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He gained popularity during the 1960s through his love songs as well as songs about Greek refugees and exotic places. He also brought a mix of Greek-Gypsy-Arabian influences into his songs. His song Ta Mavra Matia Sou (Greek: Τα μαύρα μάτια σου) is considered one of his most popular songs. The melody is based on a tune by the ...
Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri OQ (Greek: Ιωάννα "Νάνα" Μούσχουρη [i.oˈana ˈnana ˈmusxuri]; born 13 October 1934) is a Greek singer and politician.Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least thirteen languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican.
By 1975 Loizos had become one of the most popular artists in Greek music. He died on 17 September 1982 in a hospital in Moscow , Soviet Union after suffering several strokes . He was well known for his leftist political ideology and was an outspoken critic of the Greek military junta .
Elli Kokkinou (Greek: Έλλη Κοκκίνου, IPA: [ˈeli koˈcinu]; born 24 July 1970) is a Greek singer. [1] She is among the most popular singers in Greece today and has performed together with many notable Greek names of the music industry such as Anna Vissi, Glykeria, Paschalis Terzis, Sakis Rouvas, Tolis Voskopoulos, Thanos Petrelis, Natassa Theodoridou, Despina Vandi, Giorgos ...
In the end, Greece came 8th, [19] with 141 points, while for most of the duration of the voting, Greece was in the top 3 (and even came 1st for a while). It was the highest placing non-English song of the contest. "Opa" was the most popular song for the jury in the United Kingdom, being awarded the full 12 points.
The song remains one of the most popular Greek ballads of late. In the summer he toured Greece, performing 63 sold-out shows. He received three awards from the IFPI's annual Greek Arion Awards in 2003, followed by another four awards in 2004, including the award for Best Male Performer of the Year.
Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, in a Greek family. [3] [4] His father, George (Yorgos) Roussos, was a classical guitarist and an engineer, and his mother, Olga (1923–2019), participated with her husband in an amateur theatrical Greek group in Alexandria (there were three such groups in the Greek community); her family originally came from Greece. [3]
Marinella was the first Greek singer to participate in the International MIDEM Festival of 1973 in Cannes with three new songs composed by Stavros Xarchakos. [12] She also participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 , placing eleventh with the song " Krasi, thalassa kai t' agori mou " ("Wine, sea and my boyfriend").