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Dio Portes Echi i Zoi

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Released
  
1959

Language
  
Greek

Recorded
  
Athens, 1959

Genre
  
World music, Folk, Laïko

Label
  
His Master's Voice, AO-5544

Writer(s)
  
Stelios Kazantzidis and Eftichia Papagianopoulos

"Dio portes echi i zoi" (Greek: Δύο πόρτες έχει η ζωή; English: Life has two doors), sometimes billed as "Tora pou fevgo ap' ti zoi" or "To telefteo vrady mou", is a Greek-language song performed by popular Greek singers Stelios Kazantzidis and Marinella. The lyrics are by Eftichia Papagianopoulos and the music is by Kazantzidis himself. The song was first released on 78 rpm vinyl record in 1959 by His Master's Voice in Greece. The record also contained the song "Madhubala" and sold about 100,000 pieces in its year of release, beating the previous record of 45,000 record sales that Hadjidakis song "Garifallo st' afti" had set.

Personnel

  • Stelios Kazantzidis - vocals, arranger, conductor
  • Marinella - background vocals
  • His Master's Voice - producer
  • References

    Dio Portes Echi i Zoi Wikipedia