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Savuo Puhtila - 400 works in the database!

CarlDennis

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CarlDennis @ 2018-04-02 06:39:12 UTC

The Finnish lyricist Sauvo Puhtila is a very prolific translator and lyric writer. I just added Kotiin kun saapuisin illoin to the SHS database, the only foreign cover of Cole Porter's You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To ...................

And now he has 400 works in the database!

Over the years the Fins have abundantly covered works from all over the world apart from having a very fruitful pool of composers and lyricist of their own.

Sauvo Puhtila was the No. 1 lyricist in Finland and passed away in 2014.

He will still be missed in Suomi!

Thom


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dudek

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dudek @ 2018-04-02 12:17:13 UTC

Wow, quite unbelievable... Not only the number of his works, but also that the SHS crew was able to notice so many works by one author from Finland. Impressive!


Maybe we should offer this milestone to some Finnish media so that we attract more attention there...

Last edit: 2018-04-03 12:45:57 UTC by Bastien

CarlDennis

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CarlDennis @ 2018-04-02 14:10:05 UTC

Indeed, Jan, the Czechs lyricists still have some work to do.................

Zdeněk Borovec now stands at 122 works in the SHS database, Ivo Fischer at only 36 as does Zdeněk Rytíř ! but who knows.................

Kind regards from Holland,

Thom

Tar Heel

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Tar Heel @ 2018-04-02 14:59:42 UTC

I know I'm submitted a batch of covers and new works from this guy and I would bet I have a decent number still to go. The Finns and Czechs do a nice job with their Discogs entries. The French and Spanish would do well by following their lead....

CarlDennis

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CarlDennis @ 2018-04-02 15:55:51 UTC

I forgot Eduard Krečmar , Jan: this famous Czech lyricist stands at 62 works since this afternoon..........

Clee J

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Clee J @ 2018-04-03 02:01:48 UTC

That's beautiful, especially for a man from this fascinating nation. His Finnish must be impressive.

dudek

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dudek @ 2021-10-11 22:52:16 UTC

Some 3,5 years later, Zdeněk Borovec reached 300 works (just a few seconds ago, after Sen o Vánocích was added). Nice milestone, but still pretty low number compared to Sauvo Puhtila - he is at 688 works at the moment! Amazing!

CarlDennis

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CarlDennis @ 2021-10-12 08:50:18 UTC

Zdeněk Borovec is a prince! A lot of work has been done to get his numbers up so significantly.............. Well done, SHS editors! Did you make a mental not, Bastien....

dudek

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dudek @ 2023-03-24 14:14:41 UTC

Wow...

But why does Puhtila have "only" 405 covered songs in this list while he has more than 700 works in the database actually? The same goes for Borovec - in the list there are only 119 covered songs of his, but he has over 500 works in the database. I don't get what makes the difference. Is that alright, Mathieu?

Interestingly, Dylan has 358 covered songs in the list and 366 works in the database (which is much more balanced).

Bastien

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Bastien @ 2023-03-24 15:27:27 UTC

Probably because Sauvo Puhtila wrote a lot of adaptations that only have 1 version.

dudek

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dudek @ 2023-03-24 16:12:35 UTC

Is thát the way it is calculated? Take a look at Zdeněk Borovec - he has currently only 47 songs (15 originals + 32 adaptations) with more than one version, but he has 119 covered songs in the list above...


EDIT: Apologies, I was mistaken: 119 Borovec's songs do have more than one version actually - that tallies with the number in the list. And 47 of his songs have more than two versions in fact. Sorry for the confusion.

Last edit: 2023-03-25 10:36:36 UTC by dudek