Michalis Rakintzis
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Michalis Rakintzis (born early 1960s) is one of the most famous male singers in Greece. He was born in Athens. Michalis Rakintzis studied Mechanical Engineering in Great 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".
[edit] Partial discography
- 1987 Moro mou faltso (maxi-single)
- 1987 Moro mou faltso (album) - GOLD (with the participation of Eleni Demou)
- 1989 Dikaioma gia 1+1 (album) - GOLD
- 1990 Apagogi (album) - GOLD
- 1991 Na eisai ekei (album) - GOLD
- 1992 Get away (maxi-single) - GOLD (with the participation of Ian Gillan)
- 1992 Etsi m' aresei (album) - GOLD ( -->>-- -->>- )
- 1994 Ethnic (album) - PLATINUM
- 1995 Kardoula mou ego ki esy (maxi-single)
- 1995 H Proti apili (album) - PLATINUM
- 1996 Trancemix (album)
- 1997 Se ena vradi oti zisoume (album) - GOLD
- 1997 Beba (maxi-single)
- 1998 Se ena katastroma (maxi-single) - GOLD
- 1998 Kathreftis (album) - GOLD
- 1999 Ton filo sou zilevo (album) - GOLD
- 2000 Oti kanis sou kano (maxi-single) - GOLD
- 2001 Oniro 13 (album)
- 2002 S.A.G.A.P.O. (album)
- 2003 SOLO (2cds)
- 2005 Bar Code (album)
- 2006 Made in Greece
Mihalis' discography with others artists:
- 1986 Pashalis - 9 tropoi agapis (Katerina,Katerinaki - Pes, pes, pes)
- 1987 Sakis Mpoulas "As prosehes" (Mihalis composed all the album)
- 1991 Sofia Arvaniti - "Mi mou milas gia kalokairia" (he composed all the album) - GOLD
- 1992 Sofia Arvaniti - "Parafora" (he composed all the album with the participation of Bonnie Tyler) - GOLD
- 1997 Vasilis Karras - "M'ehis kani aliti" (he composed 10 out of 11 songs of the album)- PLATINUM
- 2000 Sofia Arvaniti - "Symptomatika" (he composed 2 songs for this album: "Se pao opos ise" & "Symptomatika")
- 2000 Angelos Dionysiou - "Mia peripetia" (Lyrics & Music by Mihalis)
- 2001 Giannis Karmas - "Eho pari fora" (Lyrics & Music by Mihalis)
- 2001 Stelios Dionysiou - "Den pa na vrehi" (2 songs were written by Mihalis: "Pes tou magka" & "Sto para pente")
- 2002 Dimitris Kontolazos - "Ola exo" (Lyrics & Music by Mihalis)
- 2006 Trilogy - "Nisaki ston Okeano" (Music & Lyrics by Mihalis)
