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	'''Minos Matsas''' ([[1903]] - [[1970]]) was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.		'''Minos Matsas''' ([[1903]] - [[1970]]) was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.

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		+	[[Image:Kazantzidis_Marinella_1963.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Minos Matsas with [[Stelios Kazantzidis]] and [[Marinella]] in [[1963]]]]
	'''Minos Matsas''' ([[1903]] - [[1970]]) was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.		'''Minos Matsas''' ([[1903]] - [[1970]]) was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.

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 In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son" (Μίνως Μάτσας και Υιός), the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. Makis Matsas is currently the president of Minos-Emi Greece.
-Matsas dies on [[September 25]], [[1970]].d
+Matsas died on [[September 25]], [[1970]].
 [[Minos Matsas (composer)|Minos Matsas]] -the grandson of the [[Rebetiko]] lyricist- is a film composer living in Los Angeles.

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 In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son" (Μίνως Μάτσας και Υιός), the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. Makis Matsas is currently the president of Minos-Emi Greece.
-Matsas dies on [[September 25]], [[1970]].
+Matsas dies on [[September 25]], [[1970]].d
 [[Minos Matsas (composer)|Minos Matsas]] -the grandson of the [[Rebetiko]] lyricist- is a film composer living in Los Angeles.

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 '''Minos Matsas''' ([[1903]] - [[1970]]) was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
 He was born into a Romaniote Jewish family that hailed from [[Ioannina]]. In his early years, Minos Matsas wrote lyrics and music to rebetika songs, often under the pseudonym "Tsamas", reversing the syllables of his name, with relatively minor succsess. Some of his most well known lyrics are : To Minore tis Avgis (Το Μινόρε της Αυγής), O Andonis o Varkaris (Ο Αντώνης ο Βαρκάρης, O Zorikos (Ο Ζόρικος). His success came later in life as an executive of [[Odeon-Parlophon]] where he had much success discovering and signing up new talent.
 Being Jewish, Minos Matsas spent the war and German occupation years hiding in the house of fellow rebetika composer [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]].
 In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son" (Μίνως Μάτσας και Υιός), the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. Makis Matsas is currently the president of Minos-Emi Greece.
 [[Minos Matsas (composer)|Minos Matsas]] -the grandson of the [[Rebetiko]] lyricist- is a film composer living in Los Angeles.

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-'''Minos Matsas''' was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
+'''Minos Matsas''' ([[1903]] - [[1970]]) was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
 He was born into a Romaniote Jewish family that hailed from [[Ioannina]]. In his early years, Minos Matsas wrote lyrics and music to rebetika songs, often under the pseudonym "Tsamas", reversing the syllables of his name, with relatively minor succsess. Some of his most well known lyrics are : To Minore tis Avgis (Το Μινόρε της Αυγής), O Andonis o Varkaris (Ο Αντώνης ο Βαρκάρης, O Zorikos (Ο Ζόρικος). His success came later in life as an executive of [[Odeon-Parlophon]] where he had much success discovering and signing up new talent.
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 [[Category:Greek Jews|Matsas, Minos]]
 [[Category:Recording Industry|Matsas, Minos]]

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 Being Jewish, Minos Matsas spent the war and German occupation years hiding in the house of fellow rebetika composer [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]].
-In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son", the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. The new company was also successful.He is now the president of Minos-Emi Greece.
+In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son", the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. The new company was also successful. Makis Matsas is now the president of Minos-Emi Greece.
 Minos Matsas -the grandson of the Rebetiko lyricist- is a film composer actually living in Los Angeles.

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-'''Minos Matsas''' was a Greek [[Rebetiko]]lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
+'''Minos Matsas''' was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
 He was born into a Romaniote Jewish family that hailed from [[Ioannina]]. In his early years, Minos Matsas wrote lyrics and music to rebetika songs, often under the pseudonym "Tsamas", reversing the syllables of his name. Some of his most well known lyrics are : To minore tis avgis, o andonis o varkaris, o zorikos, mes ton onta.
 Later in life he became an  executive of Odeon-Parlophon where he had much success discovering and signing up new talent.