Union Silver - Kuulen laulun

During my Finnpicks research I've often come up with a song that has made me wonder why haven't I never before heard this beautiful song. This is an example of those songs. Eija Sinikka (see earlier entry) recorded "Kuulen laulun" (I hear a song) for her eponymous album in 1975. Chrisse Johansson was the the lyricist. The original song was called "Union Silver" and it was a lesser known hit by the Scottish pop group Middle Of The Road. Their enigmatic lead vocalist on this and on all their hits was Sally Carr.

Here's the pair:

Annabelle - Haaveillen

Eija Sinikka (b. Eija Kovanen) started her recording career in 1970. During the 70's she recorded mostly Finnish schlager music, especially Finnish national dance music "humppa". But once in awhile she cut some pop songs as well. This recording from the year 1974, "Haaveillen" (Dreaming) was one of those. It was released as a single but failed to gain momentum in the charts. Eija Sinikka is still gigging actively. The original song was written and performed by English singer and songwriter Daniel Boone (of "Beautiful Sunday" fame, see earlier Finnpick, here). You can see Daniel perform the German version of the song, here.

Here's the pair: