Kostas Hatzis ( el, Κώστας Χατζής) (born 13 August 1936) is a

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singer-songwriter and musician of Romani origin. Kostas Hatzis was born in

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to a Romani family. Considered a leading composer and a pioneer in the Greek social song, he has popularised the "voice-guitar" style, voicing ballads with social messages. His grandfather was a popular clarinetist and dulcimer player. Hatzis quickly followed in his grandfather's footsteps. When he was sixteen years old, his father took him to play at weddings, christenings and other events where folk music was requested. After a five-year musical tour of the Greek countryside, he moved to

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in 1957, began recording in 1961, and became popular in the mid-1960s with the

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, with whom he since has collaborated, performing their songs, incorporating his personal style and particular sensibility to them. At the end of the 1960s, Hatzis toured the United States to perform concerts for expatriate Greeks. His fame as a singer for peace reached the

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when then-US President

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invited him to meet and be congratulated for his peace work.Μy Greek Fm
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. Hatzis married a

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woman and they have a son, Alexandros Hatzis, who also is a singer.

Discography

*1964: Yannis Markopoulos – To Koritsi Me To Kordelaki (Collaboration) *1966: O Kostas Hatzis Tragouda Miki Theodoraki *1966: O Kostas Hatzis Pezi Ke Tragouda Mazi Sas *1966: O Kostas Hatzis Tragouda Theodoraki, Hadjidaki, Markopoulo *1968: Kostas Hatzis – Anagennisis Alonnisos *1969: Kostas Hatzis – Stis Gitonies Tou Kosmou *1970: O Kostas Hatzis Tragouda Kosta Hatzi *1971: Ena Karavi Gemato Tragoudia (Collaboration) *1972: Mia vradia Stou Kosta Hatzi *1972: Kostas Hatzis – Petra Ke Fos *1973: Kostas Hatzis – Ouai *1975: Kostas Hatzis – Dekatria Tragoudia *1975: Kostas Hatzis – O Yios Tis Anixis *1976: Kostas Hatzis – Anthropina Systimata *1976: Marinella & Kostas Hatzis - Recital *1977: Elpida – Dakis Stou Kosta Hatzi *1979: 18 Chronia Kostas Hatzis – Thymithite Mazi Mou (Compilation) *1980: Kostas Hatzis – Portraito (Compilation) *1980: Marinella & Kostas Hatzis - To Tam-Tam *1982: Kostas Hatzis – Ntaoulierika *1983: Kostas Hatzis – Ta Stigmata Tou Kerou *1984: O Kostas Hatzis Zontana Ston Orfea *1985: Marinella – I Agapi Mas (Collaboration) *1987: Marinella & Kostas Hatzis - Synantisi *1989: Kostas Hatzis – '89 *1990: Kostas Hatzis – Se 4/4 *1990: Kostas Hatzis – Mousiki Ierosylia *1990: Kostas Hatzis – Rom Agapi Mou *1991: I Alexiou Tragoudaei Hatzi *1991: Kostas Hatzis – Ora Miden (4 Tragoudia Gia Tin Eirini) *1994: O Alexandros Tragouda Kosta Hatzi *1995: 30 Chronia Kostas Hatzis Vol. I & II *1995: Kostas Hatzis – Tragoudia Gia Filous *1995: Kostas Hatzis – Ta Prota mou Tragoudia *1996: Kostas Hatzis – Ikones Tou Simera *1996: Kostas Hatzis – Mia Vradia Ston Topo Pou Gennithika *1997: Marinella & Kostas Hatzis – Resital Gia Dio (Compilation) *1998: Kostas Hatzis – Ta Vradia Pou Onirevonte I Tsiggani *2000: Kostas Hatzis – Choris Esena *2000: Kostas Hatzis – Stigmes Monaxias *2002: Mimis Plessas – Iobilaion (Collaboration) *2004: Antonis Remos – Live (Collaboration) *2005: Kostas Hatzis – Live 1965 – 1979 (Compilation) *2007: Kostas Hatzis – Megales Epitihies (Compilation) *2007: 45 Chronia Kostas Hatzis – Anthologia 1961 – 2006 (Compilation) *2008: Kostas Hatzis *2009: Kostas Hatzis & Julie Massino & Alexandros Hatzis – Antitheseis

References

External links

Biography (in English) by Kostas Hatzis in www.alexandroshatzis.com
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