Marinella

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Marinella

(b. 20 May 1935) is a popular Greek singer. Her real name is Kyriaki Papadopoulou and she was born in Thessaloniki. She entered discography in 1957 with the song "Nitsa Elenitsa" (Little Helen). She worked with popular singer Stelios Kazantzidis whom she eventually married on May 7, 1964. The couple divorced late in 1965. Marinella then launched her own career and eventually (1973) married singer Tolis Voskopoulos who was younger than she was. This second marriage also ended in divorce in 1981.

Marinella took part in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1974, which was the first that Greece participated. Her entry came eleventh and was the song "Ligo krasi, ligi thalassa kai to agori mou"-"Λίγο κρασί, λίγη θάλασσα και το αγόρι μου" (Little wine, Little sea and my boyfriend"). She also took part in some Greek musicals, both as a singer and an actress.

With Stelios Kazantzidis in 1963 (to the left is Minos Matsas)