A rebetis (Greek: ρεμπέτης ; pl. rebetes ρεμπέτες ) was a musician involved in the scene of the Greek musical genre of rebetiko, which flourished between 1911 and 1967.
Prominent rebetes include: Rita Abatzi Angela Papazoglou Babis Tsertos Yiorgos Batis Sotiria Bellou Anestis Delias Kyria Koula Roza Eskenazi Mihalis Genitsaris Dimitris Gogos (Bayianderas) Giannis Eitziridis (Yovan Tsaous) Apostolos Hatzichristos Manolis Hiotis Manolis Chrysafakis Anna Chrysafi Apostolos Nikolaidis Marika Ninou Giannis Papaioannou Vangelis Papazoglou Stratos Pagioumtzis Stelios Perpiniadis (Stellakis) Kostas Roukounas Kostas Skarvelis Prodromos Tsaousakis Vassilis Tsitsanis Markos Vamvakaris (Markos) Kostas Kaplanis Andonis Kalyvopoulos A. Kostis Antonis Diamantidis (Antonis Dalgas) Giorgos Theologitis (Katsaros) Stelios Keromytis Giorgos Mouflouzelis Giorgos Kavouaras Odysseas Moshonas
Note: Sometimes (not without controversy) this definition is extended to include modern day performers of this kind of music, such as Babis Goles and Agathonas Iakovidis.
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