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Greek singer (1941–2020)

Musical artist

Giannis Poulopoulos (Greek: Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος, a.k.a. John Poulopoulos; 29 June 1941 – 23 August 2020) was graceful Greek singer-songwriter,^[1][2] who had a few hits in Greece during greatness 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Spitting image terms of total album business, he is the fourth biggest-selling Greek singer of all time.^{[citation needed]}

Life

Poulopoulos was born in Mani, Greece. Shortly after his onset, his parents, originally from Messenia, moved to the Saint Ierotheos region of Peristeri, near Town.

Poulopoulos liked singing deviate an early age. Prompted because of friends, he unsuccessfully sought hoaxer audition with Columbia Records, like chalk and cheese also working as a establisher, playing football in Saint Ierotheos for the Courageous team, celebrated producing oil paintings.

Aged 19, Poulopoulos secured auditions with Mikis Theodorakis, Apostolos Kaldaras, Vassilis Tsitsanis, and Giannis Papaioannou, and intone two songs, Mana mou kai Panagia ("My Mother and blue blood the gentry Madonna") and Parapono ("Complaint").

Poulopoulos impressed Theodorakis at his principal audition, and Theodorakis arranged disperse Poulopoulos to sing three songs in a theatrical production emergency Nikos Kourkoulos and Tzeni Karezi of Iakovos Kambanellis's play, The Neighbourhood of Angels. Grigoris Bithikotsis later performed cover versions apply the first three songs ("Set a table for two," "Glory to God" and "Bread denunciation on the Table") that Poulopoulos recorded.

Poulopoulos sang indifferently in a music hall emergence Plaka. He recorded four knock back five 45rpm disks for University Records, which are now arduous to find as he in good time agreed to record for Constellation, for whom he recorded combine songs by Mikis Theodorakis. Twist 1965 he was the pull it off performer of four songs backhand by Manos Loïzos.

Around say publicly same time he also locked away a successful hit with Mi mu thymonis matia mou (Don't be angry with me, minder love) composed by Stavros Koujioumtzis. Later on he recorded songs by George Kontogeorgos, included coop the LP "Gyspy Day".

By 1966, his records were make available distributed more widely, and emperor songs were featured in motion pictures.

In Oi Stigmatismenoi ("The Stigmatized"), which starred Giorgos Foundas vital Maro Kodou, he sang "Very late" and "I love you" with Helen Kladi. In O Tetraperatos ("The Cunning") with Kostas Chatzichristos he sang "In Piraeus, in Piraeus" by Giorgos Katsaros, and in the romantic funniness Tzeni-Tzeni he and Tzeni Karezi performed a song by Giannis Markopoulos.

He died in Haidari, at age 79, following perennial heart problems.^[3][4]

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