Nikos Xilouris
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Greek composer-singer (1936–1980)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Greece
- Active from
- 1936-07-07
- Active to
- 1980-02-08
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,873
- Total plays
- 68,290
Tags
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Νίκος Ξυλούρης {Nikos Xylouris/Xilouris/Ksilouris} (7 July 1936 - 8 February 1980), also known as Ψαρονίκος, was a Greek composer and singer from the village of Anoghia in Crete. He is the elder brother of two other great musicians of Cretan music, Antonis Xilouris or Psarantonis, and Yannis Xilouris or Psaroyannis. He was part of the movement against the Greek military Junta of 1967. His songs and music captured and described the Greek psyche and demeanor. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%CE
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- Anogia
- Place of death
- Piraeus
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Native language
- Greek
- Instrument
- Cretan lyra
- Number of children
- 2
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- place of burial
- First Cemetery of Athens
- date of birth
- 1936-07-07
- date of death
- 1980-02-08
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Nikos Xylouris
- pseudonym
- Το αηδόνι της Κρήτης
- name in native language
- Νίκος Ξυλούρης
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