Dionysis Savvopoulos (born 2 December 1944) is a Greek music composer, lyricist and singer.

He was born in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

. In 1963 he moved to Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, terminating his law studies in favour of his career in music. He met great success since his early days as a musician and soon became very popular, both in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 and abroad.

Savvopoulos has been noted for being politically active throughout his career in music. In 1967, Savvopoulos was imprisoned for his political convictions by the Greek military junta of 1967-1974

Greek military junta of 1967-1974

The Greek military junta of 1967–1974, alternatively "The Regime of the Colonels" , or in Greece "The Junta", and "The Seven Years" are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974...

, led by the dictator George Papadopoulos

George Papadopoulos

Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos was the head of the military coup d'état that took place in Greece on 21 April 1967 and leader of the military government that ruled the country from 1967 to 1974. Papadopoulos was a Colonel of Artillery...

.

Most of his songs are written by himself (both lyrics and music). He is still singing but no longer composing (since his last CD "The Millennium"). Throughout his career he has sung Greek rock

Greek rock

Rock and roll, spread around the world in the 1950s and 60s, entering Greece in the middle of the 60s. Greek rock performers in the field include Jimi Quidd , and Pavlos Sidiropoulos, the most important representative of Greek folk-rock and rock.-1960s:Greek rock , originated in the early 1960s with...

, Laïko

Laïko

Laïkó ), is a Greek music genre. Also called folk song or urban folk music , in its plural form is a Greek music genre which has taken many forms over the years...

 (people's music) and Rebetika.

He is married to Aspasia Arapidou, and has two sons, Kornilios and Romanos.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1966 Fortigho (Φορτηγό, Truck)
• 1969 To perivoli tou trelou (Το περιβόλι του τρελού, The garden of the fool)
• 1970 Ballos (Μπάλλος)
• 1970 Vromiko psomi (Βρόμικο ψωμί, Dirty bread)
• 1975 Deka chronia kommatia (Δέκα χρόνια κομμάτια, Ten years' pieces)
• 1976 Happy day
• 1977 Acharnaes (Αχαρνείς, Ο Αριστοφάνης που γύρισε από τα θυμαράκια)
• 1979 Rezerva (Η Ρεζέρβα, The reserve)
• 1983 Trapezakia exo (Τραπεζάκια έξω, Tables at the terrace)
• 1989 To kourema (Το κούρεμα, The haircut)
• 1994 Mi petaxis tipota (Μη πετάξεις τίποτα, Do not throw away a thing)
• 1996 Parartima A (Παράρτημα 'Α, Appendix A)
• 1997 To xenodochio (Το ξενοδοχείο, Hotel)
• 1999 O chronopios (Ο χρονοποιός, The time-maker)
• 2008 O Samanos (Ο Σαμάνος, The Shaman)

Live recordings

• 1983 Ikosi chronia dromos (Είκοσι χρόνια δρόμος: ζωντανές ηχογραφήσεις, 20 years' road: live recordings)
• 1988 O kyrios Savvopoulos efcharisti ton kyrio Hadjidaki kai tha'rthi opposdipote (Ο κύριος Σαββόπουλος ευχαριστεί τον κύριο Χατζιδάκι και θα' ρθει όπωσδηποτε, Mr. Savvopoulos thanks Mr. Hadjidakis and he will definitely come)
• 1990 Anadromi 63-89 (Αναδρομή 63-89, Retrospective 63-89)
• 2001 Savvorama (Σαββόραμα The vision of Savvopoulos)
• 2007 O pyrinas (Ο πυρήνας, The nucleus)

External links

• Official website
• Myspace profile
• Biography, in Greek