Sommaren är kort - Kesä häviää

Today is officially the last day of Summer. This is fortunately not exactly true, the summer is just slowly fading away here in Finland. Kurre (see previous entry) recorded "Kesä häviää" (Summer fades away) in 1995. This was not the first version of the song, Kisu recorded it in 1982 with different lyrics (I add it here if I get it from somewhere). The original "Sommaren är kort" (Summer is short) was a great success in Europe for Swedish singer Tomas Ledin in 1982. Since 1970's Ledin has been one of the most popular recording artists in Sweden. In 1980 he represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Just Nu". Tomas has some close ABBA connections; in 1982 recorded a single ("Never Again") with Agnetha Fältskog and in 1983 he married to manager Stig Andersson's daughter Marie.

Updated on 17.10.2009: added first Finnish version done by Kisu.

Here's the triplet:

I'd Love You To Want Me - Sun äänes mua kaipaa

Kurre (real name Kurt Westerlund) had a short career as a successful pop singer in the beginning of the 90's. He won the popular TV - song contest 'Syksyn Sävel' (Autumn Tone) in 1991 and subsequently recorded couple of albums and several singles. On his 1995 album "Askel ajassa" (A step in time) was this song "Sun äänes mua kaipaa", which was a cover of worldwide hit song "I'd Love You To Want Me" written and performed by US singer-songwriter named Lobo. Lobo's real name was Roland Kent LaVoie and he was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several Top 10 hits. "I'd Love You To Want Me" was Lobo's biggest hit, climbing all the way to number 2 on the Billboard charts in 1972.

Update on 02.08.2009: Added the first Finnish version (in 1973) by Marion with the title "Rakkain" (Darling).

Here's the triple: