Pirkko Mannola

Pirkko Mannola (* December 27 1938 in Valkeakoski, Finland) is a Finnish actress and pop singer who became famous in the 1960s as Pirko Manola also with German -language hits.

Artistic Career

Mannola grew up as the daughter of a vocational school teacher on Valkeakoski and moved with her family to Tampere later. After her schooling, she worked helping out as a model for teen fashions and planned to be a kindergarten teacher. 1958 announced her three- year older brother secretly for pageant of Helsinki. She won both the competition and the subsequent election of Miss Finland 1958, so that the course was set to a show career. After she became at the Miss Europe Fifth, she received a movie contract and then signed a contract with the Finnish label Triola. There, released in January 1959 Mannolas first single with a Finnish cover version of Paul Anka - Diana - title. In 1960, she was already one of the most successful artists of their country.

In the summer of 1960 Mannola appeared in a concert on the forest stage at the Berlin Film Festival. They caught the attention of producer Hans Roll, offered her a recording contract with the Hamburg Decca. In the fall of 1961, Decca released the first single with the Finn, whose name they had shortened for the German audience to " Pirko Manola ". The plate with the titles Because it 's love so wishes and Bam - Karachi - Bam was not a great success. 1962 had Decca Pirko Manola duet with Wyn Hoop occur at the German Schlager- Festspiele. With the title Mama wants to see you reach the two fourth place, then the plate was a sales success, reaching in the evaluation of the music trade magazine music market as the best quotation Rank 28 Despite numerous appearances on television and toured remained Mannolas second solo album unsuccessful first the next duet title with Wyn Hoop kisses in the moonlight sold well again. The cover of Brian Hyland 's success - Ginny Come Lately recorded music market in the 10th Place and stayed 13 weeks in the charts. Until July In 1963, Decca another five singles with Pirkko Mannola out, including three in a duet with Wyn Hoop. Although none of these plates were successful, Decca Mannola offered a new recording contract. However, she waived because they wanted to establish as an actress in Scandinavia in the future.

Despite their engagement in Germany, she had simultaneously taken numerous film roles in Finland. Until the 2000s it was still seen regularly in film and television productions. In addition, she starred in plays, such as in the lead role as Eliza in Pygmalion. In 1968 she married the actor and director Åke Lindman, 1978 was born their daughter Heidi.

Discography ( Germany )

Singles

* With Wyn Hoop

Published in 1998 by Bear Family CD Pirko Manola and Wyn Hoop - Kisses In The Moonlight (BCD 16235 AH).

Movies in Germany

• An ordinary Mr. Virtanen (1959 )
• On a hot summer evening (1960 )
• The Girl with the Hat ( 1964)
• The Cold Death ( 1983)