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This is a list of Greek singers and groups with articles on Wikipedia. Note that it may never be complete. A. Adiexodo ... List of Greek musical artists.
Greek laïko singers (77 P) R. Greek rebetiko singers (32 P) Pages in category "Greek folk singers" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Grigoris Bithikotsis (Greek Γρηγόρης Μπιθικώτσης, pronounced [ɣriˈɣoris biθiˈkot͜sis]; December 11, 1922 – April 7, 2005) was a Greek folk singer/songwriter with a career spanning five decades. He is considered one of the most important figures in Greek popular music. [1]
A Greek of the 18th century playing tambouras.. Greek folk music originally, predominantly contained one genre, known as Greek Demotiko (or Demotic/Paradosiako). This refers to the traditional Greek popular songs and music of mainland Greece and islands, which date back to the Byzantine times. [1]
Vassilis Tsitsanis (Greek: Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης 18 January 1915 – 18 January 1984) was a Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Rebetiko and Laiko music. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered as an ...
Marianna Zorba (Greek: Μαριάννα Ζορμπά; born 1 December 1967 in Athens) is a Greek singer and a music teacher. She loves ethnic and folk music. In 1997 she represented Greece in the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest. She was engaged to Manolis Manouselis, a composer, the week before the grand finale in Dublin. A few weeks after the ...
Mitropanos lived in his native city of Trikala in northwest Thessaly until the age of 16, beginning his musical career in 1964.. Mitropanos was an Aromanian. [1] [2]He worked with some of the most renowned Greek composers, such as Mikis Theodorakis, [3] Stavros Xarhakos, Giorgos Zabetas, Manos Hatzidakis, Marios Tokas, and Thanos Mikroutsikos.
Zafeiris Melas or Zafiris Melas (Greek: Ζαφείρης Μελάς) is a Greek [1] contemporary pop-folk laïko singer. [2] He was born in Xanthi to Romani parents and grew up in a poor neighbourhood. In his youth, he started performing in local groups of folkloric songs until he was noticed by the owners of the Cosmos recording company ...