Il marsigliese - Marseillen poika

Cumulus (see earlier entry) recorded "Marseillen poika" (The boy from Marseille) in 1977 and it became one of their greatest hits and the song is fondly remembered even today. The lyrics were provided by Irina Milan. The success was largely based on the eponymous popular television series that run in Finland in summer 1977. The melody line of this song was used as it's signature tune. The tv-series as well the song originated from Italy. The tune "Il marsigliese" was composed by brothers Guido and Maurizio de Angelis. And they also performed it as M & G Orchestra. The De Angelis brothers were among the most prolific Italian musicians in the 70's. Often they were forced to use different names for many of their projects to avoid over-saturating the market. One of those names was Oliver Onions, which is the name they are mostly identified with. They also became famous as score writers for the Terence Hill and Bud Spencer movies.

Here's the pair:

Love You Till I Die - Sulle ainiaan

The first Baccara -singles were aptly covered in Finland - both A-sides and B-sides. Mami (see earlier entry) recorded "Sulle ainiaan" (To you forever) for their one-off project album "Disco Shock" in 1978. The Finnish lyrics were done by Pertsa Reponen. Another version to the same lyrics was done by Taiska; this cover was released on the B-side of Taiska's big hit single "Miksi näin". I will add this version here in the very near future. The original "Love You Till I Die" was the B-side of Baccara's second single "Sorry I'm A Lady" (finnpicked here). You can see Mayte and Maria perform the song, here.

Updated on 23.03.2010: added Taiska's version

Here's the triplet:

Sorry, I'm A Lady - Sorry, jos oon lady

We slide away from 'Ladies' to Baccara with this song. Lea Laven recorded "Sorry, jos oon leidi" in 1978 for her album "Aamulla rakkaani näin". In the same year also Vicky Rosti and Mami versioned the song with the same lyrics (by Pertsa Reponen). Mami was an interesting group. It was a vocal duo of Maarit (see earlier entry) and Irina Milan (see earlier entry) formed for making the "Disco Shock" album in 1978. They recorded 9 tracks for the album, mainly Baccara covers. It's a pity that this dynamic duo has not made any further recordings. But of course they both have individually made brilliant careers in the music biz. The original song "Sorry, I'm A Lady' was the second single of Spanish duo Baccara (Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola) in 1977 and big hit all over the world. This song, as all their hits was written by Dutch producer and composer Rolf Soja. You can see Mayte and Maria perform the song, here.

Here's the triplet: