Vicky Moscholiou
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Vicky Moscholiou born in Metaxourgeio
in Athens
, was a Greek
singer. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV
ranked Moscholiou the 13th top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era (since 1960).
and build a home there. Two more children followed, a brother and sister.
Her grandfather and grandmother worked at the National Theatre of Greece
. He did the lighting, she the costumes. Vicky would go with her grandfather and watch the shows. She dreamed of being an actress, but ended up a singer.
Her first break came in 1962 through the intervention of her cousin Effie Linda. Grigoris Bithikotsis
remembers how she came to him and asked him to audition Vicky when he was rehearsing for a season at Vasilis Cheilas’ club Triana. They arranged a time but Bithikotsis arrived late and nearly missed her.
Thanks to Bithikotsis Vicky was hired to perform at the "Triana". However this was only a small start. Vicky was given a song to sing occasionally, and acknowledges that she learnt much from Bithikotsis and Doukissa with whom she worked.
remembers things differently.
She continued with collaborations with Giorgos Zambetas, Manos Eleutheriou, Giorgos Katsaros
, Akis Panou, and Loukianos Kilaidonis, among other well-known composers and songwriters. Songs she is famous for include "Paei, paei", "Aliti", "Pou pas choris agapi", "Nautis bgike sti steria", "Ta deilina", "Oi metanastes", "Anthropoi monachoi", and many more.
Two of her hits gave their names to night clubs in Athens
, "Deilina" (Afternoons) and "Ximeromata" (Daybreaks). She was one of the first in Greece to sing both in night clubs and concerts, and she has also sung in the royal courts of Greece
, Persia
and Jordan
.
She was also one of the first entertainers to sing in aid of Cyprus
.
, although later they divorced. They had two daughters, Evangelia and Rania.
She died in Athens in 2005 following a two-year battle with cancer
, leaving a legacy of truly significant cultural achievements.
In 2008, following a public dispute between Vicky's two daughters, the villa she lived in was sold fully furnished to the wealthy goldsmith Panagiotis Stylianoudis and his spouse Villy Kamarinopoulou.
In 2010, a close collaborator of Vicky, Areti Gordon, decided to release a book with her life unforgettable singer, without the consent of her family. So her daughters Vicky Moscholiou learned from the Greek magazine "Life & Style", that is to be released book titled, "I remember Vicky Moscholiou."
The book describes the marketing of Moscholiou Vicky, the love, of friendships, of the battle with cancer. The daughters wanted to be informed before this decision, but something is not done and not even bothered to report their decision on the house of their mother. So they sent in non-contentious Areti Gordon for disclosure of their mother's life.
Metaxourgeio
Metaxourgeio or Metaxourgio is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The neighborhood is located north of the historical center of Athens, between Kolonos to the east and Kerameikos to the west, and north of Gazi. Metaxourgeio is frequently described as a transition neighborhood...
in 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...
, was a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
singer. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV
Alpha TV
Alpha TV is a Greek terrestrial channel . The station features a mix of Greek and foreign shows with an emphasis on entertainment programs. The studios are located near Athens...
ranked Moscholiou the 13th top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era (since 1960).
Early years
Vicky Moscholiou was born during the German Occupation of Greece, a time of hardship and privation. Her family lived in one room. Her father worked in the vegetable market, and her mother suffered from consumption and received a small allowance. They managed to scrape together the money for a plot of land in Upper Agia VarvaraAgia Varvara
Agia Varvara The area was mainly made up of farmlands. Mixed farming was common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands between the 1940s and the 1970s. Today, most of the municipality are urbanized or residential. The rocky landscape of Aigaleo with a few bushes and pine forests lies to...
and build a home there. Two more children followed, a brother and sister.
"Agia VarvaraAgia VarvaraAgia Varvara The area was mainly made up of farmlands. Mixed farming was common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands between the 1940s and the 1970s. Today, most of the municipality are urbanized or residential. The rocky landscape of Aigaleo with a few bushes and pine forests lies to...
then, and especially where we lived, was empty. A few houses, endless fields, and quite a few gypsies with their bears and their songs. There was great poverty but I liked it there. I’d wander around barefoot all day, run, play with the other children, fall, hurt myself, get up and do the same all over again. There was however civility and compassion, a feeling for others which I think has slowly vanished with the years."
Her grandfather and grandmother worked at the National Theatre of Greece
National Theatre of Greece
The National Theatre of Greece is based in Athens, Greece.-History:The theatre was originally founded in 1880 with a grant from King George I and Efstratios Rallis to give theatre a permanent home in Athens...
. He did the lighting, she the costumes. Vicky would go with her grandfather and watch the shows. She dreamed of being an actress, but ended up a singer.
Her first break came in 1962 through the intervention of her cousin Effie Linda. Grigoris Bithikotsis
Grigoris Bithikotsis
Grigoris Bithikotsis was a popular Greek folk singer/songwriter with a career spanning five decades.-Biography:...
remembers how she came to him and asked him to audition Vicky when he was rehearsing for a season at Vasilis Cheilas’ club Triana. They arranged a time but Bithikotsis arrived late and nearly missed her.
"You know, if I’d been stopped by traffic lights that afternoon, Vicky Moscholiou might not have become a singer. Listen then: I go through a red light, arrive outside Triana, park my car and see a girl and a woman leaving. Afterwards I learnt it was her mother. The young girl recognised me." Mr Bithikotsis, I’m Vasiliki, Vicky Moscholiou, about whom my cousin told you. Mr Kostas Papadopoulos and the musicians in the band listened to me and they told me I wouldn’t do.
Come inside, I said to her, so that I can listen to you as well.
So we went inside again, and she and her mother sat down. As soon as I approached the stage Kostas Papadopoulos said to me, "The girl sings out of tune..."
Let me hear her as well, I said.
She sang two songs—I forget which—and I realised that her voice was different...
Thanks to Bithikotsis Vicky was hired to perform at the "Triana". However this was only a small start. Vicky was given a song to sing occasionally, and acknowledges that she learnt much from Bithikotsis and Doukissa with whom she worked.
Career & Commercial Success
She rose to fame in 1964 with Stavros Xarhakos' song "Hathike to feggari" (The Moon is Lost), which was composed for the movie Lola. According to Bithikotsis, the composer Xarhakos told Bithikotsis he needed a singer with a different kind of voice for a particular song. Bithikotsis suggested he try Vicky, and took her along to be auditioned. However Giorgos ZampetasGiorgos Zampetas
Giorgos Zampetas was a well-known bouzouki musician. He was born on January 25, 1925 in Athens but his origins are from Kythnos. He died on March 10, 1992 in Athens.-Early years:...
remembers things differently.
"One day Stavros Xarhakos came to the shop. Lambropoulos had instructed him to get Moscholiou to sing a song in a film. He fancied her a lot. We regarded her as just a 200 drachma singer. I took 850 drachmas and Bithikotsis—I don’t know. And he takes Moscholiou to record and me to play bouzouki."
She continued with collaborations with Giorgos Zambetas, Manos Eleutheriou, Giorgos Katsaros
Giorgos Katsaros
Giorgos Katsaros is a famous Greek musician and songwriter. He plays the alto saxophone. He has made a variety of recordings, collaborating amongst others with Greek musical composers, such as Yannis Theodoridis and Mimis Plessas.In 1972 he wrote the music for Alekos Sakellarios' I Komissa tis...
, Akis Panou, and Loukianos Kilaidonis, among other well-known composers and songwriters. Songs she is famous for include "Paei, paei", "Aliti", "Pou pas choris agapi", "Nautis bgike sti steria", "Ta deilina", "Oi metanastes", "Anthropoi monachoi", and many more.
Two of her hits gave their names to night clubs in 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...
, "Deilina" (Afternoons) and "Ximeromata" (Daybreaks). She was one of the first in Greece to sing both in night clubs and concerts, and she has also sung in the royal courts of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Persia
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
.
She was also one of the first entertainers to sing in aid of Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
.
Personal life
In 1967 she married the soccer legend Mimis DomazosMimis Domazos
Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos , is a retired Greek footballer born in Ambelokipi, Athens. His nickname is "The General".Mimis Domazos is considered by many to be the best footballer that Greece has ever produced...
, although later they divorced. They had two daughters, Evangelia and Rania.
She died in Athens in 2005 following a two-year battle with cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
, leaving a legacy of truly significant cultural achievements.
In 2008, following a public dispute between Vicky's two daughters, the villa she lived in was sold fully furnished to the wealthy goldsmith Panagiotis Stylianoudis and his spouse Villy Kamarinopoulou.
In 2010, a close collaborator of Vicky, Areti Gordon, decided to release a book with her life unforgettable singer, without the consent of her family. So her daughters Vicky Moscholiou learned from the Greek magazine "Life & Style", that is to be released book titled, "I remember Vicky Moscholiou."
The book describes the marketing of Moscholiou Vicky, the love, of friendships, of the battle with cancer. The daughters wanted to be informed before this decision, but something is not done and not even bothered to report their decision on the house of their mother. So they sent in non-contentious Areti Gordon for disclosure of their mother's life.
Discography
- 1966: Ένα Μεσημέρι
- 1967: Θαλασσινά φεγγάρια(Συμμετοχή)
- 1969: Κόσμε αγάπη μου
- 1969: Μια Κυριακή
- 1970: Βίκυ Μοσχολιού
- 1970: Το Σαββατόβραδο
- 1972-Περιπέτειες
- 1972-Συνοικισμός Α
- 1973-Στροφές.
- 1973-Τραγουδά Ξαρχάκο Σπανό
- 1974-Νυν και αεί
- 1975-Λαϊκή Παράδοση(Συμμετοχή)
- 1975-Σκοπευτήριο(Συμμετοχή)
- 1976-Ανεξάρτητα(Συμμετοχή)
- 1976-Λεύκωμα
- 1976-Τα Σήμαντρα (Συμμετοχή) Νομικός
- 1977-14 Χρυσές Επιτυχίες
- 1977-Τραγουδά Σπανό
- 1978-14 Χρυσές Επιτυχίες 2
- 1978-Λαϊκά τραγούδια απ' όλο τον κόσμο
- 1979-Όταν σε περιμένω
- 1980-Βίκυ Μοσχολιού
- 1980-Το Τραμ Το Τελευταίο
- 1981-Σκουριασμένα χείλια
- 1982-Αξέχαστες Επιτυχίες
- 1982-Σ΄ένα Κόσμο σαν κι αυτό
- 1982-Τραγούδια της Ευτυχίας
- 1983-Αξέχαστες Επιτυχίες 2
- 1984-Του σίδερου και του νερού
- 1986-Στους ανήσυχους δρόμους
- 1987-Γυμνό
- 1987-Κόκοτας - Μοσχολιού
- 1990-Εφημερία
- 1990-Gro plan
- 1990-Η Αθήνα τη νύχτα
- 1990-Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες
- 1991-Γειά σας που πέφτουν τα σύνορα(Συμμετοχή)
- 1992-Το καινούριο πράμα
- 1993-Τα Μπιζουδάκια
- 1994-Από τους θησαυρούς των 45 στροφών
- 1995-Ο Τζακ Ο΄ Χάρα
- 1995-Οι Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες
- 1995-Τραγουδά Ζαμπέτα
- 1996-Μια γυναίκα δύο άντρες
- 1996-Τραγουδάει Αρχοντορεμπέτικα
- 1996-Τραγούδια από τις 45 στροφές
- 1997-Αξέχαστες επιτυχίες 3
- 1998-Οι Μεγάλες φωνές του Ελληνικού τραγουδιού
- 2000-Τραγούδια από τις 45 στροφές 2
- 2001-Οι Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες 1
- 2002-Μεγάλοι Έλληνες Ερμηνευτές 2
- 2002-Ανοιχτό Βιβλίο
- 2003-Πήρα απ΄τη Νιότη Χρώματα
- 2004-Οι Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες 2
- 2004-Βραδυνό σινιάλο
- 2005-Εγώ εσένα αγαπώ
- 2005-Μοσχολιού Βίκυ 40 Χρόνια
- 2005-21 Μεγάλα τραγούδια
- 2006-Τα Κινηματογραφικά
- 2006-Στα εννέα όγδοα
- 2008-Βίκυ Μοσχολιού: Δεν ξέρω πόσο σ' αγαπώ (A "best-of" compilation in a box set of 6 CDs)
External links
- News of her death, and obituary in Greek. It includes photographs of the singer — from ERT (Greek radio and television news source)
- Βιογραφία της Βίκυς Μοσχολιού (sansimera.gr)
- Η είδηση του θανάτου της Βίκυς Μοσχολιού (in.gr)
- Χρυσοχόος αγόρασε τη βίλα της Μοσχολιού (epsressonews.gr)
- «Μπλόκαραν» το βιβλίο της Μοσχολιού οι κόρες της (newsit.gr)