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Giannis Poulopoulos
Giannis Poulopoulos (Greek: Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος, a.k.a. John Poulopoulos; 29 June 1941 – 23 August 2020) was a Greek singer-songwriter, who had several hits in Greece during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In terms of total album sales, he is the fourth biggest-selling Greek singer of all time. Life Poulopoulos was born in Mani, Greece. Shortly after his birth, his parents, originally from Messenia, moved to the Saint Ierotheos region of Peristeri, near Athens. Poulopoulos liked singing from an early age. Prompted by friends, he unsuccessfully sought an audition with Columbia Records, while also working as a builder, playing football in Saint Ierotheos for Atromitos F.C., and producing oil paintings. Aged 19, Poulopoulos secured auditions with Mikis Theodorakis, Apostolos Kaldaras, Vassilis Tsitsanis, and Giannis Papaioannou, and sang two songs, ''Mana mou kai Panagia'' ("My Mother and the Madonna") and ''Parapono'' ("Complaint"). Poulopoulos impressed The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kardamyli
Kardamyli (, variously transliterated as ''Kardamyle'', ''Cardamyle'', ''Kardhamili'', and ''Kardamili'', and sometimes called "Skardamoula", especially on old maps) is a town by the sea thirty-five kilometers southeast of Kalamata, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of West Mani in the regional unit of Messenia on the Mani Peninsula. In the ''Iliad'' (Book 9The Iliad by Homer Book IX. ''Ἑπτὰ δέ οί δώσω εύναιόμενα πτολίεθρα, Καρδαμύλην, Ένόπην τε καὶ Ίρήν ποιήεσσαν,'' And will give him seven well established cities, Cardamyle, Enope, and Hire, where there is grass; (translation by Samuel Butler).), Homer cites Kardamyli as one of the seven cities offered by Agamemnon to Achilles as a condition to rejoin the fight during the Trojan War. The village preserves its ancient name. The area has several beaches: Ritsa, Belogianni, Salio, Tikla, Megalo Amoni, Mikro Amoni, Masklimitsa. The older town includes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tzeni Karezi
Tzeni Karezi (; 12 January 1932 – 26 July 1992) also known as Jenny Karezi, was a Greek film and stage actress. Biography Early life Evgenia Karpouzi was born in Athens, Greece, to a mathematician father from Mesolonghi and high school teacher mother from Aigio. Her father used to sell watermelons, called "" in Greek (stemming from ), in his spare time, which is the source of her last name, Karpouzi ( neuter singular). She studied under the direction of the Sisters of St Joseph at a private French school in Thessaloniki, and later by the same Order in Athens. She learned French fluently. When she was a teenager, her father left the family and she continued to live with her mother. Her father died in a car accident in 1971. In 1951, she was accepted at the Greek National Theater (''Εθνικό Θέατρο''), where she studied in the Drama School. The playwright Angelos Terzakis and the director Dimitris Rontiris were among her teachers. Upon graduation, in 1954, she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Giannis Markopoulos
Yannis Markopoulos (; 18 March 1939 – 10 June 2023) was a Greek composer. Biography Early life and education Yannis Markopoulos was born in 1939 in Heraklion, Crete. Born into one of the old families of the island — his father was an attorney and later a Prefect — he spent his childhood in the seaside town of Ierapetra. The Byzantine liturgy heard regularly from the church opposite his family home, Cretan traditional music, with its rapid dances of repeated small motifs, played by local instruments at the town’s weekly festivities, but at the same time the sound of the waves, and the detonation of land-mines in the aftermath of World War II, all these formed part of the acoustic universe of the composer as a child. He took his first lessons in music theory and the violin at the local conservatory and played the clarinet in the municipal band. Other musical experiences of importance were classical music as well as the music of the wider Eastern Mediterranean and that o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Giorgos Katsaros
Giorgos Katsaros () (born on 7 March 1934 in Corfu) is a noted Greek people, Greek musician and songwriter. He plays the alto saxophone. He has made a variety of recordings, collaborating amongst others with Greek people, Greek musical composers and singers, such as Yannis Theodoridis, Nana Mouskouri, and Mimis Plessas. In 1972 he wrote the music for Alekos Sakellarios' ''I Komissa tis Kerkyras'' ( ''The Countess of Corfu''). He is currently the art director of the Municipal Symphonic Orchestra of Athens. Personal life He has served as a Board Member for Panathinaikos A.O., Panathinaikos, the team he is a supporter of. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Katsaros, Giorgos 1934 births Living people Greek male songwriters Greek film score composers Greek male film score composers Musicians from Corfu Greek saxophonists Panteion University alumni 20th-century saxophonists 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century Greek male musicians 20th-century Greek male musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kostas Chatzichristos
Kostas or Costas () is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name, it can be a hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine). Given name * Costas Andreou, Greek musician * Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), Greek basketball player * Costas Azariadis (born 1943), Greek economist * Kostas Biris (1899–1980), Greek architect * Costas Georgiou (1951–1976), Greek Cypriot mercenary * Kostas Lazarides (born 1949), aka Kostas (songwriter), Greek-American country music songwriter * Costas Mandylor (born 1965), Greek Australian actor * Kostas Papanikolaou (born 1990), Greek basketball player * Costas Rigas (born 1944), Greek basketball player * Costas Simitis (1936–2025), Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Hatzichristos (1921–2001), Greek actor * Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), former Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Koufogiorgos (born 1972), Greek-German cartoonist Surname * Bob Costas (born 1952), American sportscaster and talk show host * John P. Costas (engineer) (1923–2008), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Helen Kladi
Helen may refer to: People * Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world * Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress * Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places * Helen, Georgia, United States, a small city * Helen, Maryland, United States, an unincorporated place * Helen, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Raleigh County * Helen Falls, a waterfall in Ontario, Canada * Lake Helen (other), several places called Helen Lake or Lake Helen * Helen, an ancient name of Makronisos island, Greece * The Hellenic Republic, Greece Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Helen'' (album), a 1981 Grammy-nominated album by Helen Humes *Helen (band) * ''Helen'' (2008 film), a British drama starring Annie Townsend * ''Helen'' (2009 film), an American drama film starring Ashley Judd * ''Helen'' (2017 film), an Iranian drama film * ''Helen'' (2019 film), an Indian film produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan * Hele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maro Kodou
Maro may refer to: People * Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro; 70 BC–19 BC), ancient Roman poet * Maro (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname Maro * Mark Rosewater (born 1967), American television writer and ''Magic: The Gathering'' designer * K.Maro (born 1980), Lebanese-Canadian singer * Maro (Lebanese singer) (born 2000), Lebanese singer-songwriter and YouTuber * MARO (born 1994), Portuguese singer Fictional and mythological * Maron (mythology), a companion of Dionysus and priest of Apollo in Greek mythology Places *Marø Cliffs, in Antarctica *Maro Reef, in Hawaii *Maro River, a river in Merauke Regency, Indonesia *Maro, a village in Italy, part of the Castelnovo ne' Monti municipality *Maro, Benin Other uses * , of 315 tons ( bm), was a Nantucket whaler launched at Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, that made four whaling voyages to the Pacific before she was condemned at Rio de Janeiro on 20 December 1828. * ''Maro'' (spider), a genus of spiders *A Tah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Giorgos Foundas
Giorgos Fountas (; 13 February 1924 – 28 November 2010) was a Greek actor in film and television. Biography Fountas was born on 13 February 1924 in Phocis. He attended the Dramatic School at the Athens Odeum. He appeared for the first time in the theatre in '' Nyfiatiko tragoudi'' ("Bridal Song") and his first film in 1944. He was awarded at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1966 and 1967 for his participation in his films '' With the Shine in the Eyes'' and '' Fever on the Road''. He remained popular and he is best remembered for his role in the movie '' Stella'' with Melina Mercouri where he pronounced one quote, which was satirized in the movie '' Straight Story'' in 2006.The role of ''Miltou''-Giorgos Fountas was played by Alekos Syssovitis. In the last years of his life, Fountas suffered from Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stavros Koujioumtzis
Stavros Kouyioumtzis, also Kougioumtzis, Kouyoumtzis, or Koujioumtzis, (23 July 1932 – 12 March 2005) ( ) is one of the most significant Greek music composers of the 20th century. Kouyioumtzis was born in Thessaloniki in 1932. His family were refugees from Asia Minor. He wrote his first song in 1960. quickly becoming a prolific writer, whose work was covered by many of the leading Greek singers. In the late 1960s, he began working with the then 19-year-old George Dalaras. He wrote Dalaras' first songs and helped establish Dalaras as one of the most important and successful Greek singers of all time. Kouyioumtzis' songs have been covered by many important Greek singers, inclouding; Anna Vissi, Haris Alexiou, Yiannis Parios, Eleftheria Arvanitaki and Giannis Kalatzis. Aside from his solo compositions, Kouyioumtzis co-operated frequently with the poet-lyricist Manos Eleftheriou. Kouyioumtzis' songs are regarded as top-quality music in Greece. Both his solo writing as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Manos Loïzos
Manos Loïzos (; 1937–1982) was one of the most important Cypriot music composers of the 20th century. Biography He was born on 22 October 1937 to Greek Cypriot immigrants in Alexandria, Egypt. His parents came from the small village of Agioi Vavatsinias, in the district of Larnaca, Cyprus. Loizos moved to Athens at the age of 17 intending to study pharmacology but soon gave up his studies in order to concentrate on his musical career. He was a self-taught musician, with no formal musical arts training. His first recordings were made in 1963 but he started gaining a larger audience after 1967. By 1975 Loizos had become one of the most popular artists in Greek music. He died on 17 September 1982 in a hospital in Moscow, Soviet Union after suffering several strokes. He was well known for his leftist political ideology and was an outspoken critic of the Greek military junta. He was also an active member of the Communist Party of Greece. The year 2007 was declared "Manos Loizos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
45rpm
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English) or a vinyl record (for later varieties only) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the outside edge and ends near the center of the disc. The stored sound information is made audible by playing the record on a phonograph (or "gramophone", "turntable", or "record player"). Records have been produced in different formats with playing times ranging from a few minutes to around 30 minutes per side. For about half a century, the discs were commonly made from shellac and these records typically ran at a rotational speed of 78 rpm, giving it the nickname "78s" ("seventy-eights"). After the 1940s, "vinyl" records made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) became standard replacing the old 78s and remain so to this day; they have since been produced in various sizes and speeds, most commonly 7-inch discs played a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Plaka
Pláka () is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens. It is known as the "Neighborhood of the Gods" due to its proximity to the Acropolis and its many archaeological sites. Name The toponym ''Plaka'' is first attested in the second half of the 17th century. Up until the era of Otto, it pertained only to the area around the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates (locals knew it as "''Kandili'' 'lantern' of Demosthenes" at least since 1460, or just as ''kandili''); it was only after 1834 that the toponym's application gradually expanded to eventually include the entire area between today's Makrygianni Street and the Ancient Agora. Prior of that, the local Athenians referred to the area by various other names, such as ''Alikokkou'', ''Kontito'', ''Kandili'', or by the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
