anolis Rasoulis wrote the lyrics. Manos Loizos composed the music. Haris Alexiou was the first tο sing this song in 1979. Later on many artists covered it in many ways but the charm and innocence of the first recording can be met in extremely few of these efforts.
Haris Alexiou and Manos Loizos in 1979
Bit of info about Manos Loizos dragged from the wikipedia:
"Manos Loïzos (Μάνος Λοΐζος, also transliterated as Loizos and Loisos) was considered to be one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.BiographyHe was born on 22 October 1937 to Cypriot immigrants in Alexandria, Egypt. His parents came from the small village of Ayious Vavatsinias, in the district of Larnaca, Cyprus. Loizos moved to Athens at the age of 17 intending to study pharmacology but soon gave up his studies in order to concentrate on his musical career. He was a self-taught musician, with no formal musical arts training. His first recordings were made in 1963 but he started gaining a larger audience after 1967. By 1975 Loizos had become one of the most popular artists in Greek music.He died on 17 September 1982 in a hospital in Moscow, Soviet Union after suffering several strokes. He was well known for his leftist political ideology and was an outspoken critic of the Greek military junta. He was also an active member of the Greek Communist Party.In 1985, a big concert dedicated to his memory took place in the Athens Olympic Stadium, attended by more than 50,000 people. Manos Loizos' songs and music remain popular until today among all ages of the Greek society."
Manolis Rasoulis. I am not sure whether I can describe that guys life. I will just give you the link to the most "cult" site you might have experienced and... it's your responsibility to go through it! One thing for sure, is that I am not gonna say a single word about Haris Alexiou. Google is your friend (or "kato vitu googlesta" - as you might say... more politely). I am not even uploading here the first recording.
Manolis Rasoulis with his daughter Natalia Rasoulis sing "Everything Reminds Me of You" together. Genial. The translation given below is dragged from stixoi.info.
Everything Reminds Me of You (Όλα σε θυμίζουν / Ola se thymizoun)
lyrics: Manolis Rasoulis (Μανώλης Ρασούλης)
music: Manos Loizos (Μάνος Λοΐζος)
vocals (here): Natalia Rasoulis, Manolis Rasoulis
Everything reminds me of you
Simple, beloved,
everyday things of yours
seem to be waiting along with me
for you to come; even if there was no other sunrise to follow
All our love fills the room
just like a song we used to sing together
Faces and words, and this dream that now is creaking…
What will be true, when the dawn comes?
Everything reminds me of you
Simple, beloved,
everyday things of yours…
Everything reminds me of you
All our closest friends
are now in the tavern, or at the cinema
On my own here, I’m reading the letter you had sent me
Before we kissed for the very first time
All our love fills the room
just like a song we used to sing together
Faces and words, and this dream that now is creaking…
What will be true, when the dawn comes?
Everything reminds me of you
Simple, beloved,
everyday things of yours…
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