Michalis Genitsaris
Michalis Genitsaris (15 June 1917 – 11 May 2005) was a Greek singer and composer of the rebetiko genre. He was born and died in Agia Sofia, Piraeus. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer.
Michalis Genitsaris
- Full name
- Μιχαήλ Γενίτσαρης.
- Born
- 1917. · Piraeus.
- Died
- 2005. · Piraeus.
- Nationality
- Greece.
- Occupation
- singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist and instrumentalist.
- Fields
- laïko and Rebetiko.
- Languages
- Modern Greek.
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Michalis Genitsaris (15 June 1917 – 11 May 2005) was a Greek singer and composer of the rebetiko genre. He was born and died in Agia Sofia, Piraeus. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer.
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He composed such songs as Ego mangas fenomouna("I looked like a tough guy"), Enas leventis esvise ("A great lad has faded", dedicated to Aris Velouchiotis) etc. He was interviewed for the Australian SBS programme Music of the Outsiders in which he describes his encounter with a policeman when he was seventeen, the age at which he composed Ego mangas fenomouna.
Michalis Genitsaris is recorded with the occupation instrumentalist. Classed in the genre Rebetiko. Classed in the genre laïko. Recorded as singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist and instrumentalist.
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1917
Michalis Genitsaris was born on 15 June 1917.
2005
Michalis Genitsaris died on 11 May 2005.
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