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Grigoris Bithikotsis
Peristeri, Athens Prefecture, Greece
Grigoris Bithikotsis (Greek: Γρηγόρης Μπιθικώτσης, December 11, 1922 – April 7, 2005) was a Greek folk singer/songwriter with a career spanning five decades. He is considered one…
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Grigoris Bithikotsis (Greek: Γρηγόρης Μπιθικώτσης, December 11, 1922 – April 7, 2005) was a Greek folk singer/songwriter with a career spanning five decades. He is considered one of the most important figures in Greek popular music. Bithikotsis was born in Peristeri, Athens, in 1922 to a poor family. He became interested in music at an early age, and acquired a bouzouki as soon as he was able. At first, he had to hide the instrument at a friend's house and practice in secret, as his father disapproved of the new rembetiko style that had captured his son's interest. He met composer Mikis Theodorakis in 1959 and the two collaborated producing folk songs. Bithikotsis composed over 80 songs, including: Stu Belami to ouzeri and Tou Votanikou o magas. He possessed a rich singing voice with which he performed his own compositions and those of Theodorakis, who frequently chose his friend Grigoris to perform his masterpieces. The two contributed greatly to the then-emerging laika style of Greek music. A leftist, he was exiled to the island of Makronisos in the 1950s during the reign of King Paul. Throughout his life, Bithikotsis performed frequent concerts at numerous venues, including one in Athens upon the occasion of his eightieth birthday. He died in Athens, in 2005, following three months of hospitalization. His funeral was attended by thousands, including representatives of all the Greek political parties.
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2023
Folk Bards - Moments of their lives and ours
Movie Grigoris Bithikotsis
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1991
Enopios Enopio
TV show Guest
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1974
The False
Movie Singer
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1970
Grooms Wanted with Dowry
Movie singer
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1969
Official sweetheart
Movie singer
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1967
Το χρήμα ήταν βρώμικο
Movie Singer
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1967
Sometimes even the strong cry
Movie Singer
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1966
The man who returned from pain
Movie singer
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1966
The Devastated
Movie singer
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1965
Modern Cinderella
Movie singer
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1965
Atonement
Movie singer
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1965
Play my sweety bouzouki
Movie singer
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1965
The Stupid Face
Movie Singer
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1965
Angels Without Wings
Movie Singer
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1964
Tired life
Movie Singer
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1964
I leave with Bitterness in Foreign Countries
Movie singer
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1964
It is a great pity
Movie singer
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1964
Τα δάκρυά μου είναι καυτά
Movie Singer
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1964
The Dressmaker
Movie
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1964
I stole my wife
Movie singer
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1964
Κατατρεγμένοι της μοίρας
Movie Singer
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1964
Those who forgot God
Movie Singer
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1963
The Red Lanterns
Movie singer
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1963
Κουράστηκα να σ' αποκτήσω
Movie Singer
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1963
We without money
Movie singer
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1962
The steps of life
Movie Singer
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1962
Hands Up, Hitler
Movie Songs
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1962
Athens by Night
Movie
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1961
Synoikia to Oneiro
Movie singer
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1961
The Harbor Bum
Movie singer
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1961
Liar Wanted
Movie singer
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1961
The Wastrels
Movie singer
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1960
The Underdog
Movie singer
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1955
Rolled in the mud
Movie singer
