Category: Rebetiko of the day
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Babis Bakalis, Give me, my God, tears
Lambros ‘Babis’ Bakalis was one of the most successful commercial composers of Greek popular…
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Thanasis Evgenikos, Many wronged me
A post at rebetiko.sealabs.net lists 129 songs that Thanasis Evgenikos recorded during a career…
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Dimitris ‘Mitsos’ Arapakis, Memetis
Santouri player and singer Dimitri’s ‘Mitsos’ Arapakis was a major artist in the 1920s…
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Manolis Karapiperis, Sokiani zeibekiko
In 1929, Manolis Karapiperis became one of the earliest musicians to record the bouzouki.…
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Vangelis Prekas, Crack the walls
Vangelis Prekas – lyricist, bouzouki player, composer and singer – is another of those musicians…
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Evangelia Margaroni, Damage
Vasilis Tsitsanis’s Damage, sung by Marika Ninou, is a truly significant rebetiko recording, as…
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Mrs. Koula, <em>The baglamades</em>
/p> Mrs. Koula – Κυρία Κούλα, in Greek – lets us hear what the…
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Georgia Joy, For you, yes, my boy
In 1957, Stelios Kazantzidis invited Georgia Joy (real last name Kouloukaki) to go on…
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Panos Petsas, Down in the Pasalimani
Panos Petsas composed more than 100 songs and played a major role in music…
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Haralambos Vassiliades, In front of Saint Spyridon
Haralambos Vassiliades wrote lyrics for both light music and rebetiko/laiko, beginning in the 1940s.…
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