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| + | Born in Istanbul to a Jewish family, '''Roza Eskenazi''' came to [[Greece]] as a young girl and made a name in rebetika music with her coquettish voice. Roza's exact date of birth is not known. In her autobiography "Auta Pou Thimame" ("What I Remember") she states she was born in [[1910]]. The autobiography, published in [[1982]], is derived from interviews Roza gave in [[1972]]. Apart from being forgetful by then, Roza appears to have deliberately concealed her age (she probably had done so since the [[1920s]]). Some, like the musicologist [[Panayiotis Kounadis]], believe that Roza was born between [[1883]] - [[1887]], whilst others state she was born between [[1890]] - [[1900]]. | ||
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| + | In her teens she found work with an Armenian dance troupe, dancing and singing in Armenian, Turkish and Greek. She made her first record in [[1929]]. In the [[1950s]] she toured extensively the United States with much success becoming a favourite of many a [[Greek-American]] at that time. Roza died on [[December 2]], [[1980]] and lies in an unmarked grave at the village of Stomio on the [[Gulf of Corinth]]. | ||
== Some of her well-known hits == | == Some of her well-known hits == | ||
Revision as of 12:18, November 22, 2005
Born in Istanbul to a Jewish family, Roza Eskenazi came to Greece as a young girl and made a name in rebetika music with her coquettish voice. Roza's exact date of birth is not known. In her autobiography "Auta Pou Thimame" ("What I Remember") she states she was born in 1910. The autobiography, published in 1982, is derived from interviews Roza gave in 1972. Apart from being forgetful by then, Roza appears to have deliberately concealed her age (she probably had done so since the 1920s). Some, like the musicologist Panayiotis Kounadis, believe that Roza was born between 1883 - 1887, whilst others state she was born between 1890 - 1900.
In her teens she found work with an Armenian dance troupe, dancing and singing in Armenian, Turkish and Greek. She made her first record in 1929. In the 1950s she toured extensively the United States with much success becoming a favourite of many a Greek-American at that time. Roza died on December 2, 1980 and lies in an unmarked grave at the village of Stomio on the Gulf of Corinth.
Some of her well-known hits
- Enas mangas ston tekke mou
- Nea meraklou
- Palamakia-palamakia