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'''Laiko''' was the pop music of the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]]. It developed from the [[Rebetiko]] style of music, more refined, more westernised and more respectable. [[Vasilis Tsitsanis]], [[Manolis Chiotis]] and others are responsible for this transformation / evolution. Laiko-style songs ("laika") sing about romantic love, love for a mother, immigration and the lament of separation, nostalgia, poverty and political-societal injustices.  Though immensely popular in [[Greece]], it laiko was criticized from some quarters for its apoliticism and decadence, and its unpure Turkish roots.