Vicky Moscholiou
Vicky Moscholiou | |
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Birth name | Vasiliki Moscholiou |
Born | May 17, 1943 |
Origin | Athens, Greece |
Died | August 16, 2005 62) | (aged
Genres | Greek Popular & Entechno Song |
Years active | 1962–2005 |
Vicky Moscholiou (Greek: Βίκυ ΜοσχολιοÏ, [ˈvici mosxoˈʎu], 17 May 1943 – 16 August 2005), born in Metaxourgeio in Athens, was a Greek singer. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked Moscholiou the 13th top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era (since 1960).[1]
Biography
Early years
Vicky Moscholiou was born during the German Occupation of Greece, a time of hardship and privation. Her family lived in one room. Her father worked in the vegetable market, and her mother suffered from consumption and received a small allowance. They managed to scrape together the money for a plot of land in Upper Agia Varvara and build a home there. Two more children followed, a brother and sister.
"Agia Varvara then, and especially where we lived, was empty. A few houses, endless fields, and quite a few gypsies with their bears and their songs. There was great poverty but I liked it there. I’d wander around barefoot all day, run, play with the other children, fall, hurt myself, get up and do the same all over again. There was however civility and compassion, a feeling for others which I think has slowly vanished with the years."[2]
Her grandfather and grandmother worked at the National Theatre of Greece. He did the lighting, she the costumes. Vicky would go with her grandfather and watch the shows. She dreamed of being an actress, but ended up a singer.
Her first break came in 1962 through the intervention of her cousin Effie Linda. Grigoris Bithikotsis remembers how she came to him and asked him to audition Vicky when he was rehearsing for a season at Vasilis Cheilas’ club Triana. They arranged a time but Bithikotsis arrived late and nearly missed her.
"You know, if I’d been stopped by traffic lights that afternoon, Vicky Moscholiou might not have become a singer. Listen then: I go through a red light, arrive outside Triana, park my car and see a girl and a woman leaving. Afterwards I learnt it was her mother. The young girl recognised me." Mr Bithikotsis, I’m Vasiliki, Vicky Moscholiou, about whom my cousin told you. Mr Kostas Papadopoulos and the musicians in the band listened to me and they told me I wouldn’t do.
Come inside, I said to her, so that I can listen to you as well.
So we went inside again, and she and her mother sat down. As soon as I approached the stage Kostas Papadopoulos said to me, "The girl sings out of tune..."
Let me hear her as well, I said.
She sang two songs—I forget which—and I realised that her voice was different...[3]
Thanks to Bithikotsis Vicky was hired to perform at the "Triana". However this was only a small start. Vicky was given a song to sing occasionally, and acknowledges that she learnt much from Bithikotsis and Doukissa with whom she worked.
Career & Commercial Success
She rose to fame in 1964 with Stavros Xarhakos' song "Hathike to feggari" (The Moon is Lost), which was composed for the movie Lola. According to Bithikotsis, the composer Xarhakos told Bithikotsis he needed a singer with a different kind of voice for a particular song. Bithikotsis suggested he try Vicky, and took her along to be auditioned. However Giorgos Zampetas remembers things differently.
"One day Stavros Xarhakos came to the shop. Lambropoulos had instructed him to get Moscholiou to sing a song in a film. He fancied her a lot. We regarded her as just a 200 drachma singer. I took 850 drachmas and Bithikotsis—I don’t know. And he takes Moscholiou to record and me to play bouzouki."[4]
She continued with collaborations with Giorgos Zambetas, Manos Eleutheriou, Giorgos Katsaros, Akis Panou, and Loukianos Kilaidonis, among other well-known composers and songwriters. Songs she is famous for include "Paei, paei", "Aliti", "Pou pas choris agapi", "Nautis bgike sti steria", "Ta deilina", "Oi metanastes", "Anthropoi monachoi", and many more.
Two of her hits gave their names to night clubs in Athens, "Deilina" (Dusks) and "Ximeromata" (Daybreaks). She was one of the first in Greece to sing both in night clubs and concerts, and she has also sung in the royal courts of Greece, Persia and Jordan. She was also one of the first entertainers to sing in aid of Cyprus.
Personal life
In 1967, she married the soccer legend Mimis Domazos, although later they divorced. They had two daughters, Evangelia and Rania.
She died in Athens in 2005 following a two-year battle with cancer, leaving a legacy of truly significant cultural achievements.
In 2008, following a public dispute between Vicky's two daughters, the villa she lived in was sold fully furnished to the wealthy goldsmith Panagiotis Stylianoudis and his spouse Villy Kamarinopoulou.[5]
In 2010, a close collaborator of Vicky, Areti Gordon, decided to release a book with her life unforgettable singer, without the consent of her family. So her daughters Vicky Moscholiou learned from the Greek magazine "Life & Style", that is to be released book titled, "I remember Vicky Moscholiou." The book describes the marketing of Moscholiou Vicky, the love, of friendships, of the battle with cancer. The daughters wanted to be informed before this decision, but something is not done and not even bothered to report their decision on the house of their mother. So they sent in non-contentious Areti Gordon for disclosure of their mother's life.
Discography
- 1966: Ένα ΜεσημÎÏι
- 1967: Θαλασσινά φεγγάÏια(Συμμετοχή)
- 1969: Κόσμε αγάπη μου
- 1969: Μια ΚυÏιακή
- 1970: Βίκυ ΜοσχολιοÏ
- 1970: Το ΣαββατόβÏαδο
- 1972-ΠεÏιπÎτειες
- 1972-Συνοικισμός Α
- 1973-ΣτÏοφÎÏ‚.
- 1973-ΤÏαγουδά ΞαÏχάκο Σπανό
- 1974-Îυν και αεί
- 1975-Λαϊκή ΠαÏάδοση(Συμμετοχή)
- 1975-ΣκοπευτήÏιο(Συμμετοχή)
- 1976-ΑνεξάÏτητα(Συμμετοχή)
- 1976-ΛεÏκωμα
- 1976-Τα ΣήμαντÏα (Συμμετοχή) Îομικός
- 1977-14 ΧÏυσÎÏ‚ Επιτυχίες
- 1977-ΤÏαγουδά Σπανό
- 1978-14 ΧÏυσÎÏ‚ Επιτυχίες 2
- 1978-Λαϊκά Ï„ÏαγοÏδια απ' όλο τον κόσμο
- 1979-Όταν σε πεÏιμÎνω
- 1980-Βίκυ ΜοσχολιοÏ
- 1980-Το ΤÏαμ Το Τελευταίο
- 1981-ΣκουÏιασμÎνα χείλια
- 1982-ΑξÎχαστες Επιτυχίες
- 1982-Σ΄Îνα Κόσμο σαν κι αυτό
- 1982-ΤÏαγοÏδια της Ευτυχίας
- 1983-ΑξÎχαστες Επιτυχίες 2
- 1984-Του σίδεÏου και του νεÏοÏ
- 1986-Στους ανήσυχους δÏόμους
- 1987-Γυμνό
- 1987-Κόκοτας - ΜοσχολιοÏ
- 1990-ΕφημεÏία
- 1990-Gro plan
- 1990-Η Αθήνα τη νÏχτα
- 1990-Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες
- 1991-Γειά σας που Ï€Îφτουν τα σÏνοÏα(Συμμετοχή)
- 1992-Το καινοÏÏιο Ï€Ïάμα
- 1993-Τα Μπιζουδάκια
- 1994-Από τους θησαυÏοÏÏ‚ των 45 στÏοφών
- 1995-Ο Τζακ Ο΄ ΧάÏα
- 1995-Οι Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες
- 1995-ΤÏαγουδά ΖαμπÎτα
- 1996-Μια γυναίκα δÏο άντÏες
- 1996-ΤÏαγουδάει ΑÏχοντοÏεμπÎτικα
- 1996-ΤÏαγοÏδια από τις 45 στÏοφÎÏ‚
- 1997-ΑξÎχαστες επιτυχίες 3
- 1998-Οι Μεγάλες φωνÎÏ‚ του Î•Î»Î»Î·Î½Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Ï„ÏαγουδιοÏ
- 2000-ΤÏαγοÏδια από τις 45 στÏοφÎÏ‚ 2
- 2001-Οι Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες 1
- 2002-Μεγάλοι Έλληνες ΕÏμηνευτÎÏ‚ 2
- 2002-Ανοιχτό Βιβλίο
- 2003-ΠήÏα απ΄τη Îιότη ΧÏώματα
- 2004-Οι Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες 2
- 2004-Î’Ïαδυνό σινιάλο
- 2005-Εγώ εσÎνα αγαπώ
- 2005-ÎœÎ¿ÏƒÏ‡Î¿Î»Î¹Î¿Ï Î’Î¯ÎºÏ… 40 ΧÏόνια
- 2005-21 Μεγάλα Ï„ÏαγοÏδια
- 2006-Τα ΚινηματογÏαφικά
- 2006-Στα εννÎα όγδοα
- 2008-Βίκυ ΜοσχολιοÏ: Δεν ξÎÏω πόσο σ' αγαπώ (A "best-of" compilation in a box set of 6 CDs)
Bibliography
Βίκυ ΜοσχολιοÏ: Δεν ξÎÏω πόσο σ' αγαπώ (Biography) by Κώστας ΜπαλαχοÏτης, 2008 (A booklet accompanying the box set with the same title.)
References
- ↑ Chart Show: Your Countdown. Alpha TV. Airdate: 14 March 2010
- ↑ Quoted by Κώστας ΜπαλαχοÏτης in Βίκυ ΜοσχολιοÏ: Δεν ξÎÏω πόσο σ' αγαπώ (Biography), 2008. Translated from the Greek by Pavlos Andronikos.
- ↑ From Εγώ ο Î£ÎµÏ by ΓÏηγόÏης Μπιθικώτσης (Κοχλίας, 2002). Translated from the Greek by Pavlos Andronikos.
- ↑ From Βίος και πολιτεία by ΓιώÏγος ΖαμπÎτας (ÎÏ„Îφι, 1997). Translated from the Greek by Pavlos Andronikos.
- ↑ See ΧÏυσοχόος αγόÏασε τη βίλα της ÎœÎ¿ÏƒÏ‡Î¿Î»Î¹Î¿Ï (espressonews.gr)
- ↑ "Vicky Mosholiou".
External links
- News of her death, and obituary in Greek. It includes photographs of the singer — from ERT (Greek radio and television news source)
- ΒιογÏαφία της Βίκυς ÎœÎ¿ÏƒÏ‡Î¿Î»Î¹Î¿Ï (sansimera.gr)
- Η είδηση του θανάτου της Βίκυς ÎœÎ¿ÏƒÏ‡Î¿Î»Î¹Î¿Ï (in.gr)
- ΧÏυσοχόος αγόÏασε τη βίλα της ÎœÎ¿ÏƒÏ‡Î¿Î»Î¹Î¿Ï (epsressonews.gr)
- «ΜπλόκαÏαν» το βιβλίο της ÎœÎ¿ÏƒÏ‡Î¿Î»Î¹Î¿Ï Î¿Î¹ κόÏες της (newsit.gr)
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