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'''Stratos Dionysiou''' was a [[laika]] and elafro-laika singer whose heyday was the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]].

Dionysiou was born in [[Nigrita]], [[Serres prefecture]], on [[November 8]], [[1935]], to [[Asia Minor]] refugees Angelos and Stasa Dionysiou. At age 13, he lost his father.

Dionysiou went to work as a tailor and was married, at age 20, to Georgia Laveni. The couple would have four children. While still working as a tailor, he also appeared in night clubs in [[Thessaloniki]] where he had moved.

Dionysiou left Thessaloniki for [[Athens]] to further his singing career. He appeared in [[Nikaia]] night club "Asteras" with well-established singer [[Kaity Grey]] and in [[1959]] recorded his first song. The 24-year old singer was signed by recording company "Columbia" and started singing songs by [[Babis Bakalis]], [[Kostas Virvos]] and others with some success. He next re-recorded older songs by laika masters such as [[Vasilis Tsitsanis]], [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]], [[Giorgos Mitsakis]] and [[Manolis Chiotis]]. Success, however would not come until the late [[1960s]] when he turned several [[Akis Panos]] songs into hits: "Και τι δεν κάνω" (What don't I do for you), "Γιατί καλέ γειτόνισσα" (Why, my good neighbour?), "Του κόσμου το περίγελο" (The laughing stock of the World), "Εγώ καλά σου τα 'λεγα" (I told you so), "Στο σταθμό του Μονάχου" (At Munich Station), "Ήταν ψεύτικα" (They were false) and many others.

Composer [[Mimis Plessas (composer)|Mimis Plessas]] then came into the picture and gave him his mega hit "Βρέχει φωτιά στη στράτα μου" (Fire is raining down my path), a song whose lyrics were written by [[Lefteris Papadopoulos]]. Dionysiou toured the United States with great success and was going from strength to strength when his career was abruptly haulted by his arrest on weapon- and drug-related charges. He was sentenced to two years in [[Tiryntha]]'s jail.

Dionysiou recorded even in prison and continued even after his release in [[1976]]. He successfully switched from laika to a more western "elafro-laiko" type of music and enjoyed great popularity even with the younger crowd into the [[1980s]].

Dionysiou died on [[May 11]], [[1990]] at age 54. Two of his sons, Stelios and Angelos, have launched singing careers of their own.

[[Category:Male Singers|Dionysiou, Stratos]]
[[Category:1935 births|Dionysiou, Stratos]]
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 Dionysiou left Thessaloniki for [[Athens]] to further his singing career. He appeared in [[Nikaia]] night club "Asteras" with well-established singer [[Kaity Grey]] and in [[1959]] recorded his first song. The 24-year old singer was signed by recording company "Columbia" and started singing songs by [[Babis Bakalis]], [[Kostas Virvos]] and others with some success. He next re-recorded older songs by laika masters such as [[Vasilis Tsitsanis]], [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]], [[Giorgos Mitsakis]] and [[Manolis Chiotis]]. Success, however would not come until the late [[1960s]] when he turned several [[Akis Panos]] songs into hits: "Και τι δεν κάνω" (What don't I do for you), "Γιατί καλέ γειτόνισσα" (Why, my good neighbour?), "Του κόσμου το περίγελο" (The laughing stock of the World), "Εγώ καλά σου τα 'λεγα" (I told you so), "Στο σταθμό του Μονάχου" (At Munich Station), "Ήταν ψεύτικα" (They were false) and many others.
-Composer [[Mimis Plessas (composer)|Mimis Plessas]] then came into the picture and gave him his mega hit "Βρέχει φωτιά στη στράτα μου" (Fire is raining down my path), a song whose lyrics were written by [[Lefteris Papadopoulos]]. Dionysiou toured the United States with great success and was going from strength to strength when his career was abruptly haulted by his arrest on weapon- and drug-related charges. He was sentenced to two years in [[Tiryntha]]'s jail.
+Composer [[Mimis Plessas (composer)|Mimis Plessas]] then came into the picture and gave him his mega hit "Βρέχει φωτιά στη στράτα μου" (Fire is raining down my path), a song whose lyrics were written by [[Lefteris Papadopoulos]]. Dionysiou toured the United States with great success and was going from strength to strength when his career was abruptly haulted by his arrest on weapon- and drug-related charges. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment which he served in [[Tiryntha]], [[Argolis prefecture]].
-Dionysiou recorded even in prison and continued even after his release in [[1976]]. He successfully switched from laika to a more western "elafro-laiko" type of music and enjoyed great popularity even with the younger crowd into the [[1980s]].
+Dionysiou recorded even in prison and continued after his release in [[1976]]. He successfully switched from laika to a more western "elafro-laiko" type of music and enjoyed great popularity even with the younger crowd into the [[1980s]].
-Dionysiou died on [[May 11]], [[1990]] at age 54. Two of his sons, Stelios and Angelos, have launched singing careers of their own.
+He died on [[May 11]], [[1990]] at age 54. Two of his sons, [[Stelios Dionysiou|Stelios]] and [[Angelos Dionysiou|Angelos]], have launched singing careers of their own.

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