# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vexi-salmi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:37.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vexi-salmi"
name: "Vexi Salmi"
slug: "vexi-salmi"
description: "Veikko Olavi \"Vexi\" Salmi was a Finnish lyricist. He wrote the lyrics to numerous popular songs for several prominent artists, including Irwin Goodman, Jari Sillanpää, and Katri Helena. His career as a lyricist began in the 1960s, and continued until his death. During his prolific career, he wrote the lyrics for over 4,000 songs, more than 2,400 of which have been recorded. In addition to song lyrics, he authored several novels and one collection of poetry. Salmi's latest work also included collaborating with Ilkka Lipsanen on a 60th anniversary album, and he also acted as a judge on a television program on music lyrics, Biisikärpänen"
tagline: "Finnish lyricist and record producer (1942–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vexi_Salmi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1942-09-21"
deathDate: "2020-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.51
  momentum:             23.72549019607843
  historical:           10.54708533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758713/"
    handle:    "nm0758713"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "ڤيكسى سالمى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexi_Salmi"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b359241d-7efa-4dcc-8d45-ae660f4682e7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2521389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108849"
    title: "Vexi Salmi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump