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Γιάννης Παπαϊωάννου
real name Ιωάννης Παπαϊωάννου = Ιoánnis Papaïoánnou
Γιάννης Παπαϊωάννου is credited on 295 albums across 1,113 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,113
Credits
295
Albums
8
Decades active
2
In collections
Biography
Yánnis Papaïoannou was a Greek bouzouki player and a prominent rebetiko composer, lyricist & singer. Born January 18, 1913 in Kios, Asia Minor, Ottoman Empire - Died August 3, 1972 in Pérama, Piraeus, Greece.
At the end of 1936, Ευάγγελος Γρυπάρης introduced Yannis Papaïoannou to Μίνως Μάτσας. Papaïoannou played the first song he had ever written, Φαληριώτισσα (opens in a new tab), to Matsas, who liked it, and within a few days the song was recorded, released and became a huge hit. It was his first recording.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,113 releases · 295 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 1,692
- Other credits · 396
Studios: ERA Studio · Action Studio, Athens · Τζίμης Ο Χονδρός · Columbia Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Jim Apostolou
- Unknown Artist
- Tacticos And His Bouzoukis
- Trio Belcanto
- Akis Lymouris
- Dimitri Plessas
- Candan Erçetin
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