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Manolis Chiotis
Greek musician (1921-1970) · Greece · On the map · Musicians · Died at 49
Manolis Chiotis was a Greek composer, singer and bouzouki virtuoso who played a decisive role in the transition from rebetiko to post-war laïko music.
Manolis Chiotis is read about 13 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 118 days, one point a day.
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Close ties
Thanasis Veggos Also in Eat Your Heart Out, Marlon Brando (1963)
Rika Dialina Also in A Fool And A Hater and Laos and Kolonaki
Yannis Dalianidis Directed A Fool And A Hater (1959)
Christos Tsaganeas Also in Vacation in Kolopetinitsa and Poor Bums
Dinos Iliopoulos Also in The Wise Guy and My friend, Lefterakis
Yannis Gionakis Also in A Fool And A Hater and Poor Bums
Kostas Voutsas Also in My friend, Lefterakis (1963)
Dimitris Psathas Wrote A Fool And A Hater and The Wise Guy
Periklis Hristoforidis Also in Dimos from Trikala (1962)
Zoe Laskari Also in The Wise Guy and Someone like It Cold...
Kostas Chatzichristos Also in Laos and Kolonaki and Dimos from Trikala
Dionysis Papagiannopoulos Also in A Fool And A Hater and The Orgies Villa
Chronis Exarhakos Also in I stole my wife and The Hustler
Nikitas Platis Also in My friend, Lefterakis (1963)
About this person
He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Greek popular music and is generally credited with introducing and popularising the four-course bouzouki in the mid-1950s, a development that reshaped the technique, sound and social status of the instrument in modern Greek music.
Country
Greece
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 1970 · aged 49
