Real name: Juha Harri Vainio

Effective period / Period of releases: 1967 - 1999

Born: May 10th 1938, Kotka, Finland
Died: Oct 29th 1990, Gryon, Switzerland

Juha "Watt" Vainio, nicknamed "Junnu", was a Finnish singer, songwriter and translator of song lyrics. He is best known as a witty lyricist, but has also composed and performed numerous evergreen songs. Like many other Finnish songwriters, Vainio also used several pseudonyms during his career: Junnu Kaihomieli, Jorma Koski, Ilkka Lähde, Mirja Lähde, Kirsi Sunila and Heikki Ilmari.

Father of Ilkka Vainio