Danny (Finnish singer)

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Danny
Background information
Birth name	Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen
Born	(1942-09-24) 24 September 1942 (age 81) Pori, Finland
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Schlager
Occupation(s)	Singer, guitarist
Years active	1966–present
Labels	Fazer, Finndisc, Edel
Website	www.danny.fi

Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen (born 24 September 1942), commonly known by his stage name Danny, is a Finnish singer and guitarist.

Still active, Danny's singing career is one of the longest in Finland, spanning over more than 50 years. He has recorded many evergreen hit songs.

He achieved some notoriety outside Finland in 2006 when the music video for his 1978 duet with the late Armi Aavikko, "Tahdon olla sulle hellä", sung in English as "I Wanna Love You Tender", became an internet meme.^[1] Designed as a loose parody of the hit film Grease, the video's choreography was apparently intended to be "erotic and tantalizing" but in the eyes of many it principally succeeded in being hilarious.^[2]