another Lindahl composition and probably the best-known track of the Ernos. These were melancholic songs akin to someone like Roy Orbison. Harmonies also played an important part in the Ernos sound, sung alongside Lindahl by Ilari Hannula who joined in 1966, and in summer 1968 Kati Borg and Marjo-Riitta Kervinen. One can even trace doo-wop influences in some of their songs. The Ernos is known for the exuberant stage performances, even visiting Tallinn of Soviet Estonia as the first Western band in autumn 1968. As a celebration the Ernos concert was arranged on 23 Sept 2008 in Tallinn as well, with Ivo Linna and Rock Hotel also performing in concert hall of Estonia theater.<ref name="Äripäev">{{cite web |last1=Hiiemäe |first1=Mari |title=Ernos 40 aastat hiljem |url=https://www.aripaev.ee/uudised/2008/09/18/ernos-40-aastat-hiljem |website=Äripäev |access-date=22 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204419/https://www.aripaev.ee/uudised/2008/09/18/ernos-40-aastat-hiljem |archive-date=18 October 2016 |language=Estonian |date=19 September 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The first Ernos album ''Rutto ja romu'' (1968) consisted entirely of Erno Lindahl's own compositions except for the song "Kaikki hyvin", which was a Finnish translation of The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations". The second album ''Lekaa otsaan'' (1970) included some rock classics sung in English. The final album ''Ernos'' came out in 1973. Erno Lindahl also did some solo recordings accompanied by the orchestra of Nacke Johansson, such as "Ei hätää" (a Finnish version of "Elenore" by The Turtles) and "Elämältä en halua enempää" ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" by The Beatles). In 2016, Lindahl said that a double album consisting of new material had been in development for eight years.<ref name="Länsi-Uusimaa">{{cite web |last1=Siippainen |first1=Aapo |title=Ernos lupaa tuplalevyllisen uusia biisejä |url=https://www.lansi-uusimaa.fi/paikalliset/1721256 |website=Länsi-Uusimaa |access-date=22 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322235907/https://www.lansi-uusimaa.fi/paikalliset/1721256 |archive-date=22 March 2026 |language=Finnish |date=23 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Singles discography == * 'Yksin' (1966) * 'Harha' (1966) * 'Kaikki hyvin' (1967) * 'Jos anteeksi pyydät' (1967) * 'Myyty mies' (1968) * 'Turhaan' (1968) * 'Maria Louiza' (1968) * 'Ei paljon puutu onnestain' (1969) * 'Kerran kohtaan ystävän' (1969) * 'Kyllä' (1969) * 'Kesäaikaan' (1970) * 'Papa uu mau mau' (1979)<ref name="BluesNews"/>
== Album discography == * ''Rutto ja romu'' (1968) * ''Lekaa otsaan'' (1970) * ''Ernos'' (1973) * ''20 suosikkia - Harha'' (a compilation, 1998)<ref name="BluesNews"/>
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== External links == * {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20090709072343/http://www.ernos.fi/}} {{in lang|fi}} (archived) * [https://www.perunamaa.net/sarjakuvarock/muita/ernos.html Ernos discography] * [http://www.backtothesixties.org/ernos.htm Ernos @ Back to the Sixties]
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