Kari Tapio,, Finnish schlager singer, died from a heart attack.he was 65

 Kari Tapio ^[1] was a Finnish schlager singer died from a heart attack.he was  65. He was one of the most popular singers in Finland for decades.
Tapio was born in Suonenjoki, Finland. In the 1960s Tapio performed in his home town Pieksämäki with the local bands ER-Quartet and Jami & The Noisemakers.^[2] In 1966 he took singing lessons from Ture Ara.

(born  November 22, 1945 – December 7, 2010)

After his first single "Tuuli kääntyköön"/"Niskavuoren nuorimmainen" in 1972 Kari Tapio performed in Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen's show. In the beginning his role was to take care of the snake that was used in the show. Before music became a job for him Kari Tapio worked as a typesetter in a printing house.
In 1976 Tapio finally broke through with his single "Laula kanssain" ("Sing With Me") which was followed by "Viisitoista kesää" (a Finnish cover of Living Next Door to Alice) and "Kaipuu" ("Desire"). In later years "Olen suomalainen" ("I am Finnish", a finnish cover of Toto Cutugno's "L'Italiano"), "Myrskyn jälkeen" ("After the Storm"), "En pyydä paljon" ("I Don't Ask For Much") and the newest "Paalupaikka" ("Pole Position"), among others, have been his most popular songs. In 2003 the Iskelmä-Finlandia award was given to him.
Many of Tapio's songs have influences from country music. He has done lots of Finnish versions of the songs of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristoffersson.
Tapio was one of the candidates to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Valaise yö". In the finals, he was placed second, and Teräsbetoni was chosen to represent Finland.
Tapio died of a heart attack in Espoo, Finland.

Contents [hide] 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 Compilations 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Aikapommi (1974) (with Erkki Liikanen)
• Nostalgiaa (1976)
• Klabbi (1976)
• Kaipuu (1977)
• Kari Tapio (1979)
• Jää vierellein (1981)
• Olen suomalainen (1983)
• Ovi elämään (1984)
• Osa minusta (1986)
• Elämän viulut (1987)
• Tää kaipuu (1988)
• Aikaan täysikuun (1990)
• Yön tuuli vain (1992)
• Sinitaikaa (1993)
• Laulaja (1994)
• Myrskyn jälkeen (1995) #23
• Meren kuisketta (1997) #9
• Sinut tulen aina muistamaan (1998) #7
• Valoon päin (1999) #5
• Bella Capri (2000) #6
• Kari Tapio konserttilavalla (2001) #30
• Joulun tarina (2001)
• Juna kulkee (2003) #4
• Toiset on luotuja kulkemaan (2004) #5
• Paalupaikka (2005) #5
• Kuin taivaisiin (2007) #1
• Kaksi maailmaa (March 26, 2008)

[edit] Compilations

• 28 suosituinta levytystä (1987)
• Toivotut (1992)
• Viisitoista kesää (1995)
• 20 suosikkia – Olen suomalainen (1995)
• 20 suosikkia – Luoksesi Tukholmaan (1997)
• Parhaat (1997)
• Kaikki parhaat (1999) #2
• 20 suosikkia – Kulkurin kyyneleet (2001)
• 20 suosikkia – Sanoit liian paljon (2001)
• Kaikkien aikojen parhaat – 40 klassikkoa (2002) #17
• Nostalgia (2005)
• Lauluja rakkaudesta (2006) #13
• Laulaja 1945-2010 (2011) #1

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