Michalis Genitsaris
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Michalis Genitsaris was a Greek
singer and composer of the rebetiko
genre. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer. Born in Piraeus
, he composed songs such as Ego maggas fainomouna.
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Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
singer and composer of the rebetiko
Rebetiko
Rebetiko, plural rebetika, , occasionally transliterated as Rembetiko, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek folk music which have come to be grouped together since the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early...
genre. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer. Born in Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
, he composed songs such as Ego maggas fainomouna.