New Wave

In the early 1960s the New Wave music movement also emerged. The term originates from the French “nouvelle vague” that dominated the French music and film industry in the late 1950s. The New Wave was characterized by soft songs, often in the form of ballads, performed by a small set of instruments or more often by a single guitar and vocals ÇëÝêôñá Ðáðáêþóôá - ¶êïò Äáóêáëüðïõëïò «Íá äéþîù ôá óýííåöá» [1967]. ÔñáãïõäÜ ç Êáßôç ×ùìáôÜ. These songs were very successful in the 1960s as well as in the early 1970s when it began to deteriorate. These songs were mainly performed in specific pubs, the so called “boites” (boite is French for box). The name denoted the size of the pubs which were generally small. The singer sat close or among the customers, usually playing the guitar himself and urging the customers to sing along.

New Wave songs were popular mainly among young people and created by composers like

Dionysis Savvopoulos «Ï Äéïíýóçò Óáââüðïõëïò óôá óôïýíôéï ôçò Lyra êáôÜ ôç äéÜñêåéá ç÷ïãñÜöçóçò» http://www.lyra.gr/Files/savopoulos-web.JPG Äéïíýóçò Óáââüðïõëïò «Ç Óõííåöïýëá» [1966]. ÔñáãïõäÜ ï óõíèÝôçò Äéïíýóçò Óáââüðïõëïò «Ìéá ç Üíïéîç» [1966]. ÔñáãïõäÜ ï óõíèÝôçò.

Arleta «Ç ÁñëÝôá» ÃéÜííçò Óðáíüò - Ãéþñãïò ÐáðáóôåöÜíïõ «Ìéá öïñÜ èõìÜìáé». ÔñáãïõäÜ ç ÁñëÝôá

Giannis Spanos «Ï ÃéÜííçò Óðáíüò» ÃéÜííçò Óðáíüò - Êþóôáò Êùôïýëáò «Ìáõñïìáëïýóá êïðåëéÜ». Áðüóðáóìá áðü ôçí ôáéíßá «ÓêéÝò óôçí Üììï» (1970). Ôñáãïõäïýí ï Ìé÷Üëçò ÂéïëÜñçò êáé ç Êáßôç ×ùìáôÜ ÃéÜííçò Óðáíüò - ÓùôÞñçò Óêßðçò «¶óðñá êáñÜâéá» [1967]. Ôñáãïõäïýí ç Êáßôç ×ùìáôÜ êáé ï Ìé÷Üëçò ÂéïëÜñçò ÃéÜííçò Óðáíüò - Ãéþñãïò ÐáðáóôåöÜíïõ «Êé áí ó’ áãáðþ äåí ó’ ïñßæù». ÔñáãïõäÜ ï ÃéÜííçò Ðïõëüðïõëïò

Lakis Papas, Giorgos Zografos, and others.