# Taiska

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Taiska Born (1955-06-09) 9 June 1955 (age 71) Imatra Issue Elias Kauppinen

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**Taiska** or **Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen**, née **Suominen** (born 9 June 1955 in [Imatra](/source/Imatra)) is a [Finnish](/source/Finland) singer[1][2][3] of [popular music](/source/Popular_music). She is mostly known for her evergreen hit, "[Mombasa](/source/Mombasa_(song))" (1975), originally by Italian composer [Fabio Frizzi](/source/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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Billboard](https://books.google.com/books?id=LyQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Taiska+singer&pg=PT96) (1979). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Rantala, Juha: *Ilmiöitä: Suomipopin tähdenlentoja*. Tampere: *Pop-lehti*, 2006. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [952-5546-24-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/952-5546-24-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Post, EJ (March 20, 2011). ["Elämä jatkuu – sävelet soivat"](http://www.pohjolansanomat.fi/cs/Satellite/Kritiikki/1194671259103/artikkeli/elama+jatkuu+savelet+soivat.html). *Pohjolan Sanomat* (in Finnish). Retrieved March 31, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Mombasa*](http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/en/kappale.php?Id=Mombasa); Taiska discography; accessed October 2015

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** *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".*”

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Levyarviot: KOKOELMA - *Menolippu Mombasaan*](http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=14)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Taiska](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1739806/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm) (biografija), IMDb

Authority control databases International ISNI National Finland Artists MusicBrainz

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