Bagiaderas
Actor · 1903 – 1985 · Pireaus, Greece
Dimitris Gogos (Greek: Δημήτρης Γκόγκος; 28 February 1903 – 18 November 1985) was one of the most influential singers and composers of rebetiko music. Also called Bayianteras (Μπαγιαντέρας), a nickname that was given to him in 1925 for covering and playing in bouzouki Emmerich Kálmán's operetta, Die Bajadere, Gogos wrote songs that met great success and popularity in occupied Greece.
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MovieDocumentaryMusicThe history of Greek folk music - and the history of Greece - starting with the bouzouki: Bayanteras, Tsitsanis, Vamvakaris, Daskalakis, Rosa Eskenazi, Eftychia Papagiannopoulou, Vicky Moscholiou, Marinella, Theodorakis, Hadjidakis. The film, which was rejected by the then Thessaloniki Festival (by the Censorship Committee in 1973, by the Preliminary Committee in 1974), focuses on the sound that served as a compass for great artists, sealed important historical moments of the country and served as a mirror of its era.