Tasos bougas
Tasos Bougas ( Greek Τάσος Μπουγάς ), in other spellings also Tassos Bougas , Tasos Bugas (see Greeklish ) (* 1943 in Pyrgos in the Peloponnese ) is a Greek singer. He is also known by his nickname Planitarchis (world ruler ).
biography
Tasos Bougas was born in 1943 in the city of Pyrgos in the Peloponnese. He started singing as a child. After winning a casting, he moved to Athens when he was 16 . However, he had to interrupt his career due to military service, which he performed in Cyprus, among other places . Bougas grew in popularity in the 1970s, but its greatest successes came in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Bougas' style is characterized by laiki music, tsifteteli and strongly oriental sounds. A frequent accompanying instrument is the bouzouki . He has already interpreted several traditional and well-known songs in his typical style, which is why some cover versions can be found among his songs . His last album was released in 2012.
Frequent themes in his songs are success, money and women. In the song Ela ston Papou (Come to Grandpa) he parodies Bill Clinton's sexual affair .
Bougas' trademarks are sunglasses and cigarettes . He is also known in Greece for his wild life and affairs with women. He was married eleven times and now lives with two women at the same time.
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- Γιώργος Στεφανόπουλος: 100 γνωστοί Έλληνες τραγουδιστές (Jiorgos Stefanopulos: 100 famous Greek singers )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bougas, Tasos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bougas, tassos; Bugas, tasos; Planitarchis, Tasos; Μπουγάς, Τάσος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pyrgos in the Peloponnese |