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Mitropanos lived in his native city of Trikala in northwest Thessaly until the age of 16, beginning his musical career in...
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Dimitris Mitropanos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μητροπάνος) (2 April 1948 – 17 April 2012) was a Greek singer.
He was renowned for his mastery of Laïkó, a Greek music style.
In memoriam of Dimitris Mitropanos, popular and beloved Greek singer, an extraordinary talent, a long-time outspoken supporter of the.
Biography
Mitropanos lived in his native city of Trikala in northwest Thessaly until the age of 16, beginning his musical career in 1964.
He worked with some of the best known Greek composers, such as Mikis Theodorakis,[1] Stavros Xarhakos, Giorgos Zabetas, Manos Hatzidakis, Marios Tokas and Thanos Mikroutsikos,[2] and was one of the top performers of Greek popular music for over four decades.
Early years
From an early age Mitropanos worked summers to help his family financially.
First as a waiter in his uncle's restaurant and later at ribbon cutting wood. After the third grade of junior high, in 1964, he went to Athens to live with his uncle in the Acharnon street. Before finishing high school he began working as a singer.
Career
At the same age, after the encouragement of Grigoris Bithikotsis, who