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Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
About Sammy Babitzin
- Aleksandr "Sammy" Babitzin (11 July 1948 – 29 April 1973) was a Finnish popular music singer, the brother of Kirka and Muska. Babitzin was born in Helsinki.
- He started his professional career in a band called The Stealers.
- Its line-up also included Remu Aaltonen.
- Babitzin sang in the group of Leo Lindblom under the pseudonym "Sammy-boy". Sammy Babitzin released his first single in 1966.
- Many of his songs were duets recorded together with his brother.
- Babitzin won the "Syksyn Sävel" song contest (MTV3) in 1972 with the song "Daa-da daa-da".
- Other successful hits included "Kuin tuhka tuuleen" (orig.
- Don't Pull Your Love by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds), "Kukat Kauniit Sulle Toisin" (orig.
- If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" by Cilla Black) and "Pikku-Kallen päivän huuli" .
- He never released a studio album before his death in 1973.In 1967, he married Riitta Kilpala, and their son, Mikael, was born three months after the wedding.
- However, the two got a divorce in 1969. Babitzin was severely injured in a car accident in Äänekoski.
- Afterwards, he died in a Jyväskylä hospital at the age of 24.
- Before the accident, he had been a Eurovision Song Contest candidate with his song "Riviera".
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