ARMENOHORIANOS SYRTOS
Created on 01/12/2011Latest update on 23/10/2023
Artist: Giorgis Koutsourelis
Author: Giorgis Koutsourelis
Label: Columbia
Year: 1949
Lute player from Crete (1914-1994). Along with his Kritiko Syrtaki the main inspiration for the second part of Mikis Theodorakis's hit Zorba's Dance. Both songs reissued on comp Giorgis Koutsourelis 1935-1955. Vocal: Christos Koroniotakis.
Covers:
- 1964:
Mikis Theodorakis [defining elements of the lute part in outro Zorba's Dance, main theme of film Zorba The Greek; n°1 B, n°5 NL, top 10 GER]
- 1965:
Marcello Minerbi [idem; top 10 UK]
- 1965:
Jorgen Ingmann [idem; hit GER]
- 1965:
Trio Hellenique [as La Danse de Zorba; hit B & NL]
- 1965:
Duo Acropolis [hit B & NL]
- 1965:
Dalida [as La Danse de Zorba; hit It & Fr and as Dance My Troubles Away]
- 1965:
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass [as Zorba The Greek, hit US]
- 1966:
Connie Francis [as Dance My Trouble Away]
- 1993:
Attena [in Zorba The Greek; hit B & NL]
- 1998:
LCD [in Zorba's Dance; hit UK]
- 1999:
André Rieu [in Sirtaki (Zorba's Dance)]
- 2010:
Oh Oh Cherso cast [in Oh Oh Cherso; hit NL]
Following the hit, Koutsourelis and Theodorakis ended up disputing rights, settled out of court.
