Dimitris Mitropanos

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Dimitris Mitropanos was a popular Greek singer.

Mitropanos was born in Trikala, Thessaly, on April 2, 1948. He lived there until age 16.

In 1964, he started his singing career, a protege of singer-songwriter Giorgos Zambetas. Two years later, Mitropanos met composer Mikis Theodorakis who trusted the young singer to take part in a series of his concerts throughout Greece and Cyprus.

In 1967, he recorded his first 45 RPM record with two Zambetas songs. Other records soon followed with some success.

In 1972, Mitropanos participated in "Agios Fevrouarios", an album by Dimos Moutsis and Manos Eleftheriou. He followed up with "The Road to Cythera", by Giorgos Katsaros and other albums that brought him greater exposure and much success.

Throughout his long, successful career, Mitropanos proved to be ideal in expressing the sentiment laid down by such composers and songwriters as: Mikis Theodorakis, Apostolos Kaldaras, Dimos Moutsis, Stavros Kougioumtzis, Christos Nikolopoulos, Yiannis Spanos and others.

Dimitris Mitropanos passed away on April 17, 2012. He was rushed to an Athens hospital early on a Tuesday morning, where he died of acute pulmonary oedema caused by a heart attack.

Discography

  • Dimitris Mitropanos 1 - (1971)
  • Agios Fevrouarios - (1972)
  • The Road to Cythera - (1973)
  • Deadly Dialogues - (1974)
  • Mrs. Life - (1974)
  • Random Leaves - (1975)
  • Cement Personalities - (1975)
  • Laika '76 - (1976)
  • Laika Love Songs - (1977)
  • Lament - (1978)
  • 14 Zeibekika - (1979)
  • Portrait - (1980)
  • Today's Laika (1980)
  • Narrations - (1981)
  • Laika of the Night - (1982)
  • 14 Hasapika - (1982)
  • Laika Moments - (1983)
  • Bitter Saturdays - (1984)
  • Laika of the Night 2 - (1984)
  • When the Chords speak - (1984)
  • Yet another Day - (1985)
  • Our Night Jobs - (1985)
  • 15 Years Dimitris Mitropanos - (1985)
  • My unborn Love - (1986)
  • Sold out Songs - (1986)
  • A new Man - (1986)
  • 16 of my favourite Hits - (1987)
  • New Colours - (1988)
  • A Night in Paradise - (1989)
  • The two of us - (1989)
  • His Greatest Hits - (1989)
  • Before the Night's over - (1989)
  • 20 Great Hits - (1990)
  • Call me "Love" - (1990)
  • In your Arms' Night Clubs - (1991)
  • A Night at Lycabettus - (1991)
  • Make Decisions - (1991)
  • Greatest Hits - (1991)
  • Mitropanos sings Spanos - (1993)
  • Our national Solitude - (1994)
  • 24 Zeibekika - (1994)
  • Along with a Sun - (1994)
  • 45RPM Songs by Mitropanos - (1995)
  • 30 Years Dimitris Mitropanos - (1996)
  • ZOOM '96 - (1996)
  • 16 Hasapika - (1996)
  • Love Songs - (1995)
  • My first Songs 1967-1975 - (1996)
  • The Log Cabin of the Century - (1996)
  • Search our Dreams - (1997)
  • The great Laika Songs - (1998)
  • Of Love and Departure - (1998)
  • Edelweiss - (1999)
  • Further down the Soul - (2001)