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==Biography== |
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Aristides Saisanas was born in [[Kalamata]], [[Greece]]. At the age of 17, he sailed from Athens to Israel, changing his name to "Aris San" on board. <ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/star-crossed-1.378341 Star crossed]</ref> San began playing at the Arianna nightclub in [[Jaffa]], a bastion of Israelis from [[Salonika]]. Later, he opened four nightclubs of his own. Lucy Maloul, a singer known professionally as Aliza Azikri, visited the club with her manager and husband Nissim Azikri. A romantic relationship developed between Ari San and Azikri that became grist for the gossip columns. <ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/star-crossed-1.378341 Star crossed]</ref> San wrote songs for her (''Bahayim hakol over,'' ''Yesh ahava ata omer'') that opened Israeli society to Greek and Mizrahi music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067034.html |title=Songstress brought Greek music into the mainstream |publisher=Haaretz.com |date= |accessdate=March 24, 2010}}</ref> |
Aristides Saisanas was born in [[Kalamata]], [[Greece]]. At the age of 17, he sailed from Athens to Israel, changing his name to "Aris San" on board. <ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/star-crossed-1.378341 Star crossed]</ref> San began playing at the Arianna nightclub in [[Jaffa]], a bastion of Israelis from [[Salonika]]. Later, he opened four nightclubs of his own. Lucy Maloul, a singer known professionally as Aliza Azikri, visited the club with her manager and husband Nissim Azikri. A romantic relationship developed between Ari San and Azikri that became grist for the gossip columns. <ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/star-crossed-1.378341 Star crossed]</ref> San wrote songs for her (''Bahayim hakol over,'' ''Yesh ahava ata omer'') that opened Israeli society to Greek and Mizrahi music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067034.html |title=Songstress brought Greek music into the mainstream |publisher=Haaretz.com |date= |accessdate=March 24, 2010}}</ref> |
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==Film== |
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*The Mystery of Ari San - Documentary screened at the [[Jerusalem International Film Festival]] in 2007<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/star-crossed-1.378341 Star crossed]</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 09:48, 15 September 2011
Aris San was Greek singer and nightclub owner who popularized Greek music in Israel in the late 1950s and 1960s. [1]
Biography
Aristides Saisanas was born in Kalamata, Greece. At the age of 17, he sailed from Athens to Israel, changing his name to "Aris San" on board. [2] San began playing at the Arianna nightclub in Jaffa, a bastion of Israelis from Salonika. Later, he opened four nightclubs of his own. Lucy Maloul, a singer known professionally as Aliza Azikri, visited the club with her manager and husband Nissim Azikri. A romantic relationship developed between Ari San and Azikri that became grist for the gossip columns. [3] San wrote songs for her (Bahayim hakol over, Yesh ahava ata omer) that opened Israeli society to Greek and Mizrahi music.[4]
Film
- The Mystery of Ari San - Documentary screened at the Jerusalem International Film Festival in 2007[5]
See also
References
- ^ "From margins to mainstream,". Haaretz.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Star crossed
- ^ Star crossed
- ^ "Songstress brought Greek music into the mainstream". Haaretz.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Star crossed