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Giannis Vassiliou
Giannis Vassiliou (Γιάννης Βασιλείου, born 1950 in Salamina) is a Greek Laïko singer. He released around two dozens of full-length albums, mostly on Alpha Records. Ten of his albums were certified Gold and one Platinum. His son, Giorgos Alkaios Giorgos Alkaios (Greek: Γιώργος Αλκαίος; born 24 December 1971) is a Greek recording artist. His career began in 1989 after appearing on a Greek reality show. Following a brief period of stage acting, Alkaios dedicated himself to m ..., is also a successful singer. Discography *1980 - Ακόμα τη θυμάμαι *1983 - Σ' αγαπώ καταλαβαίνεις *1984 - Με όλα τα χαρίσματα *1988 - Παραισθήσεις +1 *1990 - Σαν να μην έφυγες ποτέ *1991 - Μια Βραδιά για Κέφι και Χορό *1991 - Φήμες *1992 - Όλα θα στα Μάθω *1993 - Τη Λένε Λόλα *1994 - Έξαψη *1995 - Μαντήλι *1996 - Γιατί Μαλώ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamina, Attica
Salamina ( el, Σαλαμίνα or, old-fashioned, ) or Kοullοuri ( el, Κούλλουρη, links=no; Arvanitika: ) is the largest town and a former municipality on Salamis Island in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Salamis, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is part of the Islands regional unit of the Attica region. The town lies in the northwestern part of the island. It had a population of 25,370 inhabitants at the 2011 census, some of them are Arvanites.Jochalas, Titos P. (1971): Über die Einwanderung der Albaner in Griechenland: Eine zusammenfassene Betrachtung On the immigration of Albanians to Greece: A summary" München: Trofenik. It was the municipal seat of the former municipality of Salamina, which had a land area of and comprised about 84 percent of the island (all except the easternmost central coast, which comprised the former municipality of Ampelakia). The population of the municipal unit was 31,776 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laïko
Laïko or laïkó ( el, λαϊκό [τραγούδι], laïkó [''tragoúdi''], ; “[song] of the people", "popular [song]", plural, pl: ''laïká'' [''tragoúdia'']) is a Greece, Greek music genre composed in Greek language in accordance with the tradition of the Greeks, Greek people. Also called "folk song" or "urban folk music" ( ''astikí laïkí mousikí''), in its plural form is a Greek music genre which has taken many forms over the years. Laïkó followed after the commercialization of Rebetiko music. It is strongly dominated by Greek folk music and it is used to describe Greek popular music as a whole. When used in context, it refers mostly to the form it took in the period from the 1950s to the 1980s. Rebetiko and elafró tragoudi Until the 1930s the Greek discography was dominated by two musical genres: the Greek folk music ( ''dimotiká'') and the ''elafró tragoudi'' (, literally: "light[weight] song"). The latter was represented by musical ensemble, ensembles of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Records (Greek Company)
The '' 'AM' '' is a record company, headquartered in Athens, Greece, founded in 1987 by the family Markogiannis while later renamed '' 'Alpha Records' ''. The potential was great names of Greek song at times. Overview In September 1999, the AM acquired by the Vardinoyannis Group, group Vardinoyannis and renamed Alpha Records. The last discs released as a record company AM in 1999. Artists The following artists belonged or belong to potential Alpha Records. *Stelios Kazantzidis (died) *Stamatis Gonidis *Katerina Stanisi *Angela Dimitriou *Dimitris Kontolazos *Christos Menidiatis *Labis Livieratos *Popi Maliotaki *Lefteris Pantazis *Giorgos Alkaios *Aggelos Dionysiou *Lena Papadopoulou *Chrispa *Tolis Voskopoulos *Zafeiris Melas *Mando (singer), Mando *Nikos Karvelas *Antzy Samiou *Alekos Zazopoulos *Dimitris Kokotas *Pitsa Papadopoulou *Vasilis Terlegkas *Katy Livanou *Triantaphyllos (Greek singer), Triantaphyllos *Eri Zora *Sabrina (Greek singer), Sabrina *Eudokia (Greek singer), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greeks
The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Greek Cypriots, Cyprus, Greeks in Albania, Albania, Greeks in Italy, Italy, Greeks in Turkey#History, Turkey, Greeks in Egypt, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. They also form a significant Greek diaspora, diaspora (), with Greek communities established around the world.. Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people themselves have always been centered on the Aegean Sea, Aegean and Ionian Sea, Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age.. Until the early 20th century, Greeks were distributed between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, the Black Sea coast, Cappadocia in central Anatolia, Egypt, the Balkans, Cyprus, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgos Alkaios
Giorgos Alkaios (Greek: Γιώργος Αλκαίος; born 24 December 1971) is a Greek recording artist. His career began in 1989 after appearing on a Greek reality show. Following a brief period of stage acting, Alkaios dedicated himself to music. His first single, "Ti Ti", made him popular in Greece. His distinctive musical style fuses Greek and Oriental elements with modern pop music. To date he has been certified with 5 platinum and 9 gold albums. Alkaios represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " OPA", and placed 8th in the Final. Early life Giorgos Alkaios was born in Athens to Greek and Portuguese parents. He is the son of Giannis Vassiliou, a successful Greek elafro-laiko singer. His mother, Maria (Rodrigues) Griggs – Author of "Mama Sou: Metamorphosis of a Mother" and accomplished IT Programmer Analyst – recently returned to Boston, MA after 8 years living in Pembroke, Maine where she focussed on writing her memoir of the abduction of he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1950 Births
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Greek Male Singers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
