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Rauno Lehtinen

real name Rauno Väinämö Lehtinen

Rauno Lehtinen is credited on 1,284 releases across 364 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,284

Credits

364

Albums

7

Decades active

3

In collections

Biography

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Finnish musician (saxophone, piano, organ, mandolin, violin, bass etc.), composer, arranger, conductor, singer and producer.
Born April 7, 1932 in Tampere, Finland. Died May 1, 2006 in Helsinki, Finland.
He is probably most remembered from his hit "Letkis" in the 1960's, which has been recorded in over 90 countries all over the world. Also in Eurovision Song Contest in 1973, Marion performed his composition "Tom Tom Tom", which remained the most successful Finnish entry in the contest until Lordi's victory in 2006.
He used the pseudonyms L. Väinämö, L. Rawski, V. Reko and V. Title.
Died May 1, 2006 in Helsinki, Finland.

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Credited work

1,284 releases · 364 albums · active 1961–2023

  • Performance · 2,255
  • Other credits · 132
  • Production · 40

Studios: Finnvox · MTV-Musiikkistudiot · Studio Brushane · Soundtrack Studios, Helsinki

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Eino Grön
  • Marion (9)
  • Irwin Goodman
  • Esko Rahkonen
  • Lasse Mårtenson
  • Georg Ots
  • Paula Koivuniemi

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