ΔΕΝ ΞΑΝΑΠΑΙΖΩ ΖΑΡΙΑ ΠΙΑ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ "Μπέμπηs" ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΥ

"I'll Never Play Craps Again" This classic rebetiko song laments the losses suffered in shooting dice, and vowing never to gamble again. The performance by Bebis Stergiou
is from an album recorded in 1960 called Greek Town USA. It featured Greek musicians and singers who were performing in the Greek nightclubs along 8th Avenue and 29th Street at that time.
Dimitris "Bebis" Stergiou was born in Piraeus in 1927. He received an education in Byzantine and Classical music. He fell under the spell of the bouzoukee, and became obsessed with mastering it. He became good friends with the great Manolis Xiotis, and was influenced by his unusual dexterity and speed with the instrument. He came to the U.S. and worked in New York in the late 1950's. Stergiou was considered by his peers to be among the greatest bouzoukee players of the golden age of Greek popular music. The "life" he was mesmerized by took its toll on him and he died he died in 1972 at the early age of 45 from alcoholism.
His great bouzoukee and vocal rendition of "Den Ksana Paizo Zaria Pia" is one of the few recordings he made and a legacy to Sterghiou's talent.

[@Σ.Μ.Σ.Σ]

Αξεπέραστη εκτέλεση !
Αξεπέραστος Μήτσος Στεργίου!

[@Vasilis75]

Στεργίου δεν ξαναβγαίνει!!! Μπέμπη αθάνατε!!!!

[@gioan2518]

Τα καλύτερα μπουζούκια σε όλο τον κόσμο Μπέμπης Δημήτρης Στέργιου

[@rudolflooney8849]

The Greek "House of the rising sun". Geia sou Bebis!

[@georgevassiliou9644]

God bless Bebi Stergiou (the Jimi Hendrix of the bouzouki). Bebi's right hand man on guitar was the great Grigoris Vassiliou. Together they were one of the greatest shows in Greek music history. God bless both of you guys. Icons of Greek music.

[@kosta.s8240]

Jimi Hendrix of the bouzouki is xiotis

[@yiannimil1]

@@kosta.s8240 ο χιοτις δεν επαιζε κλασσικο μπουζουκι...
ο νεωτερισμος τον εκανε μεγαλο
και ειχε σπασει και το μπουζουκι του σε μια κοντρα παιξιματος με τον Μπεμπη
get yr facts strai........ na 'oum!!

[@UorykSoalokin]

Μπράβο ρε φίλε που ανέβαζεις τέτοια τραγούδια...

[@ΚαλλιαντασηςΙωαννης]

ΜΑΓΑΛΟΣ ΠΑΙΧΤΗΣ

[@johnnorfolk]

One of my favourite songs to date. I was introduced to rebetiko (/rebetika/rembetika/rembetiko? never sure what to call it) through a perfect compilation called 'Cafe Rebetika'

[@DMNT1911]

Reb(mp)etiko !

[@johnnorfolk]

Bless you, thanks foranswering so quickly. I just found it - two versions in fact with different stereo mixes! :P

[@NeaHellas]

John the album was released in 1959 in New York as "Greek Town USA"
It was rereleased in 1997 asa cd search the itunres store where its current title is Mbembis
The tracks are the original recordings irde back in 1959 while Sterghiou was working at the greek clubs on eight avenue, It was the firsr Greek stereo recod albun ever recooeded

[@jimavagianos]

NeaHellas I think that first greek stereo recordings are NINA Kazantzidis albums recorded in 1958 with Spyro Piperaki as a recording engineer. These 2 Alector albums I own thanks to a friend who brought them to me are later greek stereo recordings.

[@sdimopoulos1979]

MY FATHER HAS ALL THOSE RECORDS

[@ΑνναΑννα-ι7ξ]

@@sdimopoulos1979 that’s great!My great grand grandfather wrote this song and it’s my honor to hear these songs these days...

[@takisloupas6474]

@@ΑνναΑννα-ι7ξ Ποιος είναι ο προπαππος σας??

[@dimitrioszavalakis1894]

Εδώ ο Άρχοντας τραγουδαει

[@ΓιώργοςΚαραγάνης]

Απο αλλο πλανητη ο άνθρωπος αυτος ηταν.,......ετη φωτός μακρια

[@HeadstudiosTV]

Τον θυμάμαι στο μπαράκι, Ψηλός με το μουστάκι Αγέρωχος και Όμορφος εμείς οι ανερχομενοι τον βλέπαμε σαν ίνδαλμα και προσπαθούσαμε να τον μιμηθουμε

[@thesilencer4638]

Πόσο χρονών είστε;

[@gioan2518]

Φίλε μου ο Μπέμπης δεν ήτανε ψηλός

[@HeadstudiosTV]

@@gioan2518 Κι εγώ τόν θυμάμαι στό μπαράκι Σατωβριάνδου Ήτανε ψηλός

[@thedoors1357]

Ψηλός ήταν​@@gioan2518

[@takisloupas6474]

@HeadstudiosTV Πόσο χρονών είστε και τον θυμάστε ????

[@ΚώσταςΜάντζος]

😊

[@Piratis133]

Μεγιστε Μπεμπη

[@anestisdimopoulos2358]

Δεν ακούγεται ο τραγουδιστής γιατί τέτοια μίξη;

[@takisgewrgelhs3924]

Παίξαν όλα τα λεφτά

[@johnnorfolk]

Hey NeaHellas, any chance you could hook a brother up with this album, or a place to buy it? I've had no success in finding it :s J x

[@coracarapan4147]

Barbut sine oprvan kod Grka 🇬🇷

[@panos21aekara15]

Τι είναι το ρακί ρε μάγκες ;

[@gioan2518]

Φίλε είναι το δικό μας τσίπουρο. Το ρακί έχει έρθει από τούς Τούρκους.

[@kritilaw]

Είναι ραμι όχι ρακί. Είναι παιχνίδι με χαρτια

[@georgeaggelou7364]

Πολύ ωραίο τραγούδι αλλά δεν ακούγετε καλά ο τραγουδιστής .

[@gxatzi4256]

Μα δεν έχεις ούτε καν σχετική γνώση; Κι υπογράφεις και Θέατρο σκιών. Αυτό είσαι... Μπέμπης! Μπέμπης λέγεται. Το τραγουδάει και το παίζει απαράμιλλα...

[@paganinios]

@Σπυρος Σπυρου ο Μπεμπης τραγουδαει

[@χρηστοςΜπακολουκας]

UASALODANIA EAS LHBADIASA

[@rudolflooney8849]

Το 'χει πει κι ο Περπινιάδης αλλά εδώ είναι ο Μπέμπης.

[@ΚώσταςΜάντζος]

😊

[@ΚώσταςΜάντζος]

😊