Reijo Taipale

Reijo Taipale is a favorite Finnish iskelmä (schlager) performer, most widely known & most loved for his tangos. Finnish schlager music, unlike its Central Western european cousin, is frequently symbolized by melancholy and melodramatic ballads and sometimes includes components of both Nordic folk music and Argentine tangos. Reijo Taipale was created March 9, 1940, to a farming family members. He started performing at age group 12, and in the next 10 years he was extremely successful in regional singing contests. His idol was Olavi Virta, possibly the finest tango vocalist ever from Finland. Among Taipale’s first strikes was the quintessential 1962 documenting of the traditional Finnish tango “Satumaa” (Dreamland). This Unto Mononen music was even included in Frank Zappa down the road, and popular tracks referencing the music were effectively released in the 2000s by Maija Vilkkumaa and Tuomari Nurmio. Taipale offers said he offers performed the music over 6,000 instances in concert since his preliminary recording. The vocalist was very effective for most from the ’60s, but through the pursuing decade, his studio room recordings started dropping sales. Taipale is definitely, no matter his chart achievement, in popular for group dance occasions. Dancing is a normal and very well-known pastime in Finland, and these ballroom dances (in name, mainly, as the occasions will also be held on huge outdoor phases in the summertime) frequently feature tangos, waltzes, foxtrot, jive, samba, rhumba, and several other styles, aswell as variants and combinations from the above. Taipale regularly is constantly on the tour around Finland, executing at usually twelve or more regular events. Because the ’80s his primary collaborator continues to be accordionist Erkki Friman. Taipale’s misfortune with studio materials held before mid-’80s, of which period his collection Ruusu Joka Vuodesta (A Rose for every Year) sold silver and was after that followed by some very popular recordings. He provides recorded using the Shadows-like instrumental music group Mustangs, and he produced a platinum-selling duet record, Kulkukoirat (Stray Canines), with the present day schlager vocalist Topi Sorsakoski. He in addition has ventured into pop music by documenting a translation of the favorite Swedish music group Kent’s melody “Dom Andra.” For many years today, Reijo Taipale is a solid proponent of Finnish tango and provides performed his design of traditional Finnish music all around the globe, from SOUTH USA to Russia.