Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Maria no mas - Tää onnea on


Finnpicks Disco Week continues now with Meiju Suvas singing "Tää onnea on" (This is happiness), released as a single and on an album in 1982. The album sold 60000 items and earned a Diamond Disc for Meiju. Meiju was very popular artist in the 80's performing mainly disco-orientated cover songs. In the 90's she turned into covering Spanish and Greek songs, many picked by herself. She is still performing and recently celebrated her 25th year as a performer. Despite the Spanish title, the original was a Dutch song and sung by a duo with a French name - Fantastique. And this style of disco music was labeled as Italo Disco. So very international mix! The duo comprised the talents of Dick Das and Astrid Leuweringen. They had a couple of hits in the beginning of 80's. But rarely heard since.

Here's the pair:

1 comment:

magomusiikki said...

Pystyinkin kuuntelemaan tuon biisin YouTubessa, kun täällä ei onnistunut. Hienoa, että se löytyi vihdoin!
Täällä on myös Elän unessa näin- biisin originaali http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7wemC8N1ZQ .
Lisäksi täältä löytyy suosikeistani jotain mielenkiintoisia myös lisää. http://www.youtube.com/user/multimusa
Einin Ei tiennyt Marja-Leena (Maria Magdalena) on YouTubessa myös - en vaan muista esittäjää äkkiä sekä Emly Starrin originaali Dynamite eli Meijun laulamana Pommi oon löytyy myös samplena kotisivuiltaan.