Manolis Chiotis

Film & TV

Thessaloniki, Greece

Manolis Chiotis (Greek: Μανώλης Χιώτης; March 21, 1921 – March 21, 1970) was a Greek rebetiko and laiko composer, singer, and bouzouki player. He is considered one of the greatest bouzouki soloists of all time. He popularised the four-course bouzouki (tetrachordo) and introduced the guitar-like tuning, which he found better suited to the kind of virtuoso playing he was famous for. Chiotis had…

Known for

• Love that time does not fade — Musician1966
• The Hustler — singer1964
• I stole my wife — singer1964
• The Orgies Villa — singer1964
• Someone like It Cold... — singer1963
• My friend, Lefterakis — singer1963
• The Wise Guy — Singer1962
• Min eidate ton Panai? — singer1962
• Dimos from Trikala — Singer1962
• Poor Bums — singer1961

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

GR

Active from

1921-03-21

Active to

1970-03-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

771

Total plays

1,912

Manolis Chiotis (Greek: Μανώλης Χιώτης) was a famous Greek Rebetiko composer, singer and musician. He was born on March 21st., 1921, in Thessaloniki. He died in 1970, allegedly on his very birthday. He first started playing on the violin, then eventually moved on to the guitar and the bouzouki. From very early on, he was recognized as a great talent! He began his stage and recording career in 1937, at age of 16, playing with Bayanderas. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Manolis+Chiotis">Read

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Greece

Place of birth

Nafplio

Place of death

Athens

Occupation

songwriter

Languages spoken

Modern Greek

Genre

laïko

Instrument

bouzouki

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