Monica Aspelund

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Monica Aspelund
Monica Aspelund in 1987
Background information
Born (1946-07-16) 16 July 1946 (age 77)
Vaasa, Finland
Years active1960–present

Monica Aspelund (born 16 July 1946 in Vaasa) is a Finnish singer. She is the older sister of Ami Aspelund.

Life and career

Born into a family of

Conny Froboess, 1962) and "En Ilman Häntä Olla" ("I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" - Petula Clark, 1966). As a young woman Aspelund worked as a commercial artist not embarking on a full-time singing career until 1973 when her recordings included a Finnish cover of the Ireen Sheer hit "Goodbye Mama". Also in 1973 Aspelund spent time in Sweden as a member of the group Family Four. In 1974 Aspelund had her first album release, Valkoiset laivat – Sininen meri, a specialty recording commissioned by the Silja Line comprising performances of nautical themed songs by Aspelund and Kai Lind
.

Aspelund had been collaborating with

Lapponia", which at the Eurovision 1977 final held on 7 May 1977, was placed tenth in a field of eighteen. The song's moderate Eurovision placing did not preclude its release in twenty European countries, as well as Australia, Brazil, Israel and Turkey, via the recordings Aspelund made of the song in Dutch, English, French, German and Swedish as well as Finnish. "Lapponia" afforded Aspelund a number 5 hit in Finland and the record also reached number 20 in Sweden. Aspelund again competed in the Finnish national preliminary for Eurovision in 1978 with "Kultaa hopeaa", and with the same song in the Intervision Song Contest and also the Menschen Und Meer Song Festival
, taking first place in the last-named competition.

On 30 September 1978, Aspelund was a passenger aboard Finnair Flight 405, which was hijacked by a lone gunman. Aspelund and the rest of the passengers and crew were freed when the hijacker departed from the plane.

Circa 1980 Aspelund, who had just been divorced, relocated with her two-year-old son to

Lake Worth, Florida. She performed locally and on Caribbean cruise ships making periodic visits to Finland and Sweden, notably in 1986 when she headlined in the stage musical Cats in Helsinki. It was reported in 2010 that Aspelund had recently returned to Finland on a permanent basis.[1][2]

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • "Katso kenguru loikkaa" / "Kaupungilla juorutaan" (1960)
  • "En tiedä" / "Nostakaa ankkurit" (1960)
  • "Se on hän" / "Jodel boogie" (1961)
  • "Tahdon kaikki kirjeet takaisin" / "Kanssas onneen taas mä astelen" (1961)
  • "Hallo hallo hallo" / "Tina ja Marina" (1962)
  • "Lady sunshine and mr. moon" / "Tyttö ja raudikko" (1962)
  • "Rinnakkain" / "Lauantaina kalastamaan" (1963)
  • "Aaveet suolla" / "En pikkusisko olekaan" (1963)
  • "Esko kaapissa" / "Kolmas pyörä" (1964)
  • "Sua ilman ei lauluni soi" / "Porojen jenkka" (1964)
  • "En enää usko rakkauteen" / "Taikakeinu" (1965)
  • "En ilman häntä olla voi" / "Espanjalainen kirppu" (1966)
  • "Kortin saat sä jostakin" / "Vain rakkaus sen aikaan saa" (1973)
  • "Hasta manana" / "Honey honey" (1974)
  • "Joiku" /" Maailmantäysi aikaa" (1976)
  • "Lapponia" / "La la laula laulu" (1977)
  • "Lapponia" / "La la sjung en sång" (1977)
  • "Lapponia" / "La la sing a song" (1977)
  • "Laponie" / "Chante avec moi" (1977)
  • "Lapponia" / "So bist du" (1977)
  • "That is the name of the game" / "Valentino's day" (1978)
  • "Beating booming" / "Valentino's day" (1978)
  • "Golden Christmas" / "Tule joulu kultainen" (1979)
  • "Par avion" / "Sulan syliisi" (1980)

References

  1. ^ Ilkar Blogilkar (2010-03-14). "Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision: Monica Aspelund - a comeback?". Ilkar.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  2. ^ "Pomus - Pomus.net - Monica Aspelund". Pomus.net. 1946-01-16. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
Preceded by
Pump-Pump
 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
1977 		Succeeded by
Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus
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