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rebetes

n. (plural of rebetis English)

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Rebetes

A rebetis ( Greek: ρεμπέτης ; pl. rebetes ρεμπέτες ) 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
  • Babis Tsertos
  • Yiorgos Batis
  • Sotiria Bellou
  • Anestis Delias
  • Roza Eskenazi
  • Mihalis Genitsaris
  • Dimitris Gogos (Bayianderas)
  • Giannis Eitziridis (Yovan Tsaous)
  • Apostolos Hatzichristos
  • Manolis Hiotis
  • Manolis Chrysafakis
  • Anna Chrysafi
  • Apostolos Nikolaidis
  • Marika Ninou
  • Giannis Papaioannou
  • Vangelis Papazoglou
  • Stratos Pagioumtzis
  • Stelios Perpiniadis (Stellakis)
  • Kostas Roukounas
  • Kostas Skarvelis
  • Prodromos Tsaousakis
  • Vassilis Tsitsanis
  • Markos Vamvakaris (Markos)
  • Kostas Kaplanis
  • Andonis Kalyvopoulos
  • A. Kostis
  • Antonis Dalgas
  • Giorgos Theologitis (Katsaros)
  • Stelios Keromitis
  • Giorgos Mouflouzelis
  • Giorgos Kavouaras
  • Odysseas Moshonas

Note: Sometimes (not without controversy) this definition is extended to include modern day performers of this kind of music, such as Babis Goles and Agathonas Iakovidis.