Spiros Zagoreos
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Spiros Zagoreos on a music CD cover
Spiros Zagoreos was a Greek Laika singer.
Zagoreos was born in Piraeus on June 23, 1928. At age 15 he lost a hand, while playing, when a hand grenade exploded nearby.
Zagoreos started singing at age 20 and started recording in 1952. His partner in song - as well as in life - was his wife Zoe Zagoreou.
He died on October 20, 2014, at the age of 86.
His songs
- Καροτσέρη τράβα - Drive on, Coachman!
- Προσευχή - Prayer
- Η προσευχή μου έπιασε - My Prayer was answered
- Ντόλτσε Βίτα - Dolce Vita
- Στης Λαρίσης το Ποτάμι - In the River of Larisa
- Ούτε μιλάει, ούτε λαλάει - She doesn't talk, she doesn't speak
- Έχω μάθει να πονώ - I've learned to suffer
- Η αγάπη χρόνια δεν κοιτά - Love is blind to age
- Δεν υπάρχει μεγαλύτερη φωτιά - There's no greater fire
- Θα σ' εκδικηθώ - I'll get revenge