Timo Jämsen (see earlier entry) recorded "Olet ihme häikäisevin" (You're the wonder most shining) in 1962 with the vocal group Four Cats. It wasn't, however, nearly as successful as Timo's earlier recordings. Perhaps the audience expected a bit more rocking sound. The lyrics were by Sauvo "Saukki" Puhtila. This song was also versioned (with different lyrics) by duo Pinja & Ville in 1999. The original was written by Jerry Fuller and performed by Ricky Nelson. Jerry was a promising singer himself, but after striking gold as a songwriter with "Traveling Man" for Ricky, he concentrated more on the songwriting and producing. He went on to write no less than 23 of Ricky's recordings, including this "A Wonder Like You", a Top Ten hit. Jerry and his friends, Glen Campbell and Dave Burgess sang back-up on many of Ricky's recordings.
Here's the pair:
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This reminds me . . .
As Esa Pakarinen made Ricky's "Poor little fool" in Finnish with the title "Köyhä mä oon" you don't happen' to have any Esa's records in storage, he made several great more or less comic albums of "second hand songs" of the 60's in mid 70's and at my opinion... he was great on them in his own way, would be great if you have chance to present his afford to Finnish music here too later on....
I don't personally have Esa's records, but I know where to obtain them. So, I may able to give exmaples of real Finnish 'äijä-rock'.
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