Walfrid Lehto

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Walfrid Lehto

| image = Walfrid Lehto (aka Volpi Leuto) Finnish singer.jpg

| caption = Walfrid Lehto in the 1920s.

| birth_name = Valfrid Olganpoika

| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|5|11}}

| birth_place = Hassi, Jämsä, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|1|4|1896|5|11}}

| death_place = Hassi, Jämsä, Finland

| origin =

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Opera, schlager music

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1920s and 1930s

| label = His Master's Voice, Victor Talking Machine Company

| associated_acts =

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Walfrid Lehto, originally Valfrid Olganpoika, (May 11, 1896 – January 4, 1946[https://www.geni.com/people/Walfrid-Lehto/6000000059265339886 Geni.com] Retrieved: August 3, 2019) was a Finnish American singer. He is better known by his stage name Volpi Leuto.

Lehto learned to sing in his home town of Hassi, Jämsä,{{cite book|last1=Jokinen|first1=Kimmo|title=Hassin kyläkirja|date=2011}} and made a study trip to California in 1926.{{cite news |title=Walfrid Lehto Here on Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108591169/walfrid-lehto-1896-1946/ |work=Spokane Chronicle |date=May 24, 1927 |location=Spokane, WA |page=14 |accessdate=August 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} He settled down in New York City, where he performed at cafes and restaurants.{{cite book|last1=Engelberg|first1=Rafael Zacharias|title=Suomi ja Amerikan suomalaiset: keskinäinen yhteys ja sen rakentaminen|date=1944|page=307}} Between 1928 and 1929, Lehto recorded 20 Finnish songs for His Master's Voice and Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. All recordings were made under his stage name Volpi Leuto and some recordings were made with the Finnish-American Östman-Stein Orchestra.[http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/fi/nimi.php?Id=Leuto+Volpi Äänitearkisto.fi] Retrieved: August 3, 2019 For eight years Lehto lived in America and returned to Finland in the 1930s. He was no longer able to sing, and died a poor man in his home town of Hassi.