Stelios Kazantzidis

Film & TV

Nea Ionia, Attiki, Greece

Stelios Kazantzidis (Greek: Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης; 29 August 1931 – 14 September 2001) was one of the most prominent Greek singers. He was of Pontian and Asia Minor roots. A top artist of Greek music, or Laïkó, he collaborated with many of Greece's foremost composers. Greek popular music had long been intertwined with Greek post-war cinema. In the 50s and 60s, almost every film contained portions…

Known for

• Folk Bards - Moments of their lives and ours — Stelios Kazantzidis2023
• Κραυγή στον άνεμο — Singer1979
• The Giant of Kypseli — Singer1968
• Gerontokoros — singer1967
• Angels of Sin1966
• Let me live — Singer1965
• Punishment — Singer1965
• Ruthless — Self - Singer1965
• Madame Mayor — singer1960

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

GR

Active from

1931-08-29

Active to

2001-09-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

33,969

Total plays

440,968

Stelios Kazantzidis (August 29, 1931–September 14, 2001) (Greek: Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης) was a prominent Greek singer. Between the 1950s and 1990s he was considered the voice of the Greek diaspora. But even so, he remained little known outside of Greece, with the possible exception of Israel. His death was an emotional event for both Greece and its diaspora; the obituaries gave full appreciations of his life and his importance. His death saw Greece and its millions of migrants scattered all over t

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Greece

Place of birth

Athens

Place of death

Athens

Occupation

singer

Educated at

National Conservatory of Athens

Languages spoken

Greek

Genre

laïko

Record label

Philips Records

Image

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