Stelios Kazantzidis

Stelios Kazantzidis (Greek Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης, born August 29, 1931 † 14 September 2001) was one of the most popular Greek singers of the 20th century. He sang his most popular songs in the style of " rebetiko " and " Laiko Tragoudi ". In his songs he sang mostly about the sufferings, sorrows, the fate, but also the joys and loves the people.

His life

The son of a Pontian refugee family in the Athens district of " Nea Ionia " grew up, he was already at the age of 14 years, after the death of his father, forced to work in construction and in different factories, so miternähren his family. His military service he completed on the island Makronissos.

One day he gave his boss, thrilled by his voice, a guitar. From this point on he spent every free minute with playing songs on his guitar and to sing. By chance, heard a music producer who walked by Stelios Kazantzidis house, this while practicing a song. He took Kazantzidis immediately under contract. This laid the foundation for a long and successful career was laid.

Stelios Kazantzidis in 1950 played for the first time in an Athens nightclub district of Kifissia bouzouki. In July 1952, he recorded his first album " Gia mbanio pao " on, which was not a success. With his second album " Den thelo to kako sou " he was successful and became known in Greece. In 1965, Stelios Kazantzidis went for the last time publicly in a nightclub on and vowed never to return again in this scene. In his opinion, the nightclub owner, the artist cheated again and took them out. Throughout his career was Stelios Kazantzidis in Greece living a legend.

Musical career

In 1957, Stelios Kazantzidis met the young singer Marinella know what should be one of the most successful Greek singers later. The pair released several albums together and supplied the Greek tabloids for decades with food. Stelios Kazantzidis worked with famous Greek artists such as Marinella, Mikis Theodorakis and Grigoris Bithikotsis. His songs wrote, among other, for example, Manos Loizos.

His greatest successes:

• To agriolouloudo
• Tora pou Fevgo ap'tin zoi
• Sto trapezi pou ta pino
• Afti i nyxta menei
• Mandoubala
• Gyrizo ap'tin nyxta
• Stis Fabrikes tis Germania
• Enas mangas sto Botaniko
• The tha xanagapiso
• Gyalinos cosmos
• To psomi tis xenitias
• I zoi mou oli
• Einai megalos o kaimos
• To sabbatobrado
• Ti theleis ap'ta neiata mou
• To pelago einai bathy
• Ta kabourakia
• Synnefiasmeni kiriaki
• Yparxo
• I kypros einai elliniki
• Ekso dertia kai Kaymoi

• Singer
• Musicians (Greece )
• Greek
• Born in 1931
• Died in 2001
• Man