Nea Ionia (song)
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"Nea Ionia" is a song performed by Greek singer Stelios Kazantzidis
. The lyrics are by Pythagoras
(Greek
: Πυθαγόρας Παπασταματίου) and the music is by Christos Nikolopoulos.
The song was released in 1992 on the album Vradiazei. The song was written about 20 years before its release but was not recorded until 1992 because Kazantzidis took a leave from recording in 1975 due to issues with his recording label Minos EMI
which accused for bounding him with an abusive and unfair contract. The song is dedicated to Nea Ionia
, a northern suburb of Athens where Kazantzidis was born and lived for many years of his live.
Stelios Kazantzidis
Stylianos Kazantzidis was a prominent Greek singer. A leading singer of Greek popular music, or Laïkó, he collaborated with many of Greece's foremost composers.-Biography :...
. The lyrics are by Pythagoras
Pythagoras Papastamatiou
Pythagoras Papastamatiou , mainly known by the mononym Pythagoras, was a Greek lyricist and playwright.- Biography :He was born in 1930 in Agrinio where he lived until he became 18 years old. His family was descended from Samos. His parents met each other in Smyrna , shortly before the Asia Minor...
(Greek
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: Πυθαγόρας Παπασταματίου) and the music is by Christos Nikolopoulos.
The song was released in 1992 on the album Vradiazei. The song was written about 20 years before its release but was not recorded until 1992 because Kazantzidis took a leave from recording in 1975 due to issues with his recording label Minos EMI
Minos EMI
Minos EMI is the domestic trade name of EMI Music Greece, a record company in Greece. It is the Greek record label division of the British-based, multinational EMI Group....
which accused for bounding him with an abusive and unfair contract. The song is dedicated to Nea Ionia
Nea Ionia
Nea Ionia is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. It has a surface train station . The suburb was named after Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks migrated in the 1920s following the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey. It is...
, a northern suburb of Athens where Kazantzidis was born and lived for many years of his live.