The news of the death of the beloved artist, Manolis Lidakis, who passed away two days before he closed 65 years, has been scattered.

The well -known singer had serious health problems, and had recently been hospitalized.

After the discharge he moved to a friend to calm down from his adventure, but today the news of his death became known.

According to neakriti.gr, he was found dead in Airbnb in Annissara Hersonissos.

Curriculum vitae

Manolis Lidakis was born in Heraklion, Crete and began to deal with music from a very young age. In his 9 years he began his studies at the Conservatory where he studied theory of music, guitar and winds.

His first “formal” contact with live performances took place in the two philharmonic orchestras of Heraklion, in which Manolis Lidakis played an inferior and trumpet from 1970 to 1977.

The 1982 He comes to Athens and goes to the army. During the years that Manolis Lidakis worked as a musician and singer in Taverns and Bouat of Crete.

In Athens, motivated by friends, she takes part in the television show “Here’s the opportunity.” This participation led him to sign his first contract with a record label.

The first disc It was done with George Katsaros in lyrics by Elias Lymberopoulos and title “After you“

Followed his participation in the disk ‘Talk to me just’ With Eleni Dimou and Yiannis Parios.

He also participated in Yiannis Markopoulos’s “Reportage” albums with George Dalaras, “First Night in Athens” by Nikos Xydakis and in several others.

By the 1983 Where Manolis Lidakis started his record career he sang in many nightclubs along with big names and participated in concerts throughout Greece.

The 1988 changes a record company. He signs with Sony Music and the big hits begin.
The station is considered the album “I didn’t even ask” released in 1990. A record signed by: Dimitra Galani, Yiannis Spanos, Stamatis Krounakis, Arleta, Lina Nikolakopoulou, Eftychia Papayannopoulou, Manolis Chiotis and others.

In May 1992, the album “Boat Tonight” was released. In this album, Manolis Lidakis clearly gives his interpretive mark in a way unparalleled in songs by V. Tsitsani, Bayandera, K. Ernani, Dim. Christodoulou, I. Papaioannou, T. Grace, Ef. Papayannopoulou et al. The album became platinum (over 60,000 sales).

In June 1995 The new album is released. Title of the first round “Everyone tells me what to do” with songs by Vassos Alagiannis. Title of the second round “Songs by Dimitris Gogou or Bayandera”. Title of the third cycle “With the Wings of Love” with songs by Elias Katsoulis and Tasos Gronos and title of the fourth round “Nights in Freattida” with songs by: Maria Papadopoulou, Theodoris Goni, Tassos Renzis, Markou Vougiouklakis and two covers by Thymios Papadopoulos. Another complete work by the great performer. The album has become gold and to date has reached 40,000 sales.

In April 1997 A cd single is released with two old Cretan songs adapted by himself, which became platinum. Title of “Stars Don’t Wrap Me”.

In June 1998, his new album entitled “The Sun of January” was released. The songs are signed by Yiannis Spathas, Orpheus Peridis, Haris and Panos Katsimichas, Thodoris Gonis, Alkinoos Ioannides. The album soon became gold, and to date it has approached 50,000.

December 1999. A double cd entitled “Like Old Wine” is released. The first cd includes live songs live recorded in the last five years at Manolis’ concerts. The second contains twelve anecdotal recordings of old good folk songs. Within a short period of time the album became platinum and, to date, has sold 80000 double albums (160,000 according to IFPI measurements at that time).

June 2001. The album “Dream Material” is released. Of the fourteen songs of the album, seven have been composed by George Andreou, while in two of them he has written the lyrics (“I with love Mally”, “With a Secret Oath”) in a third song George Andreou is experimenting with Traditional sounds from Asia Minor and Lakis Lazopoulos adds his lyrics. It is the “if the soul had a voice”. Kostas Livadas has written “to meet” and “I have you I have you”. Two songs are by Socrates Malama in lyrics by Alki Alkaiou. In the song that gives the title to the album and inspired by William Shakespeare’s “trick”, Manolis Lidakis sings a duet with Eleni Tsaligopoulou.

April 2004. The album “The Key” is released. Songs coming from a group of renowned composers and songwriters who have submitted their credentials to Greek song in previous years. Takis Bourma, Christos Nikolopoulos, Heraklis Vavatsikas, Orpheus Peridis, Sophie Pappas, Christos Tsiamoulis, Manolis Karantinis, Stergios Gargalas from composers and Thodoris, Thodoris Goniou
Present in this group and the great absentee of the Greek song Akis Panos, through the new performance of the song “Milling Your Lips and I Lost”.

In the summer of 2005 The cd is released “What I Hold You”. It is an album that includes its earlier successes, four brand new songs and one DVD.

In February of 2006 Manolis Lidakis releases another album, entitled ‘Red Beach’. The album includes 14 songs produced by itself. They stand out his introductory album, “Chorus in the rhythm of Pentozalis” by Manos Hatzidakis, which is the orchestral theme of “Kapetan Michalis” by Nikos Kazantzakis and the Cretan Rizitite “Garden”.

The 2007Manolis Lidakis travels us with “Strictly Laikon” in time interpreting favorite classic folk songs of great artists such as: Vassilis Tsitsani, Apostolos Kaldara, Mikis Theodorakis, Christos Nikolopoulos, Antonis Repanis
and many more.