Paschalis Terzis ( el, Πασχάλης Τερζής; born 24 April 1949) is a popular

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singer.

Biography

Terzis was born in

Pylaia Pylaia ( el, Πυλαία) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. In the 2011 local government reform, Thessaloniki Prefecture became the regional unit of Thessaloniki (without boundary changes), and Pylaia became a par ...

, a suburb of

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. In his early teens, he began to sing with friends, some of whom helped him in his career. After moving to

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, he began performing as a back-up vocalist in popular music centres, with famous Greek singers of the 1960s, including

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. Since the 1980s, Terzis has recorded several albums, several of which remain popular to the present day. Even now, he is a very popular singer, making new albums, performing on famous music scenes of Athens and Thessaloniki, and appearing on

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s. In the winter period 2006–2007, Paschalis Terzis had a music program with

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and Nino Ksipolitas at Iera Odos. His daughter

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is also a singer.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Terzis, Paschalis Living people 20th-century Greek male singers Greek laïko singers Minos EMI artists 1949 births Singers from Thessaloniki