Talk:Olavi Virta

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Did Olavi Virta actually ever sing anything in english or spanish?--Urjanhai (talk) 17:51, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

These are the ones I found: Eso Es El Amor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRXmAOw2Jq0 and Quizas, Quizas, Quizas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjhjw6u5TqQ, Solitude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLypnNkuzw, Always In My Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAzMl7BKZ90. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaalto (talk • contribs) 16:27, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Virta was also a lyricist and composer
It should be added that Virta wrote also some well-known songs and also translated texts from Swedish and English (though his skills in English were not so good), e.g.:

COMPOSITIONS WITH LYRICS

Menneitä muistellessa (Contemplating the Past), tango Yö, kerran unhoa annoit (The Night that Made Me Forget), waltz

COMPOSITIONS

Joen toisella puolella (On the Other Bank of a River / Beyond the River), tango, lyrics by Lauri Jauhiainen Punatukkaiselle tytölleni (To My Red-Haired Girl), tango, lyrics by Lauri Jauhiainen

TRANSLATED TEXTS

Laura (Laura) (famous film melody) Tähti ja meripoika (The Star and a Mariner) (from Danish via the Swedish version Sjömannen och stjärnan) Broadwayn rytmi (Broadway at Basin Street)

/ Jari J. Marjanen, Helsinki, Finland — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.106.27.42 (talk) 11:41, 20 June 2017 (UTC)