- Giannis Papaioannou
Giannis Papaioannou ("Greek:" Γιάννης Παπαϊωάννου;
January 18 ,1913 -August 3 ,1972 ) was a famous Greek musician andcomposer born in Kios, Turkey (now Gemlik). In English his name is sometimes romanized as "Yannis, Ioannis" or "Yiannis". Most active in the 1940s, he wrote many songs, some of which are today considered classics of therebetiko folk music style. These include: "Pente Ellines Ston Adi", "Kapetan Andreas Zeppo", "Modistroula", "Prin To Charama Monachos", and "Fovamai Mi Se Chaso". His style retains much of the musical quality of the classical rebetika of the likes ofMarkos Vamvakaris , although the thematic content of the lyrics tends not to focus as much on the typically dark topics — drugs, death and prison — of earlier rebetika.He died on
August 3 ,1972 in a road accident and was buried in a cemetery inKallithea , just southwest of Athens near the Tzitzifies area of south Kallithea where he, like many other rebetiko andlaiko musicians, would frequently perform. [ [http://www.mlahanas.de/Greece/Cities/KallitheaAttica.html Periphery: Attica] - a description of Athens and its prominent citizens]Notes
Sources
*Gail Holst: "Road to Rembetika", 5th ed., 1994: Denise Harvey & Co. (ISBN 9607120078)
*http://www.rebetikorow.com/papa.htm
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