Rita Abatzi

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Rita Abatzi (also spelled Abadzi; Greek: Ρίτα Αμπατζή) (1914 – 17 June 1969) was a Greek rebetiko musician who began her career in the first part of the 1930s. She was born in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey. Some sources have given her year of birth as 1903. A versatile singer of rebetiko, Smyrneika and other music, she was a popular performer on gramophone records in the 1930s. During that decade, the only female singer of rebetiko who rivalled her in popularity, and in the number of her recordings, was Roza Eskenazi. Abatzi performed with many of the most famous musicians including Panayiotis Toundas, Vangelis Papazoglou, Kostas Skarvelis, Iakovos Montanaris, Spyros Peristeris, Dimitrios Semsis, I. Ogdontaki up to Markos Vamvakaris and Vassilis Tsitsanis. Her career ended after World War II. She died in Egaleo (Athens), Greece. Her sister, Sofia Karivali, was also a notable singer of rebetiko. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Topography of Rebetiko Song

The Outlaws in Rebetiko Song Recordings 1931-1957

Rebetika Old Time Greek Music

Songs for Asia minor refugees Recordings 1927-1954

Rita Abatzi Vol. 4: Recordings 1933 - 1939 / Singers of Greek popular song in 78 rpm

Greek Popular Songs of Emmigration - Recordings 1926 - 1951 / Greek Phograph

Rita Abatzi Recordings 1931 - 1937 / Singers of Greek folk song in 78 rpm

Original Masters - 61 Amazing Recordings

Rita Abatzi Vol. 2: Recordings 1932 - 1950

Rita Abatzi Vol. 3: Recordings 1933 - 1937

Songs of Cafe aman Recordings 1930 - 1954

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I Garsona (78 Rmp Recordings 1937-1939)

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