Giorgos Zampetas was born in Athens, where he died, but his origins were from the island of Kythnos.
11 Facts About Giorgos Zampetas
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Giorgos Zampetas, Greek music composer, singer and one of the greatest bouzouki artists was born in Metaxourgio area of Athens, on 25 January 1925.
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Giorgos Zampetas's parents were Mihalis Zampetas, a barber, and Marika Moraiti, the niece of a well-known baritone of those years.
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From a very young age, Zampetas showed a great interest in music: as he was helping his father in his barber shop, he secretly played his first melodies on a bouzouki.
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At the young age of 13, Giorgos Zampetas met one of the most famous figures in Greek music, and one of his idols, Vassilis Tsitsanis which played a fundamental role in his musical career.
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Giorgos Zampetas was one of the most recognized Greek musicians of all times, working in the Greek cinema of those years with stars such as Aliki Vouyouklaki.
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Giorgos Zampetas appeared in many Greek film productions, and his compositions used in many, one of the most famous being "Siko Horepse Sirtaki".
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Giorgos Zampetas worked with famous Greek composers, such as Manos Hadjidakis in 1959, and there after collaborated with various leading Greek musicians such as Theodorakis, Stavros Xarchakos and many others.
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Giorgos Zampetas died of bone cancer at the age of 67, in the Sotiria Hospital of Athens.
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Giorgos Zampetas was survived by family in Greece, as well as extended family members throughout the Greek diaspora.
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Giorgos Zampetas is recognised as one of the most famous and most significant composers, and musicians that have contributed to the Greek Laiko music genre.