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Dionysis Savvopoulos (Greek: Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος) is a Greek music composer, lyricist and singer.
He was born in Thessaloniki (=Salonica) on December 2, 1944. In 1963 he moved to Athens, terminating his law studies in favour of his career in music. He met great success since his early days as a musician and soon became very popular, both in Greece and abroad. ThessalonÃki (Θεσσαλονίκη; IPA /θɛ.sa. ...
December 2 is the 336th day (337th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...
Savvopoulos has been noted for being politically active throughout his career in music. In 1967, Savvopoulos was imprisoned for his political convictions by the "regime of the colonels", led by the dictator George Papadopoulos. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
George Papadopoulos Greek Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος, Georgios Papadopoulos, (May 5, 1919 – June 27, 1999) was the head of the military coup détat that took place in Greece on April 21, 1967 and leader of the military regime that ruled the country during the period 1967 - 1974. ...
Most of his songs are wrtten by himself (both lyrics and music). He is still singing but no more composing (since his last CD "The Millenium"). Throughout his career he has sung Greek Rock, Laika (=people's music)and Rebetica.
He is married to Aspasia Arapidou, and has two sons, Kornilios and Romanos.
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