Manos Loïzos
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Born | USSR | 22 October 1937
Occupation(s) | Composer |
Manos Loïzos (Greek: Μάνος Λοΐζος; 1937–1982) was one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.
Biography
He was born on 22 October 1937 to Greek Cypriot immigrants in
He died on 17 September 1982 in a hospital in
Discography
He composed many well-known Greek songs and has co-operated with various important composers, singers and lyricists like Mikis Theodorakis, Haris Alexiou, George Dalaras, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Christos Leontis, Fondas Ladis, Yannis Negrepontis, Manolis Rasoulis, Giannis Kalatzis, Nâzım Hikmet and many others. His best known co-operation was with his very personal friend, lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos who wrote the lyrics of many of Loizos' most successful hits.
Some of Loizos' most famous songs are :
- "Ola se thymizoun (Everything Reminds Me of You)" Lyrics: Manolis Rassoulis
- "Jamaica" Lyrics: Lefteris Papadopoulos
- "S' Akoloutho (I follow you)" Lyrics: himself
- "To Akordeon (The Accordion)" Lyrics: Yannis Negrepontis
- "O Dromos (The Street)" Lyrics: Kostoula Mitropoulos
- "Che" (dedicated to Che Guevara) Lyrics: himself
- "Ah Helidoni mu (Ah, my swallow)" Lyrics: Lefteris Papadopoulos
- "De Tha Ksanagapiso (I Shall not Love Again)" Lyrics: Lefteris Papadopoulos
- "Paporaki tou Burnova (Paporaki of Burnova)" Lyrics: Lefteris Papadopoulos
- "O Koutalianos" Lyrics: Lefteris Papadopoulos
- "Evdokia" (Instrumental Zeibekiko)
- "Kalimera Ilie (Goodmorning Sun)" Lyrics: Manos Loizos. During the 1981-1989 period the song was used as trademark by the political movement PASOK
In 1985, a big concert dedicated to his memory took place in the
Studio albums
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1968 | O Stathmos (Greek: Ο Σταθμός; English: The Station)
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1970 | Thalassografies (Greek: Θαλασσογραφίες; English: Sea Drawings)
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1971 | Evdokia (Greek: Ευδοκία) |
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1972 | Na Chame Ti Na Chame (Greek: Να ‘Χαμε Τι Να ‘Χαμε; English: If We Had)
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1974 | Kalimera Ilie (Greek: Καλημέρα Ήλιε; English: Goodmorning Sun)
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1974 | Tragoudia Tou Dromoy (Greek: Τραγούδια Του Δρόμου; English: Songs of the Road)
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1975 | Ta Negrika (Greek: Τα Νέγρικα; English: The Negro Songs)
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1976 | Ta Tragoudia Mas (Greek: Τα Τραγούδια Μας; English: Our Songs)
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1979 | Ta Tragoudia Tis Haroulas (Greek: Τα Τραγούδια Της Χαρούλας; English: Haroula’s Songs)
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1980 | Gia Mia Mera Zoïs (Greek: Για Μια Μέρα Ζωής; English: For One Day’s Life)
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1983 | Grammata stin agapimeni (Greek: Γράμματα στην αγαπημένη; English: Letters To The Beloved One)
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References
- ^ "Ayii Vavatsinias" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
- ^ Greek Charts Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ "Cypriot Charts". Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2011-09-02.