Taiska

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| issue =Elias Kauppinen

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| birth_date ={{bda|1955|6|9|df=y}}

| birth_place =Imatra

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Taiska or Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen, née Suominen (born 9 June 1955 in Imatra) is a Finnish singer[https://books.google.com/books?id=LyQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Taiska+singer&pg=PT96 Billboard] (1979). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.Rantala, Juha: Ilmiöitä: Suomipopin tähdenlentoja. Tampere: Pop-lehti, 2006. {{ISBN|952-5546-24-1}}.{{cite news | url=http://www.pohjolansanomat.fi/cs/Satellite/Kritiikki/1194671259103/artikkeli/elama+jatkuu+savelet+soivat.html|title=Elämä jatkuu – sävelet soivat| last=Post| first=EJ| date=March 20, 2011| work=Pohjolan Sanomat| language=Finnish| accessdate=March 31, 2011}} of popular music. She is mostly known for her evergreen hit, "Mombasa" (1975), originally by Italian composer Fabio Frizzi.[http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/en/kappale.php?Id=Mombasa Mombasa]; Taiska discography; accessed October 2015L'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".”[http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=14 Levyarviot: KOKOELMA - Menolippu Mombasaan] She married Pekka Kauppinen in 1984, bore him a son named Elias, and divorced in 1990.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1739806/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Taiska] (biografija), IMDb