A rebetis (

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: ρεμπέτης ; pl. rebetes ρεμπέτες {{IPA,

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}) is a musician involved in the scene of the Greek musical genre of

rebetiko Rebetiko ( el, ρεμπέτικο, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which have come to be grouped together since the s ...

, which flourished between 1920 and 1955. Prominent ''rebetes'' include: * Rita Abatzi * Babis Tsertos * Yiorgos Batis *

Sotiria Bellou Sotiria Bellou ( el, Σωτηρία Μπέλλου) (August 22, 1921 – August 27, 1997) was a Greek singer and performer of the ''rebetiko'' style of music. She was one of the most famous ''rebetisa'' of all, mentioned in many music guides, a ...

Anestis Delias Anestis Delias ( el, Ανέστης Δελιάς ''c''. 1912 – 31 July 1944) was a Greek bouzouki player, composer and singer of '' rebetiko''. Delias was from a musical family of Smyrna in Anatolia, who arrived on the Greek mainland as a y ...

Roza Eskenazi Roza Eskenazi (mid-1890s – 2 December 1980, Greek: Ρόζα Εσκενάζυ) was a famous Jewish-Greek dancer and singer of '' rebetiko'', Greek folk music, Kanto and Turkish folk music born in Istanbul, whose recording and stage career ex ...

Mihalis Genitsaris Michalis Genitsaris ( el, Μιχάλης Γενίτσαρης or Γεννήτσαρης) (15 June 1917 – 11 May 2005) was a Greek singer and composer of the '' rebetiko'' genre. He was born and died in Agia Sofia, Piraeus. He was known as the ...

Dimitris Gogos Dimitris Gogos ( el, Δημήτρης Γκόγκος; 28 February 190318 November 1985) was one of the most influential singers and composers of rebetiko music. Also called Bayianteras ( el, Μπαγιαντέρας), a nickname that was given t ...

(Bayianderas) * Giannis Eitziridis (Yovan Tsaous) *

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Manolis Hiotis Manolis Chiotis (Greek: Μανώλης Χιώτης; March 21, 1921 – March 20, 1970) was a Greek rebetiko and laiko composer, singer, and bouzouki player.English translation He is considered one of the greatest bouzouki soloists of all tim ...

Manolis Chrysafakis Manolis ( el, Μανώλης, Μανόλης) is a Greek masculine given name, which is sometimes a contraction of Emmanouil. It may refer to: *Manolis Anagnostakis (1925–2005), Greek poet and critic at the forefront of the Marxist and existentia ...

* Anna Chrysafi * Apostolos Nikolaidis *

Marika Ninou Marika Ninou ( el, Μαρίκα Νίνου) (1922 – 23 February 1957), was an Armenian-Greek rebetiko singer, born Evangelia Atamian ( el, Ευαγγελία Αταμιάν). Biography She was born in 1922 on the ship "Evangelistria" that br ...

* Giannis Papaioannou * Vangelis Papazoglou *

Stratos Pagioumtzis Stratos Pagioumtzis ( el, Στράτος Παγιουμτζής 1904 – 16 November 1971) was a Greek ''rebetiko'' singer, also known with the nickname ''Stratos the sluggard (Στράτος ο τεμπέλης)'' or simply ''Stratos''. Biograp ...

Stelios Perpiniadis Stelios Perpiniadis (; 14 May 1899 – 4 September 1977), better known as Stellakis (Greek: Στελλάκης), was a Greek folk musician who wrote, sang, and played guitar in the ''rebetiko'' style. He was the father of Greek folk musician, Vangel ...

(Stellakis) * Kostas Roukounas * Kostas Skarvelis * Prodromos Tsaousakis *

Vassilis Tsitsanis Vassilis Tsitsanis ( el, Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης 18 January 1915 – 18 January 1984) was a Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders o ...

* Markos Vamvakaris (Markos) *

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* Andonis Kalyvopoulos *

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* Antonis Dalgas * Giorgos Theologitis (Katsaros) * Stelios Keromytis *

Giorgos Mouflouzelis Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos ( el, Γιώργος) is a common abbreviation of the given name Georgios. Notable people with the name include: Persons Giorgos * Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Alkaios, pop musician and singer * Gio ...

* Giorgos Kavouaras * Odysseas Moshonas ''Note'': Sometimes (not without controversy) this definition is extended to include modern day performers of this kind of music, such as

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and Agathonas Iakovidis.

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Damianakos Stathis Stathis Damianakos ( el, Στάθης Δαμιανάκος; 1939–2003) is considered one of the most prominent researchers in the fields of agriculture, ethnological and cultural sociology in Greece. Among his most known works are the "Sociology ...

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