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  "slug": "vassilis-tsitsanis",
  "name": "Vassilis Tsitsanis",
  "description": "Vassilis Tsitsanis appears 2 times in our Rebetiko list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/vassilis-tsitsanis/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1948,
    "last": 1949
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "Rebetiko"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "rebetiko",
      "name": "Rebetiko",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/rebetiko/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "vassilis-tsitsanis--synnefiasmeni-kyriaki",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/vassilis-tsitsanis--synnefiasmeni-kyriaki/",
      "title": "Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki",
      "year": 1948,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Begun in occupied Thessaloniki in 1943 and finished in Athens after the war. Greeks treat it as an unofficial anthem, which tells you what the occupation did to the song's subject.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Vassilis%20Tsitsanis%20Synnefiasmeni%20Kyriaki",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG8AiQQrrTc",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 2,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "rebetiko",
        "name": "Rebetiko",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/rebetiko/"
      },
      "artist": "Vassilis Tsitsanis"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "vassilis-tsitsanis--ftohologia",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/vassilis-tsitsanis--ftohologia/",
      "title": "Ftohologia",
      "year": 1949,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Tsitsanis moved the form off the hashish den and onto the general condition of being poor, which is how it survived the ban and became national music.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Vassilis%20Tsitsanis%20Ftohologia",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm_PyA_mwK8",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 6,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "rebetiko",
        "name": "Rebetiko",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/rebetiko/"
      },
      "artist": "Vassilis Tsitsanis"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}