Mihalis Rakintzis (

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: Μιχάλης Ρακιντζής) is a Greek singer. He was born in

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, on 3 April 1957, and studied Mechanical Engineering in Great Britain. Biography
on Mygreek.fm, retrieved 30 August 2011 (in Greek). From 1982 to 1985, he participated at a rock group called Scraptown. After three albums & a maxi-single Scraptown split up and Rakintzis started a solo career. Readers of the music magazine ''Popcorn'' voted him "Best singer of the Year" in 1991. Mihalis Rakintzis worked with international stars such as

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. He has also written songs for other Greek artists, such as Paschalis, Eleni Dimou, Dimitris Kontolazos, Sophia Arvaniti, Stelios Dionisiou, and Vassilis Karras. Mihalis participated in the

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with the song " S.A.G.A.P.O." (I Love You) which took the 17th place.

Discography

International discography

;Albums *1982 ''Scraptown'' *1983 ''Rules of the Game'' *1985 ''Give Me a Break'' ;Singles *1984 "Viva Sahara" (maxi single-promo edition)

Local discography

;Albums *1987 – ''Moro Mou Faltso'' (with Eleni Demou) *1989 – ''Dikaioma Gia 1+1'' *1989 – ''Dikaioma Gia 1+1'' "Second Edition" with bonus track "Nana" *1990 – ''Apagogi'' *1990 – ''Apagogi'' 'Special Cd Edition' *1991 – ''Na Eisai Ekei'' *1992 – ''Etsi M' Aresei'' (with

) *1994 – ''Ethinikos'' *1995 – ''H Proti Apeili'' *1996 – ''Trancemix'' *1997 – ''Se Ena Vrady oti Zisoume'' (with

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) *1997 – ''Se Ena Vrady oti Zisoume'' "Special Edition" with bonus track "Beba" (with Vasilis Karras) *1998 – ''Kathreftis'' *1999 – ''Ton Filo Sou Zilevo'' *2001 – ''Oneiro 13'' *2002 – ''S.A.G.A.P.O.'' *2003 – ''Solo'' (2cds) (First CD – new songs, second CD – remakes of older songs) *2005 – ''Bar Code'' (with T.D.A./Talenta Dihos Avrio and Afroditi Delgado) *2006 – ''Made in Greece'' (with Trilogy) *2008 – ''Energia'' (with Trilogy) *2011 – ''Back to the Φuture'' "Black Edition" (with Sofia Arvaniti, Alex Trigs (English lyrics), Nadia Zahoor (Indian lyrics), Dimitra Tsalopoulou) *2011 – ''Back to the Φuture'' "White Edition" (with Sofia Arvaniti, Alex Trigs (English lyrics), Nadia Zahoor (Indian lyrics), Dimitra Tsalopoulou) *2012 – ''HardStyle'' (released online) ;Singles *1987 – "Moro Mou Faltso" *1992 – "Get Away" (with

) *1995 – "Kardoula Mou Ego Ki Esy" *1997 – "Beba" *1998 – "Se Ena Katastroma" *2000 – "Oti Kaneis Sou Kano" *2002 – " S.A.G.A.P.O." (maxi single-Promo Europe Edition) (released in Europe) *2002 – "S.A.G.A.P.O." (maxi single-Limited Edition) *2002 – "S.A.G.A.P.O." (maxi single-Special Edition) *2004 – "Geysi Apo Sena" (maxi single-Internet Edition) *2008 – "Erfoi" (maxi single-Internet Edition) *2013 – "Hardstyle2" (maxi-single released online)

Soundtrack appearances

*1988 – ''Isovia'' (original soundtrack of

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) *2010 – ''Show Bitch'' (original soundtrack of Nikos Zervos)

Compilation albums

*1992 – ''The Very Best of Mihalis Rakintzis'' *2006 – ''Dekatessera Megala Tragoudia'' *2006 – ''Dekatessera Megala Tragoudia'' "Second Edition" (with other cover) *2006 – ''Etsi Ksafnika'' (2cds)

Music for TV

*Music composition titles for comic

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, etc.) (1987–1988) the series aired in 1989 in Australia by SBS entitled "The Fox and the Fool" *Music composition titles for the film ''

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'' – "Ena Moro Sto Taxi Mou/A Baby in My Taxi" (1989) *Music composition titles for the program ''Greek Style/Styl gr'' by Theodore Rakitzis ("Savvato Vrady/Saturday Night" title track) * Music composition titles for the program of the Constantina Stephanopoulou ("Geysi Zois/Taste of Life" the title track) * Music composition titles for the program of the Christina Lambiri ''Super Star'' of Star Channel (Mihalis Rakintzis – Christina Lambiri, Theodore Rakitzis, Henry Petilon) (2006–2011) * Music composition for advertising "Jannis" nougat (2011)

Music for children

* 2002 Participation of Mihalis Rakintzis with the song "To Dialeimma/The Break" the album of children's book writer and musician Letta Vasileiou and the Timos Papasokratis entitled ''Asimoprasino Dasos/Silver Green Forest'' – The School of Animal "(Acroasis 2002)

References

External links

Official page
(in Greek) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rakintzis, Michalis 1957 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Greece Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2002 20th-century Greek male singers Greek pop singers 21st-century Greek male singers Singers from Athens Greek singer-songwriters