Dionysis Savvopoulos

Thessaloniki, Greece

Dionysis Savvopoulos

Biography

Dionysis Savvopoulos (Greek: Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος, 2 December 1944 - October 22, 2025) was a prominent Greek singer - songwriter. Savvopoulos was born in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece (December 1944) in a middle-class family. He passed his university entrance exams and enrolled in the Aristotle University to study law, but after his first year of his studies, his passion for music and politics led to an argument with his father and he dropped out in 1963. Savvopoulos then hitchhiked on a truck to Athens and took various odd jobs, including working as a nude model for students in the Athens School for Fine Arts and as a journalist in a newspaper. In Athens, he began singing and playing guitar in various night clubs and became closely associated with the so-called Greek New Wave. Although Savvopoulos was not famed for his voice, his talent in songwriting impressed Alekos Patsifas, the director of LYRA record company in Greece which was specializing in artists...

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Βαριετέ

Αθήνα 2004: Τελετή Λήξης Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων (Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας)

Ζωντανοί Στο Κύτταρο - Σκηνές Rock

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