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Rauno Lehtinen

Rauno Lehtinen is credited on 1,284 releases across 362 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,284

Pressings credited

362

Albums

7

Decades active

2

In collections

Biography

Rauno Väinämö Lehtinen (7 April 1932 – 1 May 2006) was a Finnish conductor and composer. He composed the 1960s hit "Letkis" which was based on a folk-dance. "Letkis" was recorded in over 92 countries. Lehtinen, who was born in Tampere, was also the man behind Tom-tom-tom, which was the most successful Finnish participant (6th) in the Eurovision song contest until 2006. The song was performed by Marion Rung in 1973. He was also the composer of the music to the ident of MTV in 1975. He died in Helsinki.

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Credited work

1,284 releases · 362 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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