Aurinko laskee länteen
Released on Aurinko laskee länteen - Lapin taikarummut (1965)
Covered by
(5 artists)
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Ви́ктор Климе́нко
- Born
- November 24, 1942
- Country
- Finland
- Comments
- Singer, guitarist and composer known as the "Singing Cossack", who was born in a prisoner-of-war camp in Svetnavalka, Karelia, to a Ukrainian Cossack father, Savva Klimenko and a Russian mother Olga Glotova. The Klimenko family migrated to Finland in 1944. There he became a musician and appeared in several films. The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was his first appearance outside of Finland. In 1970 Klimenko released the album "Stenka Rasin" across Europe. The album, containing Russian songs, went gold in the Finnish market—the first record to do so in Finland.
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