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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| image = Μανώληςχιώτης.jpg<br />
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| caption = Manolis Hiotis<br />
| background = solo_singer<br />
| birth_name = Emmanouil Chiotis<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|3|21}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|3|21|1921|3|21}}<br />
| death_place = [[Athens]], [[Greece]]<br />
| genre = [[Laiko|Laikon]], Elafrolaikon<br />
| occupation = {{flatlist|<br />
* Musician<br />
* singer<br />
* songwriter<br />
* producer<br />
}}<br />
| instrument = {{hlist|Bouzouki| guitar|vocals}}<br />
| years_active = 1935–1970<br />
| label = <br />
| associated_acts = <br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Manolis Chiotis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Μανώλης Χιώτης; March 21, 1921 – March 21, 1970) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[rebetiko]] and [[laiko]] composer, singer, and [[bouzouki]] player.<ref name=sansim>{{cite web | url = http://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/345 | script-title=el:Μανώλης Χιώτης (1921 – 1970) | language = Greek |trans-title=Manolis Chiotis (1921 - 1970) | publisher = SanSimera.gr}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sansimera.gr%2Fbiographies%2F345 English translation])</ref> He is considered one of the greatest bouzouki soloists of all time. He popularised the four-course bouzouki (tetrachordo) and introduced the guitar-like tuning, which he found better suited to the kind of virtuoso playing he was famous for.<ref name="Schorelis1977–87" /><br />
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Chiotis had other successes. In the summer of 1961, he played for [[Aristotle Onassis]] and [[Maria Callas]], [[Prince Rainier III of Monaco]] and [[Grace Kelly]]. Journalist [[Dimitris Liberopoulos]], Onassis’ biographer, writes in his book that when the two couples joined one of Chiotis’ shows in [[Athens]], they asked to meet him in person to congratulate him.<br />
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Callas told Chiotis that she had been translating the lyrics of his songs to Princess Grace all night long and the American actress loved them because “she is a woman in love.” At that moment, Kelly asked Chiotis what the difference between a bouzouki and an electric guitar is.<br />
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Chiotis’ answer was rather unexpected; “Mrs. Callas, please explain to Princess Grace that the strings of an electric guitar vibrate due to electricity, while the strings of a bouzouki vibrate through the heart.”{{cn|date=September 2022}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist|refs=<br />
<ref name="Schorelis1977–87">Tasos Schorelis, ''Ρεμπέτικη Ανθολογία'' (''Rebetiki Anthologia''), in Greek, four volumes, Athens 1977–1987.</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bouzouki]]<br />
* [[Rebetes]]<br />
* [[Rebetiko]]<br />
* [[Laiko]]<br />
* [[Greek nightclubs]]<br />
* [[Greek music]]<br />
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{{Rembetika}}<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiotis, Manolis}}<br />
[[Category:1921 births]]<br />
[[Category:1970 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Greek Macedonians]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Thessaloniki]]<br />
[[Category:Greek male songwriters]]<br />
[[Category:Rebetiko musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Greek bouzouki players]]<br />
[[Category:Greek rebetiko singers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Greek male singers]]</div>imported>Frietjes