Native name Δημήτρης Γκόγκος Genres Rebetiko, Laiko Role Singer | Name Dimitris Gogos Occupation(s) singer, composer | |
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Also known as Bayianteras
Greek: Μπαγιαντέρας Born 28 February 1903
Piraeus, Greece ( 1903-02-28 ) Instruments bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, violin Died November 18, 1985, Athens, Greece Similar People Stelios Perpiniadis, Yiorgos Batis, Markos Vamvakaris, Ioannis Papaioannou, Anestis Delias | ||
Kyriako's donkey [Του Κυριάκου το γαϊδούρι] - Dimitris Gogos [Δημήτρης Γκόγκος]
Dimitris Gogos (Greek: Δημήτρης Γκόγκος; 28 February 1903 – 18 November 1985) was one of the most influential singers and composers of rebetiko music. Also called Bayianteras (Greek: Μπαγιαντέρας), a nickname that was given to him in 1925 for covering and playing in bouzouki Emmerich Kálmán's operetta, Die Bajadere, Gogos wrote songs that met great success and popularity in occupied Greece.
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