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Éntekhno (Greek: έντεχνο, pronounced, pl: éntekhna [tragoudia]) is orchestral music with elements from Greek folk rhythm and melody.Its lyrical themes are often based on the work of famous Greek poets. Éntekhno arose in the late 1950s, drawing on rebetiko's westernization by Vassilis Tsitsanis and Manolis Chiotis.
The song was first performed in 1930, but Nina Simone’s version featuring her sultry voice made it a 1950s hit. The jazz song also had a resurgence in 1987 due to a Chanel No. 5 commercial. JP ...
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make my little heart crack. Search till you're blind: you won't find another like me. As the years pass, his towering contribution to Greek music emerges. All other Greek composers, of his time and afterwards, revere him as their master teacher, and Mikis Theodorakis remarked: "We all, we are but branches of a tree. Markos is that tree".
Haris Alexiou (Greek: Χάρις Αλεξίου, pronounced [ˌxaris aleksi'u]; born 27 December 1950 in Thebes, Greece as Hariklia Roupaka, Greek: Χαρίκλεια Ρουπάκα, pronounced [xaˌriklia rupa'ka]) [1] is a Greek singer whose career has spanned over 5 decades. She is one of the most popular singers in Greece.
Kazantzidis was born in Nea Ionia, in Athens, Greece.He was the first of two brothers born to Haralambos Kazantzidis (of Pontian roots from Ordu) (Greek Κοτύωρα Kotyora) and Gesthimani Kazantzidi, who was a Greek who came from the town of Alanya (known as Alaiya) (Greek Κορακήσιον Korakesion) in what is now southern Turkey and migrated to Greece as a result of the Greco ...
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.
Songs originating from Greece with lyrics in English. Pages in category "English-language Greek songs" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.