A rebetis (
Greek
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: ρεμπέτης ; pl. rebetes ρεμπέτες {{IPA,
e(m)ˈbetes}) is a musician involved in the scene of the Greek musical genre of
rebetiko
Rebetiko ( el, ρεμπέτικο, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which have come to be grouped together since the s ...
, which flourished between 1920 and 1955.
Prominent ''rebetes'' include:
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Rita Abatzi
Rita Abatzi (also spelled Abadzi; el, Ρίτα Αμπατζή) (1914 – 17 June 1969) was a Greek ''rebetiko'' musician who began her career in the first part of the 1930s.
She was born in Smyrna (now Izmir), in the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman ...
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Babis Tsertos
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Yiorgos Batis
Yiorgos Batis ( el, Γιώργος Μπάτης, also Giorgos Batis) (1885 – 10 March 1967) was one of the first rebetes influential to ''rebetiko'' music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros although he was known as Yiorgos Ampatis. He had a g ...
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Sotiria Bellou
Sotiria Bellou ( el, Σωτηρία Μπέλλου) (August 22, 1921 – August 27, 1997) was a Greek singer and performer of the ''rebetiko'' style of music. She was one of the most famous ''rebetisa'' of all, mentioned in many music guides, a ...
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Anestis Delias
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Roza Eskenazi
Roza Eskenazi (mid-1890s – 2 December 1980, Greek: Ρόζα Εσκενάζυ) was a famous Jewish-Greek dancer and singer of ''rebetiko'', Greek folk music, Kanto and Turkish folk music born in Istanbul, whose recording and stage career extend ...
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Mihalis Genitsaris
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Dimitris Gogos (Bayianderas)
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Giannis Eitziridis (Yovan Tsaous)
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Apostolos Hatzichristos
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Manolis Hiotis
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Manolis Chrysafakis
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Anna Chrysafi
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Apostolos Nikolaidis
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Marika Ninou
Marika Ninou ( el, Μαρίκα Νίνου) (1922 – 23 February 1957), was an Armenian-Greek rebetiko singer, born Evangelia Atamian ( el, Ευαγγελία Αταμιάν).
Biography
She was born in 1922 on the ship "Evangelistria" that br ...
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Giannis Papaioannou
Giannis Papaioannou ( el, Γιάννης Παπαϊωάννου; January 18, 1913 – August 3, 1972) was a famous Greek musician and composer born in Kios, Ottoman Empire (now Gemlik, Turkey). In English his name is sometimes romanticized as ''Y ...
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Vangelis Papazoglou
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...
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Stratos Pagioumtzis
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Stelios Perpiniadis (Stellakis)
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Kostas Roukounas
Konstantinos (Kostas) Roukounas ( el, Κώστας Ρούκουνας) (Principality of Samos, 1903 – Athens, 11 March 1984) was a Greek singer. His repertoire included both "traditional" (''δημοτικά'') and "popular" songs (''λαϊκά' ...
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Kostas Skarvelis
Kostas Skarvelis ( el, Κώστας Σκαρβέλης, 1880 – 8 April 1942) was a Greek composer of popular music, of the ''rembetiko'' (''ρεμπέτικο'') genre. He also wrote the lyrics for his songs and was an excellent guitar player, ...
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Prodromos Tsaousakis
Prodromos Moutafoglou ( el, Πρόδρομος Μουτάφογλου; 1919 – October 23, 1979), better known by his stage name Prodromos Tsaousakis (Πρόδρομος Τσαουσάκης), was a popular Greek rebetiko singer, songwriter and ...
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Vassilis Tsitsanis
Vassilis Tsitsanis ( el, Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης 18 January 1915 – 18 January 1984) was a Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of ...
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Markos Vamvakaris
Márkos Vamvakáris ( el, Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης; 10 May 1905 – 8 February 1972), was a ''rebetiko'' musician. He is universally referred to by ''rebetiko'' writers and fans simply by his first name, Márkos. The great significance ...
(Markos)
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Kostas Kaplanis
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Andonis Kalyvopoulos
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A. Kostis
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Antonis Dalgas
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Giorgos Theologitis (Katsaros)
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Stelios Keromytis
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Giorgos Mouflouzelis
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Giorgos Kavouaras
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Odysseas Moshonas
''Note'': Sometimes (not without controversy) this definition is extended to include modern day performers of this kind of music, such as
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Agathonas Iakovidis
Agathonas Iakovidis ( el, Αγάθωνας Ιακωβίδης; 2 January 1955 – 5 August 2020) was a Greek folk singer of rebetiko style. He represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with Koza Mostra and the song "Alcohol Is Free" ...
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Sources
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Damianakos Stathis, ''Κοινωνιολογία του Ρεμπέτικου'' 2nd Edition. Athens, Plethron, 2001.
*Gauntlett Stathis, ''Rebetika, Carmina Graeciae Recentoris''. Athens, D. Harvey and Co., 1985.
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Hadjidakis Manos, ''Ερμηνεία και θέση του ρεμπέτικου τραγουδιού''. 1949.
*Holst-Warhaft Gail
''Road to Rembetika: Music of a Greek sub-culture, songs of love, sorrow and hashish,''Athens, Denise Harvey, 1989
*Kotarides Nikos, ''Ρεμπέτες και ρεμπέτικο τραγούδι''. Athens, Plethron, 1996.
*Kounades Panagiotis, ''Εις ανάμνησιν στιγμών ελκυστικών''. Athens, Katarti, 2000.
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Petropoulos Elias, ''Ρεμπέτικα τραγούδια''. Athens, 1968.
Greek music
Rebetiko
Musical subcultures