Singer Danny aka Ilkka Lipsanen on June 16, 2016
© Pekka Nieminen/Otavamedia
Danny that is, by real name Ilkka Lipsanen, will celebrate his 82nd birthday on Tuesday, September 24.
About 600,000 copies of Danny’s records have been sold. Danny’s most famous recordings are “East Virginia”, “Kauan”, “Piilopaikka”, “Vähn næn kuynelait”, “Kesäkatu”, “Tuuliviiri”, “Kuusamo”, “I want to be tender to you” and “This sky, this country”.
For birthdays, we’re looking for some photos of Danny over the years.
SINGER AND ENTERTAINER ILKKA LIPSANEN AKA DANNY: DANNY & ISLANDERS WAS FOUNDED IN 1964, KAJ WALLIN, STIG SELIN, PEPE WILLBERG AND ERKKI TANNIEN PLAYED IN THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP
C /YHTYNEET KUVALEHTET OY/KUVA-ARKISTO
SINGER DANNY, ILKKA LIPSANEN B. 1974
With FRED OHERT/SKOY
DANNY AND SINGER ARMI AAVIKKO
C PEKKA NIEMINEN/YHTYNEET KUVALEHDET OY/KUVA-ARKISTO
DANNY AND ARMI AAVIKKO IN THE WELL ROOM, 16.3.1981
With JORMA POUTA/SKOY
MANAGER, SINGER, ENTERTAINER ILKKA LIPSANEN, ALIAS DANNY 9/2002
C KARI SANTALA/YHTYNEET KUVALEHDET OY/KUVA-ARKISTO