Yiorgos Batis's lyrics & chords

Γιώργος Μπάτης (1885 –1967) was a Greek musician, singer, and writer of rembetika. His name is variously Romanised, including Giorgos Batis, Yiorgos Batis, and Yiorgos Ampatis. Yiorgos Batis was born Γιώργος Τσώρος (Yiorgos Tsoros) in Methana in 1885, and moved to Piraeus when he was very young. He served in the Greek army from 1912 to 1918. In the mid-1920s he opened a music school called "Carmen"; in 1931 he opened a café called "Georges Baté", which became one of the most important centres for rembetiko. He co...read more