Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Lea Laven

Artist: Lea Laven
LP: Chanson Laven
Song: "Kesämieli"
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Song: "Ei Syytä Huoleen"
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Here's a bit of Scandi-disco from Finnish pop princess Lea Laven. Born June 19, 1948 in Haukipudas, on the Northwestern Finnish coast. Lea worked in Swedish hotels and nursing homes before the northern wind set her vocal chords a-fluttering, sending her sailing to stardom on a cloud of snowy white. As she shot her way to fame, she worked a desk day job at the Helsinki office of EMI-Columbia Records. You can read more about Lea Laven's life and career in Finnish here or in English here. This is one of the things I picked up at Green Grass Records last year on my trip to Helsinki.

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