Rebetes
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A rebetis (pl. rebetes) (Greek ρεμπέτης) is a musician involved in the scene of the Greek musical genre of rebetiko, which flourished between 1920 and 1955.
Prominent rebetes include:
- Rita Abatzi
- Yiorgos Batis
- Sotiria Bellou
- Roza Eskenazi
- Mihalis Genitsaris
- Dimitris Gogos (Bagianderas)
- Giannis Eitziridis (Yovan Tsaous)
- Apostolos Hatzichristos
- Manolis Hiotis
- Manolis Chrysafakis
- Anna Chrysafi
- Marika Ninou
- Giannis Papaioannou
- Vangelis Papazoglou
- Stratos Pagioumtzis
- Stelios Perpiniadis
- Kostas Roukounas
- Kostas Skarvelis
- Prodromos Tsaousakis
- Vassilis Tsitsanis
- Markos Vamvakaris
Sometimes (not without controversy!) this definition is extended to include modern day performers of this kind of music, such as
- Babis Goles,
- George Dalares
- Agathonas Iakovidis.