Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)

2006-05-24T15:06:32Z

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[[Image:Yiannis_Papaioannou_bouzouki.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Yiannis Papaioannou (1914-1972)]]
[[Image:H_Ellada_tou_papayianou.JPG|thumb|160px|I Ellada tou Yianni Papaioannou]]
[[Image:Papaioannou_TaTragoudia_tou.jpg|thumb|160px|Ta tragoudia tou]]
Born in [[Kios]], [[Asia Minor]] (Turk. "Gemlik"), in [[1914]], '''Yiannis Papaioannou''' came to Greece as a refugee when he was 9-years old.

He is considered by many as the first song writer to have taken [[bouzouki]] music out of the "[[tekkes|tekke]]" (drug den), making it more acceptable to the non-hashish smoking stratum of Greek society.

The multi-talented Papaioannou's music varies from old-style [[rebetika]] ("Pente Ellines ston Adi", "O boufetzis"), to oriental ("Cifteteli", "Karabiberim") and even island music (Kapetan Andrea Zeppo [http://www.greecetravel.com/music/musicfiles/papayan-zeppo.mp3 mp3]).

Although primarily a song writer, Papaioannou was also an accomplished bouzouki player whose "Taksim" remains a unique instrumental masterpiece to this day.
He died in a traffic accident near [[Elefsina]] in [[1972]].

== Discography ==

*I Ellada tou Yianni Papaioannou (Η Ελλάδα του Γιάννη Παπαϊωάννου)
*Yiannis Papaioannou: Ta Tragoudia tou (Γιάννης Παπαϊωάννου: Τα τραγούδια του)

[[Category:Rebetiko|Papaioannou, Yiannis]]
[[Category:1914 births|Papaioannou, Yiannis]]
[[Category:1972 deaths|Papaioannou, Yiannis]]

Markos Vamvakaris

2006-05-24T14:55:51Z

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[[Image:Vamvakaris-Markos.jpg|thumb|200px|Markos Vamvakaris]]'''Markos Vamvakaris''',([[May 10]], [[1905]] in Ano Chora in [[Syros]] - [[February 8]], [[1972]]) (Greek: Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης), one of the [[Greece]]’s most popular and respected musicians of [[rebetika]], a genre that arose from the byzantine-rooted music of the refugees of [[Asia Minor]] and represented the underground in a manner similar to that of blues in the USA. He was one of the [[Tetras, the Legends of Piraeus]] group of musicians, and is generally accredited as being the grandfather of rebetiko, and pioneer of the bouzouki in popular music.

==Biography==

Markos Vamvakaris was born on [[May 10]], [[1905]] in Ano Chora in [[Syros]] and was raised by a Catholic family.

At the age of 12, Vamvakaris left from Syros to [[Piraeus]]. He worked as a stevedore, employee at a pit-coal mine, polisher, paperman, and two others. He learned [[bouzouki]] and began to write music.

In [[1934]], Vamvakaris' first record was produced, ''Na 'Rchosouna Re Magka Mou'' (''Να 'ρχόσουνα ρε μάγκα ''). In the period shortly before [[World War II|Second World War]], he wrote "Frangosyriani" (''Φραγγοσυριανή''), which was so popular that it consolidated his fame and made him a respected musician.

During the [[1950s]], initiatives from [[Vassilis Tsitsanis|Tsitsanis]], saw old and new songs by Vamvakaris being produced and reproduced, often sung by famous artists including [[Grigoris Bithikotsis]], [[Stratos Dionysiou]], etc. During this time, Vamvakaris' popularity, and the general popularity and acceptability of rebetiko had greatly increased, with a new middle-class audience, which previously shunned the outcast genre. Vamvakaris died on [[February 8]], [[1972]] at the age of 67.

Greece’s most innovative post-war songwriters — including [[Manos Hadjidakis]], [[Mikis Theodorakis]], [[Manos Loizos]], [[Stavros Xarchakos]] and [[Christos Leontis]] — have all credited Markos as having influenced their work greatly. Yet, Markos remained a humble giant until the very end.

==Read also==
*[[Stelios Vamvakaris]] - son of [[Markos Vamvakaris]]

==External links==
(in Greek)

*[http://www.spectacularopticals.com/MVA/MVAmain.html/ The Markos Vamvakaris Archive]

[[Category:Male Singers|Vamvakaris, Markos]]
[[Category:Rebetiko|Vamvakaris, Markos]]

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