Michalis Rakintzis
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Michalis Rakintzis is one of the most famous male singers in Greece. He was born in Athens. Michalis Rakintzis studied Mechanical Engineering in Britain. In the eighties he sang in a group called Scraptown. After they split up Rakintzis went back to Greece to start a solo career. His breakthrough came in 1987. The song "Moro mou faltso" was a huge success. Readers of the music magazine Popcorn voted him "Best singer of the Year" in 1991.
Michalis Rakintzis worked together with international stars such as Ian Gillan from Deep Purple and rocksinger Bonnie Tyler. He also writes songs for other Greek artists, such as Paschalis, Eleni Dimou, Dimitris kontolazos, Sophia Arvaniti, Stelios Dionisiou, Vassilis Karras.
Michalis participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn. The song, "S.A.G.A..P.O." (I Love You) limped to a disappointing 16th place. The military look and the badly sung English were suggested as reasons why international voters might not have taken to the song.
In July 2003 Michalis Rakintzis released a new solo album.In 2004 he released yet another maxi single, entitled "Taste of you" (Geusi apo esena"). In June 2005, he released "Bar code".
Partial Discography
- 1987 Moro mou faltso
- 1989 Dikaioma gia 1+1
- 1990 Apagogi
- 1991 Na eisai ekei
- 1992 Etsi m' aresei
- 1994 Ethnic
- 1995 H Proti Apeili
- Se ena vradi oti zisoume
- Beba
- 2003 SOLO
- 2004 Geusi apo sena
- 2005 Bar Code