Manos Hadjidakis - Μανος Χατζιδακις. 50s, 60s, 70s. folk, ballad, soundtrack COLLECTION 

Greek composer. Born 23 October 1925 in Xanthi, Greece - Died 15 June 1994 in Athens, Greece.
In the late 1940s, he was the first to publicly appraise (and adapt on his piano works) "rebetika", the urban underground songs that followed the Asia Minor refugee influx to the country in 1922. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he became immensely popular with his pop compositions and movie soundtracks. In 1960, his song "Never on Sunday" from the film of the same name earned him an Oscar for Best Original Song. Among others he collaborated with Nana Mouskouri and went on to produce numerous stage soundtracks and concept albums. In 1985, he started his own record company Σείριος. In 1989, he founded the Orchestra Of Colours and served as its first conductor. He re-organized, and served as its manager (1975-1982), ΕΡΤ (Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία-Τηλεόραση)'s radio Third Program.

// ΜΑΝΟΣ ΧΑΤΖΙΔΑΚΙΣ - MANOS HADJIDAKIS //

Mary Dalakou wrote her own unique story in Greek song, as the muse of Yannis Markopoulos, in the recordings of the album "Theseus" (1963) as well as in the soundtracks of the films "Diogmos" and "Psarogiannos", while under his direction, she will appear before the E.I.R.'s Variety Music Orchestra in 1965, performing her own and modern repertoire. As one of the pioneer songwriters of Neo Kyma, she participated in bands in Plaka from the first days of its existence, while together with Spyros Kampanis they will found the Apanemia boite, writing their own history in the narrow alleys of Plaka. At the same time, she will begin recording her first demos at Polysound studio, with the participation of a multitude of distinguished musicians, such as :
Nikos and Giorgos Tzavaras, voices, guitars
Vangelis Ntikos, acoustic guitar
Stamatis Protopappas, flute
Andreas Flyskounis, flute
Bourboulia: Nikos Tsilogiannis on drums, Vasilis Dallas on bass, Johnny Lambitsi on electric guitar.
Argyris Koulouris, electric guitar
Georgos Lavranos, percussion
Gerasimos Miliaresis, classical guitar
creating her repertoire either on original material or on unique arrangements of traditional songs, both Greek and English. Always restless, she will participate in the 2nd Greek Song Competition of Corfu in 1982, submitting 2 songs, while 3 years later, with a rock band consisting of :
Grigoris Melakis, drums
Vagias Naoumis, electric bass
David Grunstein, keyboard
Mary Dalakou, voice, piano
she will record the album "After the performance" in Loukas Thanos' studio.”
Text B-Otherside Records

All songs in this mix are kindly provided by B-Otherside Records and Mary Dalakou, for which we thank both dearly and can be found in their recent release: Mary Dalakou: The Unreleased Recordings with  demos, outtakes, rehearsals and live performances between 1965-1985.


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