Il Tempo Se Ne Va - On aika mennyt menojaan

In 1980 Kai Hyttinen recorded an eponymous album, on which he covered songs from all over the world. This "On aika mennyt menojaan" (The time has gone by for good) originated from Italy. The original "Il Tempo Se Ne Va" (The time goes by) was performed by Adriano Celentano, who scored hit with it all over Europe. The song was co-written by Toto Cutugno. You can see Adriano perform it live, here.

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Un po'artista un po'no - Yksin oon

It's been a while since we last heard of Lea Laven, the Cover Queen of the 70' and 80's. She recorded this "Yksin oon" (Alone am I) in 1988 for her album "Kortit kertoo kohtalomme". It was released only as an album track, even if it had some single hit potential. The original song was of Italian origin made by a couple of well-known artists. It was written by Toto Cutugno and performed by Adriano Celentano. The song "Un po'artista un po'no"(A little bit artist, a little bit not) was on Celentano's eponymous 1980 album, created during his golden years of collaboration with Cutugno between 1977 and 1980. The song was also a single hit. You can see music video made of the song, here.

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Il ragazzo della via Gluck - Asfalttia ja sementtiä

Kari Kuuva is best known for his biggest hit, a tango parody called "Tango Pelargonia" in 1964. But Kari was of course much more than a novelty singer. He is a singer-songwriter of many moods and written hundreds of songs for himself and - especially in the later years - for various other artists. He's been active in the music business for over 40 years, starting as a guitarist and singer in guitar combo Willy and The Wanderers, and leading a folk trio called Kari, Raili & Riitta in 1964. Kari Kuuva's records were almost always his own compositions, but in early 1968 he recorded a cover version called "Asfalttia ja sementtiä" (Tar and cement). The original was of Italian origin, and called "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" (The boy from Gluck Street). It was performed in 1966 by world famous Italian singer Adriano Celentano. Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, hence the name for the song. For the last 40 years Adriano has retained his popularity in Italy, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies.

p.s. I've added the English language version called "Tar And Cement" done by Verdelle Smith, an American R&B/folk singer. It was a big international hit for her in 1966 - although it only reached number 38 in the US charts.

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