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Greek Artists

Valadis

Valadis was born and raised in Rhodes to a family of musicians. He sing together with his brothers folk songs . He graduated from the Conservatory of Rhodes and began singing in nightclubs. After a while he moved to Athens, where he sat down and began to work professionally. He became one of the most famous modern …

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Stratos Dionisiou

Stratos Dionisiou was born in November 8, 1935. At the age of 13 he was orphaned from his father. Ηe start to work as tailor and married at age 20 to Georgia Laveni and later born to them 4 children. Dionisiou at this time was still worked as tailor, he appeared also in the nightclubs in Thessaloniki as …

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Stelios Kazantzidis

Stelios Kazantzidis was born in August 29, 1931. At the age of 13 he was orphaned from his father. As boy his life there were full in the difficulties, he worked until late by the random works. served in the army in the island of Makronisios. his life they changed after service in the military, that …

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Petros Anagnostakis

Petros Anagnostakis was a laiko singer. He was born in 1933 Tambouria , a poor area of Piraeus and began his singing career in 1959. He collaborated with singer Rola Claki , during which the cooperation of the man and woman were common to Greek music . They produced successful songs together . In 1963 , the …

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Panos Gavalas

Panos Gavalas was born on November 26, 1926 in Athens. Starting from an early age he loved music and learned to play various instruments including the guitar, harmonica and bouzouki. He also began to sing but started his professional career in the early ’50s, a time when artists were popular Stratos Paioumtzis, Prodromos Tsaousakis, Stelios Kazantzidis, …

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Eleni Vitali

Eleni Vitali, was born on September 19, 1954 in Athens, Greece as Eleni Lavida to a musical family. Her father, Takis Lavidas was a musician and known senator player and her mother Lucy was a singer. She began her music career at an early age as she travels with her parents at concerts throughout Greece. …

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Aris San

Aris San, was born as Aristidis Saisanas in the city Kalamata, Greece. At the age of 8, his family moved to Athens where he studied. At age 11, Aris won the Young Talent Competition and at age 16 began to appear in taverns, singing and playing the guitar. At age 17, he came to Israel …

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Apostolos Nikolaidis

Apostolos Nikolaidis was born in June 30, 1938. He was born in drama, located in northern Greece. While still he was young his parents, Giorgos and Maria moved to Thessaloniki. Music has always been in the blood of Apostolos. As a young boy he would sing the popoular songs he heard on the radio and all kinds of …

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Aggelos Dionisiou

Aggelos Dionisiou is the eldest son of Stratos Dionisiou and the brother of the singer Stelios Dionisiou.