Tetos Demetriades

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Theodotos ("Tetos") Demetriades (Greek: Θεόδοτος ("Τέτος") Δημητριάδης) was an Ottoman Greek rebetiko musician, born in Istanbul/Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 4 December, 1897, he died 28 November 1971 in Bergen, New Jersey, USA. He moved to the United States in 1921, toward the end of the Turkish–Greek conflict during the last phase of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and establishment of modern Turkey. In 1927 he recorded an early version of the song Miserlou, Misirlou. It's likely that he was familiar with the song, as a folk song, before he moved to the United States. "Misirlou" (Greek: Μισιρλού < Turkish: Mısırlı 'Egyptian' < Arabic: مصر‎‎ Miṣr 'Egypt') is a traditional song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The earliest recordings of the song are a 1919 Egyptian composition called Bint Misr and a 1927 Greek rebetiko composition influenced by Middle-Eastern music. There are also traditional Arabic (belly dancing), Jewish (klezmer), Armenian, Persian and Turkish versions of the song. Misirlou (Μισιρλού) is the feminine form of Misirlis (Μισιρλής) which comes from the Turkish word Mısırlı, which is formed by combining Mısır ("Egypt" in Turkish, borrowed from Arabic) with the Turkish -lı suffix, literally meaning "Egyptian". While the exact folk origin of the song is not well established, it's somewhere in either Egypt or Asia Minor. The earliest known recording of the song is uncertain. The Egyptian musician Sayed Darwish reportedly recorded an early version of

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To What Strange Place : The Music of The Ottoman-American Diaspora, 1916 - 1929

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To What Strange Place : The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora, 1916-1929

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Greek Selection, Vol. 2

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Misirlou - The Route of the Song from the 20's to 50's, on 78 rpm Records

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Ottoman Music of Eastern Europe

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To What Strange Place: The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora, 1916-1929

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To What Strange Place: The Music of The Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916-1929

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Greek Songs In American Way Recordings 1922 - 1952

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To What Strange Place

Misirlou

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To What Strange Place: the Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora, 1916-30

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The Heart of Greece in Songs and Dances

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