Matti Jurva
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Matti Jurva was a Finnish singer, musician, composer, and actor, recognized as one of Finlandâs most successful schlager performers of the interwar period. By the late 1910s, he was already performing and caught the attention of film producer Hjalmar V. Pohjanheimo, leading to roles in several silent films during the 1920s. In 1927â1928, Jurva toured the United States with Tatu Pekkarinen, entertaining Finnish immigrants and making joint recordings. His first Finnish recordings, released in 1929 for the Homocord label, included "Sonny Boy" and "Alla venäläisen kuun," as well as "Soita vielä se neekerjazz." Throughout the 1930s, he became a leading schlager singer, performing with orchestras such as Dallapé. He also composed notable waltzes, polkas, and American-style songs, often collaborating with Tatu Pekkarinen under the joint credit "Jurva-Pekkarinen." Jurva was also skilled on piano, ukulele, and accordion, and appeared in several films as an actor, director, and screenwriter. He died on September 16, 1943, in Helsinki at the age of 45.
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- Ukkojen olutkekkerit
- Kiperä polkka
- Yön sävel
- Lesken lempi
- Tanssit tallin vintillä
- Huomio, huomio, radiolähetys Hölmölästä I-II
- Saapumaton onni
- Hiljaisen humalaisen nuhtelu I
- Terveiset Berliinin olympialaisista
- Kannaksen Katriina
- Unkarin mustalainen
- Hei, nyt me lennetään I-II
- Cowboyn lähtölaulu
- Yöllinen tango
- Alla venäläisen kuun
- Havannan hurmiossa
- Riemurasia
- Maantien varrella
- Havaiji-yö
- Soita vielä se neeker-jazz
- Oi sallittehan neiti
- Nämäkin jalat
- Abu-Hassanin vaimot
- Sotilaan hyvästijättö
