Difference between revisions of "Yiannis Papaioannou"

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Yiannis Papaioannou is the name of several noted Greek personalities:

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-Born in Kios, Asia Minor (Turk. "Gemlik"), in 1914, Yiannis Papaioannou came to Greece as a 9-year old refugee boy.
+Yiannis Papaioannou is the name of several noted Greek personalities:
-He is considered by many as the first song writer to have taken bouzouki music out the the "tekke" (drug den) and into the respectability it still enjoys today.
-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").
+*[[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)]] (1914-1972)
-Although primarily a song writer, Papaioannou was also an accomplished bouzouki player whose "Taksim" remains a unique instrumental masterpiece to this day.
+*[[Yiannis Papaioannou (Composer)]] (1910-1989)
-He died in a traffic accident near Elefsina in 1972.
+*[[Yiannis Papaioannou (Chess Grandmaster)]] (1976- )
+[[Category:Disambiguation|Papaioannou, Yiannis]]