Nikos Papazoglou

Who was Nikos Papazoglou?

Nikolaos Papazoglou was a Thessaloniki-born Greek singer-songwriter, musician, and producer.

Papazoglou began performing in a number of Greek local groups in the 1960s. In 1972, he moved to Aachen in Germany with the group Zilotis in an attempt to break into the international music scene. The group recorded six songs in Milan, Italy. Shortly afterwards, he returned to Greece.

In 1976, Greek songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos invited him to participate in Acharnees, a cycle of songs and stage acts based on the ancient comedy by Aristophanes. There Papazoglou met Manolis Rasoulis and the two, along with Dionysis Savvopoulos and Nikos Xydakis, produced in 1978 the influential Ekdikisi Tis Gyftias. The work received critical acclaim. Papazoglou and Rasoulis cooperated the following year in another successful work, Ta Dithen.

Since 1984 the artist organized his tours by himself. He and his band known as Loxi falaga, played in small venues in villages and small islands, gaining huge popularity with the general public.