Bessy Argyraki is a Greek
pop singer who started her career in the mid 1970s and recorded albums until the mid '90s. She has represented Greece in many International festivals and won many prizes. She has released a single and an album in Japan. The single "
toshihiko" entered the Japanese Singles' TOP 10. She is married to a doctor and she is a member of the city council in
Glyfada
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.
Argyraki is best known for representing Greece in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1977
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and also for her covers of many European hits. Her covers include songs by
France Gall
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,
Raffaella Carrà
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She was well known in Europe and Latin America as a result of her many ...
,
Kim Wilde
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and
Dolly Parton
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. During the 1970s and the '80s Argyraki was one of the most popular performers in Greece.
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1957 births
Living people
Greek pop singers
20th-century Greek women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1977
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Greece
Singers from Athens