Emmanouil (Manolis) Rasoulis ( el, Μανώλης Ρασούλης, 28 September 19455 March 2011), best known as the lyricist of famous songs, was a Greek music composer, singer, writer, and journalist.
Rasoulis was born in 1945 in
Heraklion
Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban Ar ...
,
Crete
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. He frequently collaborated with famous musicians such as
Manos Loizos,
Stavros Kougioumtzis,
Nikos Xydakis, and
Christos Nikolopoulos, and singers such as
Vasilis Papakonstantinou
Vasilis Papakonstantinou (Βασίλης Παπακωνσταντίνου) (born 21 June 1950) is a Greek singer known mostly for his work in Greek rock. Most of his songs have gained considerable popularity, mainly in Greece and Cyprus.
Early ...
,
Haris Alexiou
Haris Alexiou ( el, Χάρις Αλεξίου, ; born 27 December 1950 in Thebes, Greece as Hariklia Roupaka, el, Χαρίκλεια Ρουπάκα, ) is a Greek singer. She is considered one of the most popular singers in Greece and has been co ...
,
Sokratis Malamas
Sokratis Malamas (Greek: Σωκράτης Μάλαμας) (born September 29, 1957) is a Greek singer and songwriter.
Biography
Sokratis Malamas was born on September 29, 1957, in Sykia in Chalkidiki, Greece. His family moved to Stuttgart, Ge ...
, and
Nikos Papazoglou.
He was found dead in his apartment in the
Toumba
In archaeology the term Toumba ( el, Τούμπα) or Magoula ( el, Μαγούλα) in Thessaly is a Greek word which describes mounds created by Bronze Age, Bronze and early Iron Age settlements in northern Greece. At first they were considere ...
area of
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
on 13 March 2011 at the age of 65. His death is estimated to have occurred more than a week earlier, on 5 March, from a suspected heart attack.
Μοιραίο έμφραγμα προ 10ημέρου στέρησε τη ζωή στον Ρασούλη
( ERT online News, 14 March 2011)
References
External links
Manolis Rasoulis official site
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1945 births
2011 deaths
Greek journalists
Greek lyricists
Greek songwriters
20th-century Greek male singers
Musicians from Heraklion