NOTED HELLENES: Folk bard Giorgos Zambetas

In 1959 Manos Hadjidakis made him a "soloist" in his compositions. In the years to come, Zambetas through his distinct chords made famous the songs of Theodorakis, Xarchakos, Plessas, Markopoulos, Markeas, Tobitsis and many other composers. He also wrote songs with Pythagoras, Cayandas, Preterteris, Papadopoulos, Jefronis, Bakoyannis and Papayannopoulou, and he worked closely with the leading lyricist Haralambos Vasiliadis - Bagdas, the poet Dimitris Christodoulou and Alekos Sakellarios.

His works include more than 250 songs, most of which have been hits, such as Father behave, Romios loved Romia, Stalia-stalia, What did I do and you left me, How sweet love is, The penny, Indeed Sir, the Best Student and so on. With his songs he raised a whole generation of singers: Tolis Voskopoulos, Marinella, Dimitris Mitropanos, Vicky Moscholiou, Stamatis Kokotas, Doukissa and others.

He took part in several theatrical performances and films (Red Lanterns, Lola, Dream Street, etc.).

Straight from the heart, outspoken, humorous, but also "magkas", responding to a journalist's question about his relationship with pot, he replied: "Have I smoked pot? Whole fields!"?

He died on March 10, 1992.