Aarno Raninen | ja

Aarno Raninen (born 27. April, 1944 - died 3. September, 2014) was a Finnish singer, songmaker and musician. His main instrument was piano but he also mastered violin, cello and accordion. Raninen was born in Kotka, Finland and began his musical studies at a young age. After he moved to Helsinki in 1966 he got a job as a studio conductor at Musiikki-Fazer. While working there he made a lot of cooperative work with the likes of songwriter Juha Vainio. Later on Raninen went to work in Discophon where he wrote lyrics for many finnish musicians, such as Seija Simola,...