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Markos Vamvakaris (10/05/1905 - 08/02/1972)
Markos Vamvakariswas one of the most important Greek musicians of Rebetiko.He was born in Syrosin 1905, the first of six siblings.
Because of the financial difficulties of his family, Vamvakaris was forced to leave school and work as a shoeblack, paperboy, worker at spinning mills, etc. When he was 12, he left Syrosand went to Piraeus, later followed by his family.
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There, he worked as a docker and as a skinner from 1925 to 1935. During that period, he married his first wife, Helena Mavroeidi, while he also started learning to play the bouzouki and compose his first songs.
Along with three other musicians, he formed a progressive for the time music group.
In 1933, he released the first bouzouki recording in Greece, singing all of the songs included despite his hesitation concerning his voice. His marriage was not successful and his wife cheated on him. After a long period of arguments, they divorced and Vamvakaris composed a series of