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'''Vangelis Papazoglou''' (nicknamed "Angouris") was a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[rebetiko]] composer, lyricist and singer.

Papazoglou was born in the village of Durbali near [[Smyrna]] in [[1896]]. His father worked in the trains, moving about quite a bit and the young Vangelis did not finish primary school.
Instead, he learned to play a variety of musical instruments including the mandolin, the violin and the guitar. Around [[1910]], he joined "The Politakia" - a Smyrna ensemble run by Sideras. He worked alongside the greatest musicians in [[Asia Minor]] including Ogdhondakis, [[Panagiotis Tountas]] and Spiros Peristeris.

In [[1919]], Papazoglou joined the Greek Army and took part in the advance against Ankara. He came to [[Greece]] in [[1922]], after the [[Asia Minor disaster]] and settled in [[Nikaia]].

From [[1923]] until the [[WW II]] occupation of Greece by the Germans, Papazoglou sang in various night clubs alongside other rebetiko singers. He never recorded any of his songs.

Papazoglou died on [[June 27]], [[1943]] in Nikaia.

==His best-known songs==
*Κάτω στα λεμονάδικα - Down by the lemon shops
*Πέντε χρόνια δικασμένος μέσα στο Γεντί Κουλέ - 5 years sentenced in Yedi-kule prison

[[Category:Rebetiko|Papazoglou, Vangelis]]
[[Category:Songwriters|Papazoglou, Vangelis]]
[[Category:1943 deaths|Papazoglou, Vangelis]]

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Irlandos: New page: '''Vangelis Papazoglou''' (nicknamed "Angouris") was a Greek rebetiko composer, lyricist and singer. Papazoglou was born in the village of Durbali near Smyrna in [[1896...