{"id":762,"date":"2025-03-08T10:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T18:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamark.ca\/wp\/?p=762"},"modified":"2025-03-08T10:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T18:22:56","slug":"jim-apostolou-the-manga-from-votaniko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamark.ca\/wp\/2025\/03\/08\/jim-apostolou-the-manga-from-votaniko\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Apostolou, <em>The manga from Votaniko<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given his prominence as a performer in America \u2013 a discography of more than 130 releases and more than two decades on performing \u2013&nbsp;the online information about Jim (Tzim in anglicized Greek) Apostolou is minimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been able to find out that he was born Dimitris Apostolou in 1912 in Chalkida, Greece and that he arrived in America in 1928. His first recording \u2013 a version of Vasilis Tsitsanis&#8217;s <em>Sit down and listen<\/em>, was released in 1948. (Because it was recorded in America, his version included verses that had not been recorded on the original in 1946 because of censorship in Greece.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From then until at least the 1970s, Apostolou performed throughout America and recorded extensively, as a solo performer or with singers such as Rena Dalia. His early works covered all of the major composers of rebetiko: Vamvakaris, Skarvelis, Tsitsanis, Papaionnou&#8230;. His repertoire grew to include some Greek folk music and laiko as his career progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The manga from Votaniko<\/em> was written by Stellakis Perpiniades (lyrics by Charalambos Vassiliades) and recorded by Stratos Pagioumtzis and then by Stelios Kazantzides in 1953. 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