Στελλάκης Περπινιάδης Greece

Biography

Στέλιος Περπινιάδης (Stelios Perpiniadis, 1899 - September 4, 1977), better known as Στελλάκης (Stellakis), was a Greek folk musician who wrote, sang, and played guitar in the rebetiko style. He was the father of another well-known Greek folk musician, Βαγγέλης Περπινιάδης (Vangelis Perpiniadis). Περπινιάδης was born in Tinos, and in 1923 moved to Piraeas, where he came into contact with rebetiko musicians from Asia Minor.