Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Airport - Lentoon


Tinni (real name Timo Kuusisto) was genuine Finnish 'one-hit-wonder'. In 1979 he recorded "Lentoon" (Airborne). It was released as a single, and it became a charted hit. But the eponymous album and the self-penned follow-up single, (continuing the traffic theme) 'Bussilla Turkuun' (Bus to Turku Town) failed in the sales department. And Tinni's last recorded song was to be a cover of The Deer Hunter theme "Cavatina" in 1980. The original "Lentoon" was called "Airport" and it was a hit in 1978 for British pub rock combo The Motors. It was written by the band member Andy McMaster. It was their biggest hit hitting number 4 in UK chart. You can se the band perform the song, here.

Updated on 14.09.2010: added Pepe Willberg's version (1979).

Here's the triplet:

2 comments:

Callasmaniac said...

Timo Kuusisto on nykyään lyyrinen tenori, tekee keikkaa Keski-Euroopan oopperataloissa. Erikoistunut bel canto-repetuaariin ja sen kyvin korkealla "makaaviin" rooleihin. Lauloi mukana kansallisoopperan "Viaggio a Reims"-produktiossa muutama vuosi sitten.

Kiitos muuten aivan mahtavasta sivusta, hieno nostalgiafiilis tulee, kun näitä soittelee!!!

DM said...

Kiitos kiitoksista. Ja kiitos mukavasta infosta. On aina mielenkintoista tietää 'missä he ovat nyt'. Timo näkyy sijoittuneen 10 vuotta "Lentoon" -hitin jälkeen, eli 1989, Lappeenrannan laulukipailuissa kakkoseksi (paras tenori).