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Laila Bagge, wife of producer Anders Bagge, is a Swedish singer. She released her first album in 1998. Other projects include the development and management of Swedish girl group Play. .

Laila Halme (born on March 4, 1934 in Jääski, Finland) is a Finnish singer. She represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963 with the song "Muistojeni Laulu". .

Laura "Laila" Annikki Kinnunen (born November 8, 1939 in Helsinki, Finland, died October 26, 2000, Heinävesi, Finland) was a Finnish singer. She was one of the most popular Finnish singers of the 1950s and 60s, and represented Finland at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, the first time Finland participated in the contest. She spent her childhood in Sweden as a refugee from the Second World War, returning to Finland at the age of ten. Her first album, published in 1957, was a success, and she continued to publish music until 1980. .

Ze begon haar carriere in het Haagse rockcircuit, maar belandde uiteindelijk in het musicalwereldje. Geen land ter wereld kent zo'n hoge musical-dichtheid als Nederland. "The Wiz" is een grote publiekslieveling. In de filmversie speelden ooit Michael Jackson en Diana Ross de hoofdrollen. In de Nederlandse musicalversie, propvol Motown klassiekers, was in 2007 de hoofdrol van Dorothy voor Nurlaila Karim. Iedere avond zong Nurlaila voor volle zalen de sterren van de hemel in de rol van Dorothy. Volgens de directeur van Joop van den Ende Theaterprodukties heeft ze 1 van de mooiste musicalstemmen van Nederland. .