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Kassu Halonen

real name Kalervo Osmo Väinö Halonen

Kassu Halonen is credited on 1,076 releases across 381 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,076

Credits

381

Albums

6

Decades active

2

In collections

Biography

Born January 24, 1953 in Vaala, Finland. A Finnish songwriter, musician, arranger, producer and singer. Kassu Halonen has written circa 1500 songs, most of them to other artists, like Vesa-Matti Loiri, Kirka, Irwin Goodman and Jari Sillanpää. He has also released five solo albums. He often worked together with lyricist Vexi Salmi.
Pseudonyms: Carlos Caramancha, Öövin Hankin, Kimmo Kaislaranta, Kari Koponen, Susanna Savela

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

1,076 releases · 381 albums · active 1975–2023

  • Performance · 3,738
  • Other credits · 165
  • Production · 158
  • Engineering · 5

Studios: Takomo Studiot · MTV-Studiot · Finnlevy Studios · MTV-Musiikkistudiot

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Kirka
  • Kojo (2)
  • Jari Sillanpää
  • Kisu
  • Frederik (3)
  • Eini
  • Irwin Goodman

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