Marika Ninou

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Marika Ninou (Greek: Μαρίκα Νίνου) (1922 – 23 February 1957), was an Armenian-Greek rebetiko singer, born Evangelia Atamian (Greek: Ευαγγελία Αταμιάν). When she was seven years old, Ninou started going to the Armenian school "Zavarian". There she learned the mandolin and joined the school orchestra. Meanwhile, because of her voice qualities, she chanted at the Armenian Church of St. Hagop in Kokkinia. In 1939, she married her first husband, and in 1940 gave birth to their son Ovanes. In 1947, Soviet ships came to Greece to take the Armenians who would want to leave and go to Armenia. Half the Armenian population of Thessaloniki and Athens left. Among them was Ninou's husband who left his wife and son behind. She met the acrobat Nikos Nikolaides "Nino" in 1944 and married him. They began to perform together as "The Duo Nino". When her son joined the act they became "the Two-and-a-half Nino". In a performance of the Ninos, the artist Petros Kyriakos heard her singing and recommended her to Manolis Chiotis. Chiotis recorded two songs with her in 1948. In October, 1948, Stelakis Perpiniadis (Greek: Στελλάκης Περπινιάδης) brought her under his wing as a singer at the Florida club. By 1949, Ninou had begun working with Vassilis Tsitsanis at Fat Jimmy's, a place that would come to play a decisive role in both their lives, with the Tsitsanis-Ninou pairing coming to possess a very special place in the history of the music of Greece. In October, 1951, Ninou performed with Tsitsan

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Greek Popular Song in USA Vol. 1

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Ta Laika

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The Imam Baildi Cookbook

Ta Kavourakia, Megales Epitixies

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Ta Portreta Tis Minos - Emi

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Paixte Bouzoukia (Songs Of Vassilis Tsitsanis 1949 - 1954)

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I Megali Tou Rebetikou (Vol. 19)

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To deka to kalo

Marika Ninou, Megala Rempetika

Marika Ninou / Vasilis Tsitsanis

Marika Ninou, The Unique The Best Greek Popular Songs, 1948-1956

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Athanata rebetika

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