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NEW WAVE

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 Ηλέκτρα Παπακώστα - Άκος Δασκαλόπουλος «Να διώξω τα σύννεφα» [1967]. Τραγουδά η Καίτη Χωματά. 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 «Ο Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος στα στούντιο της Lyra κατά τη διάρκεια ηχογράφησης» http://www.lyra.gr/Files/savopoulos-web.JPG Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος «Η Συννεφούλα» [1966]. Τραγουδά ο συνθέτης Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος «Μια η άνοιξη» [1966]. Τραγουδά ο συνθέτης.

Arleta «Η Αρλέτα» Γιάννης Σπανός - Γιώργος Παπαστεφάνου «Μια φορά θυμάμαι». Τραγουδά η Αρλέτα

Giannis Spanos «Ο Γιάννης Σπανός» Γιάννης Σπανός - Κώστας Κωτούλας «Μαυρομαλούσα κοπελιά». Απόσπασμα από την ταινία «Σκιές στην άμμο» (1970). Τραγουδούν ο Μιχάλης Βιολάρης και η Καίτη Χωματά Γιάννης Σπανός - Σωτήρης Σκίπης «Άσπρα καράβια» [1967]. Τραγουδούν η Καίτη Χωματά και ο Μιχάλης Βιολάρης Γιάννης Σπανός - Γιώργος Παπαστεφάνου «Κι αν σ’ αγαπώ δεν σ’ ορίζω». Τραγουδά ο Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος

Lakis Papas, Giorgos Zografos, and others.