Juha Vainio

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.

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