Biography
Yiogos or Yorghos Papasideris was born on September 14, 1902. He was the third of nine children of Christos and Ekaterini Papasiderio (or Papaisidrou). His father owned a store called "Pipeiries" (peppers) which was open only in the summer and in which a lot of artists appeared such as Mitsos Arapakis, Dimitris Atraidis, Roukounas, etc.
During the rest of the year the family worked as transporters of construction materials.
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At age 14, Yiorgos Papasideris was working as a deck boy on the ship of Yorghos Mathessis.
His neighbor, Sideris Andrianos heard him sing and noticed his unusual voice. He had a meeting with Columbia records in Greece and began recording.
From 1928-1977 he recorded 1,850 songs including Folk, Smyrean, Arvanitic and Rebetika songs. In 1930 he married Afroditi Isidrou Tseva and they had one son, Christos Papisidrou who became a doctor.
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