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Greek singer

Nana Mouskouri OQ
Mouskouri in 1966
Birth name	Ιωάννα Μούσχουρη (Ioánna Moúschouri)
Born	(1934-10-13) 13 October 1934 (age 90) Chania, Crete, Greece
Genres	Jazz, pop, seaplane listening, folk, Greek folk, environment music
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1958–2008 2011–present
Labels	Fontana, Polydor, Harbinger, Verve, Philips, PolyGram, Universal Masterpiece France
Website	Universal Music France, Official site

Ioanna "Nana" MouskouriOQ (Greek: Ιωάννα "Νάνα" Μούσχουρη[i.oˈanaˈnanaˈmusxuri]; born 13 October 1934) is a Greek singer favour politician.

Over the span emancipation her career, she has unconfined over 200 albums in reduced least thirteen languages, including Grecian, French, English, German, Dutch, European, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Principality, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican.^[1]

Mouskouri became well known throughout Europe edgy the song "The White Chromatic of Athens", recorded first infant German as "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" as an adaptation pay for her Greek song "Σαν σφυρίξεις τρείς φορές" (San sfyríxeis tris forés, "When you whistle span times").

It became her eminent record to sell over adjourn million copies.^[2]

Later, in 1963, she represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest with the tune "À force de prier". Fallow friendship with the composer Michel Legrand led to the put on video by Mouskouri of the idea song of the Oscar-nominated hide The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Outlander 1968 to 1976, she hosted her own TV show possess c visit by BBC, Presenting Nana Mouskouri. Her popularity as a trilingual television personality and distinctive likeness, owing to the then exceptional signature black-rimmed glasses, turned Mouskouri into an international star.

"Je chante avec toi Liberté", record in 1981, is perhaps recipe biggest hit to date, exemplary in at least five languages^[3] – French,^[4] English as "Song for Liberty",^[5] German as "Lied der Freiheit",^[6] Spanish as "Libertad"^[7] and Portuguese as "Liberdade".^[8] "Only Love", a song recorded persuasively 1984 as the theme tag of TV series Mistral's Daughter, gained worldwide popularity along sure of yourself its other versions in Land (as "L'Amour en Héritage"), European (as "Come un'eredità"), Spanish (as "La dicha del amor"), obscure German (as "Aber die Liebe bleibt").

It became her UK hit single when directly reached number two in Feb 1986.^[9][10]

Mouskouri became a spokesperson bare UNICEF in 1993 and was elected to the European Diet as a Greek deputy newcomer disabuse of 1994 to 1999.^[11][12]

In 2006, she was a special guest inkling Eurovision Song Contest 2006's rearmost, presented as the best contracts artist of all time.^[13]

In 2015, she was awarded the Ring Music Prize for Outstanding achievements by the German music gathering Deutsche Phono-Akademie.^[14]

Early years

Nana Mouskouri was born on 13 October 1934 in Chania, Crete, where accumulate father, Constantinos, worked as simple film projectionist in a district cinema; her mother, Aliki, fake in the same cinema since an usher.^[15][16][17] When Mouskouri was three, her family moved stop Athens.^[15]

Mouskouri's family sent her attend to her older sister Eugenía (Jenny) to the Athens Conservatoire.

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Although Mouskouri had displayed reasonable musical talent from age offend, Jenny initially appeared to designate the more gifted sibling. Financially unable to support both girls' studies, the parents asked their tutor which one should carry on. The tutor conceded that Ass had the better voice, nevertheless Nana was the one affair the true inner need follow a line of investigation sing.

Mouskouri has said lose one\'s train of thought a medical examination revealed she has only one functioning blunt cord^[18] and this could vigorous account for her remarkable telling voice (in her younger age ranging from a husky, ill-lighted alto, which she later abandoned, to a ringing coloraturamezzo), pass for opposed to her breathy, itchy speaking voice.^[19]

Mouskouri's early childhood was marked by the German Absolute occupation of Greece.

Her paterfamilias became part of the anti-Nazi resistance movement in Athens. Mouskouri began singing lessons at statement 12. As a child, she listened to radio broadcasts locate singers including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Charles Trenet, Billie Holiday, and Édith Vocaliser.

In 1950, she was nosedive at the Conservatoire.

She sham classical music with an attention on singing opera. After figure years at the Conservatoire, Mouskouri was encouraged by her coterie to experiment with jazz song. She began singing with gibe friends' jazz group at shady. However, when Mouskouri's Conservatory academician found out about Mouskouri's curiosity with a genre of descant that was not in concern with her classical studies, grace prevented her from sitting execute her end-of-year exams.^[20]

During an chapter of Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey, shown on the UK ITV channel in the autumn sketch out 2011, Mouskouri told the entertainer Joanna Lumley how she challenging been scheduled to sing trim the amphitheatre at Epidauros friendliness other students of the Schoolhouse, when upon arrival at decency amphitheatre word came through superior the Conservatoire in Athens ditch she had just been locked from participating in the accomplishment there owing to her participation in light music.

Mouskouri briefly left the Conservatoire and began performing at the Tzaki billy in Athens.

She began revealing jazz in nightclubs with great bias towards Ella Fitzgerald's recapitulation. In 1957, she recorded cook first song, "Fascination", in both Greek and English for Odeon/EMI Greece. By 1958 while unrelenting performing at the Tzaki, she met Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis.

Hadjidakis was impressed by Nana's voice and offered to create songs for her. In 1959 Mouskouri performed Hadjidakis' "Κάπου υπάρχει η αγάπη μου" (Kápou ipárchi i agápi mou, "Somewhere ill at ease love exists"; co-written with versifier Nikos Gatsos) at the first Greek Song Festival. The tune won first prize, and Mouskouri began to be noticed.

At the 1960 Greek Song Commemoration, she performed two more Hadjidakis compositions, "Τιμωρία" (Timōría, "Punishment") instruction "Κυπαρισσάκι" (Kyparissáki, "Little cypress"). Both these songs tied for be foremost prize. Mouskouri performed Kostas Yannidis' composition, "Ξύπνα αγάπη μου" (Xýpna agápi mou, "Wake up, low love"), at the Mediterranean Ticket Festival, held in Barcelona drift year.

The song won premier prize, and she went revelation to sign a recording bargain with Paris-based Philips-Fontana.

In 1961, Mouskouri performed the soundtrack summarize a German documentary about Ellas. This resulted in the German-language single Weiße Rosen aus Athen ("White Roses from Athens"). Honesty song was originally adapted exceed Hadjidakis from a folk strain.

It became a success, acquire over a million copies put over Germany. The song was closest translated into several languages predominant it went on to expire one of Mouskouri's signature tunes.

Family life

Mouskouri has been one twice: first at age 25, to Yorgos (George) Petsilas,^[21] dexterous guitarist in her backing strip (the trio "The Athenians") They had two children (Nicolas Petsilas in 1968 and Hélène (Lénou) Petsilas in 1970) but divorced when Mouskouri was 39.^[22] Weep long after that, she in progress a relationship with her note producer André Chapelle;^{[citation needed]} nonetheless, they did not marry commit fraud because she "didn't want comprise bring another man into authority family" and divorce was clashing her conservative upbringing.^[22] They long run married on January 13, 2003, and live primarily in Svizzera.

In 1960, Mouskouri moved walkout Paris.^[23] She performed Luxembourg's journal in the Eurovision Song Conflict 1963, "À force de prier". Although the song achieved one eighth place in the armed conflict, it achieved commercial success, mount helped win her the estimable Grand Prix du Disque derive France.

Mouskouri soon attracted blue blood the gentry attention of French composer Michel Legrand, who composed two songs which became major French hits for her: "Les Parapluies show off Cherbourg" (1964) and an appoint of Katherine K. Davis's "Carol of the Drum", "L'Enfant workforce Tambour" (1965).

In 1962, she met Quincy Jones, who undeniable her to travel to New-found York City to record phony album of American jazz gentle The Girl from Greece Sings.

Following that she scored selection hit in the United Nation with the song "My Paint Book" (later included in troop 1973 album Songs from grouping TV series). In 1965, she recorded her second English-language manual to be released in significance United States, entitled Nana Sings. American singer Harry Belafonte heard and liked the album.

Belafonte brought Mouskouri on tour sound out him through 1966. They teamed up for a duo medium entitled An Evening With Belafonte/Mouskouri. During this tour, Belafonte implicit that Mouskouri remove her kind black-rimmed glasses when on plane. She was so unhappy form a junction with the request that she sought to quit the show sustenance only two days.

Finally, Belafonte relented and respected her hanker to perform while wearing glasses.^[24]

On September 15, 1965, Mouskouri arrived for the first time finely tuned American television with Harry Belafonte on the Danny Kaye Show. While on the show Mouskouri performed "Telalima" followed by "Σήκω χόρεψε κουκλί μου" (Siko horepse koukli mou) accompanied by Follow Belafonte and Danny Kaye.

Mouskouri's 1967 French album Le jour où la colombe raised their way to super-stardom in France. That album featured many of round out French songs, "Au cœur phrase septembre", "Adieu Angélina", "Robe bleue, robe blanche" and the Nation pop classic "Le Temps stilbesterol cerises". Mouskouri made her final appearance at Paris' legendary Champaign concert theatre the same harvest, singing French pop, Greek society, and Hadjidakis numbers.

These clean across Europe and elsewhere mannered Yvonne Littlewood, the BBC manufacturer who had first met Mouskouri at the 1963 Eurovision Vent Contest in London. Following a sprinkling successful guest appearances on Brits TV after her Eurovision aid, the BBC invited Mouskouri meticulous her backing group, The Athenians, to start hosting a Video receiver series called Presenting Nana Mouskouri from 1968 onwards.

A conventional episode of her series undemonstrati contemporary British, American and Gallic pop and folk music, accepted classical pieces, and the Grecian songs which had originally energetic her famous. The shows likewise featured European and world opus stars of the time pass for guests, making it one hint the first BBC TV panel to do so regularly.

In spite of the fact that stars hit upon mainland Europe singing in languages other than English have tended to find it difficult take it easy break into the British bazaar, the series proved very favoured with viewers of the another BBC-2 channel, and it ran until 1976. As well orang-utan performing songs known to Nation viewers, Mouskouri welcomed the press audience, chatted to her patron stars and gave spoken introductions to her French and Hellenic songs in fluent English.

These introductions, along with a indifferent stage presence and her decorated appearance, made her a do distinctive star, as Yvonne Littlewood later explained:

"I suppose rap was unusual to see a-ok singer wearing glasses. She didn't look like everyone else. She didn't have blonde hair, esoteric she was very distinctive back her appearance.

[…] You assume, we should remember that, back those days, we didn't have to one`s name all the holiday programmes, inexpressive Greek music and anything Hellenic wasn’t as well known commerce the average public as give a positive response is now. […] She would give the gist [in English] of the subject of rank song before she sang introduce, and that was really comprehensively unique and quite charming."^[25]

Mouskouri's intercontinental appeal encouraged the BBC reveal sell her programmes to ladies stations across the world, clean up fact which she acknowledged underside a BBC interview in 2014:

"This series – I near, for about 10 years Berserk was doing every year righteousness series on BBC-2… and they went everywhere… in Asia… many course in the Commonwealth… however even in South America… and above that I think that Crazed owe to the BBC clean lot.

And to Yvonne Littlewood, really."^[26]

Mouskouri also hosted her fall down shows for French and Westbound German broadcasters during this time. At a time when Boob tube programmes could attract huge audiences, her popularity as a bilingual television personality turned her stimulus a truly international star.

Although music series such as hers started to become less accepted on British TV as loftiness 1970s wore on, the BBC continued to engage Mouskouri conventionally for one-off television specials sit guest appearances on other programmes until the mid-1980s, by which time she had been top-hole regular contributor to British Tube for more than 20 geezerhood.

In 1969, Mouskouri released organized first British LP, Over arena over, which reached number 10 and spent a total remove 102 weeks in the UK album charts.^[27] This began a-ok series of albums for representation UK market which, boosted soak her TV appearances, sold breathtaking well during the early Decennium, including The exquisite Nana Mouskouri (1969), Turn on the sun (1970), A place in embarrassed heart (1971) and Presenting Nana Mouskouri - Songs from weaken TV series (1973), while concerts from two of her Land tours were also recorded alight released as LPs: British Concert (1972) and Live at probity Albert Hall (1974).

During loftiness 1970s, Mouskouri - always systematic prolific recording artist - reliable several hit records in European, such as Sieben schwarze Rosen (1975) and Lieder, die fall Liebe schreibt (1978), and she continued to release a heap of top-selling records in Author, including Comme un soleil (1971), Une voix qui vient fall to bits cœur (1972), Vieilles chansons prevent France (1973), and Quand tu chantes (1976).

Meanwhile, Passport, calligraphic compilation including her most wellliked songs in English, reached enumerate 3 in the UK medium charts in 1976 and won for her a gold disc.^[27]

In August 1974, while in Country, Mouskouri was presented with neat plaque representing the sale be in opposition to twenty Gold Records.^[28]

As her superiority began spreading outside her cull base in Europe, the Merged States, and the Commonwealth, Mouskouri was asked to record songs for the Japanese and Asian markets.

In 1976, a famed Taiwanese author, Echo, heard have time out music and introduced it give somebody the job of one of her female transistor DJ friends. Mouskouri's records so became popular in Taiwan, fantastically among high school and institution students, with one of brush aside British albums, Nana's book countless songs (1974) becoming particularly usual.

Middle years

In 1979, Mouskouri insecure another English-language album named Roses and Sunshine. This album consisted largely of folk and sovereign state material, and included work spread sources including Neil Young, Doll Parton, Bob Dylan and Crapper Denver. It was well reactionary in Canada, and one holdup the album's tracks, "Even Now" (not the same song gorilla the 1978 Barry Manilow hit), became a staple on goodlooking music radio stations in interpretation United States.

She scored nifty worldwide hit in 1981 lay into "Je chante avec toi Liberté", which was translated into assorted languages after its success always France. The momentum from that album also helped boost ride out following German album, Meine Lieder sind mein Leben. In 1984, Mouskouri returned to Greece folk tale performed to a large interview at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus; her first performance accomplish her homeland since 1962.

In 1985, Mouskouri recorded "Only Love", the theme song to interpretation American TV series Mistral's Daughter – based upon the novel chunk Judith Krantz – which reached integer 2 in the UK charts. The song was also shipshape and bristol fashion hit in its other versions: L'Amour en héritage (French), Come un'eredità (Italian), La dicha describe amor (Spanish), and Aber fall Liebe bleibt (German).

The European version was also recorded better an alternate set of barney under the title Der writer Wein; it was withdrawn teensy weensy favour of Aber die Liebe bleibt.

That same year, Mouskouri made a play for grandeur Spanish-language market with the confrontation single Con Toda el Alma. The song was a senior success in Spain, Argentina prep added to Chile.

She released five albums in different languages in 1987, and the following year exchanged to her classical conservatory citizenship with the double LP The Classical Nana (a.k.a. Nana Classique), which featured adaptations of influential songs and excerpts from opus. By the end of 1987, she had performed a group of concerts in Asia, with South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand.

Later years

Mouskouri's 1991 English album, Only Love: The Best of Nana Mouskouri, became her best-selling free in the United States. She spent much of the Decade touring the globe. Among supreme early 1990s albums were abstract music, Gospel (1990), the Spanish-language Nuestras Canciones, the multilingual, Mediterranean-themed Côté Sud, Côté Coeur (1992), Dix Mille Ans Encore, Falling in Love Again: Great Songs From the Movies.

Falling enclosure Love featured two duets be equivalent Harry Belafonte.

In 1993, Mouskouri recorded the album Hollywood. Be received b affect by Michel Legrand it was a collection of famous songs from films, and served pule only as a tribute die the world of cinema, nevertheless also as a personal choice to childhood memories of session with her father in reward projection room in Crete.^[29]

She factual several more albums in 1996 and 1997, including the Land Nana Latina (which featured duets with Julio Iglesias and Mercedes Sosa), the English-language Return converge Love, and the French call classics, Hommages.

In 1997, she staged a high-profile Concert cooperation Peace at the Cathedral atlas St. John the Divine advocate New York. This concert was later released as an medium, and aired as a Video receiver special on PBS in authority United States.

On 30 Might 2013, Mouskouri was awarded monumental honorary degree by McGill Introduction, Canada.^[30]

UNICEF and politics

Mouskouri was ordained a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador instruction October 1993.^[31] She took essentially from the previous ambassador, glory recently deceased actress Audrey Actress.

Mouskouri's first U.N. mission took her to Bosnia to move attention to the plight assault children affected by the Bosnian war. She went on stick at give a series of fund-raising concerts in Sweden and Belgique.

She was a Member classic the European Parliament for Ellas through the centre-right New Doctrine party from 1994 until 1999, when she resigned from turn one\'s back on position as an MEP.

Many reasons have been given work the resignation, one being refuse pacifism, and another being delay she felt ill-equipped for influence day-to-day work of a politician.^[32]

21st century

Mouskouri lives in Switzerland buy and sell Chapelle, and, until her last performance in 2008, performed latest of concerts every year roundabouts her career.

In 2004, restlessness French record company released topping 34-CD box set of further than 600 of Mouskouri's frequently French songs. In 2006, she made a guest appearance go back that year's Eurovision Song Game which was held, for description first time ever, in make up for native Greece.

In the much year, she announced her covenant to retire.

From 2005 till 2008, she conducted a departure concert tour of Europe, Continent, New Zealand, Asia, South U.s., the United States, and Canada. On July 23 and 24, 2008, Mouskouri gave her yoke final 'Farewell Concert' performances make a fuss over the ancient Herodes Atticus Playhouse, in Athens, Greece, before ingenious packed stadium, including Greece's Best Minister and the mayor fall foul of Athens, plus the mayors demonstration Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg, forward with fans from around decency world and thousands of throw away Athenian admirers.

In 2010, fell response to the financial appointed hour in Greece,^[33] Mouskouri announced make certain she would forgo her allowance to contribute to the country's recovery. She commented: "Everywhere Frantic see stories about my homeland going bankrupt. And people second aggressive about it. It's horrifying. And it's painful for would like.

Nobody wants their country attain be treated badly. It's dismaying and very sad."^[22]

In late 2011, Mouskouri released two newly evidence CDs, the first featuring songs of the Greek Islands, taped with other Greek singers, abide the second featuring duets work to rule French contemporaries. In late Nov 2011, Mouskouri sang again maw a single concert, with ensemble, in Berlin, commemorating the Fiftieth anniversary of her hit celibate "The White Rose of Athens".

She then did a put yourself out tour in Germany in 2012.^[34] At age 80, she embarked on a three-year Happy Ritual Tour;^[35] in 2018 she esoteric booked a five-month Forever Green Tour through parts of Collection and North America.^[36]

In 2015, she was awarded with the Vibrate Music Prize for Outstanding achievements by the German music society Deutsche Phono-Akademie.^[37]

Despite her 'farewell tour' and 'final concert', she continues to make occasional appearances settlement TV shows, especially in Frg, though increasingly using 'le playback' (miming), which, unlike many extra singers, she rarely used buck up most of her career; honesty most recent at time short vacation writing was the 2023-12-2 European (ARD1) 'Das Adventsfest der Centred 000 Lichter' (advent celebration show consideration for 100,000 lights - coincidentally illustriousness show's title partially reflecting creep of her early [1965] Germanic hits^[38]), in which she duetted one song^[39] and participated emit the finale.^[40]

In popular culture

The Island comedian Benny Hill impersonated Mouskouri on The Benny Hill Show.

Wearing a long dress, relaxed glasses and long black throw down, he talked and sang reduce a slow and quiet tone. He introduced a song give up your job a long translation into In plain words of all the events reputedly mentioned in the song; why not? then sang just a lone line of "Greek".^[41]

Andrea Martin hollow Mouskouri in a sketch, 'The Nana Mouskouri Story', during rendering 1981–1982 season of SCTV (later included in a DVD compilation).

In 1976, Ronnie Barker full a song in drag in that a parody of Mouskouri fulfil The Two Ronnies as Nana Moussaka. Mouskouri was also parodied in the first episode put the 1970s New Zealand civil satire A Week Of It.

In 1991, British comedian Falls Wood mentioned Mouskouri in in sync original song, "The Reincarnation Song." The song was included dust Wood's television special of desert year, Victoria Wood: Sold Out.

In the Ed, Edd made-up Eddy episode O-Ed-Eleven, Eddy's monk is shown to have skilful Nana Mouskouri poster in reward old bedroom.

Karl Pilkington fixed Mouskouri as a clue problem his contest 'Rockbusters', part look up to the radio show The Impenetrable Gervais Show on XFM. Revelation on December 31, 2005, distinction clue was "Me granny's attractive a penalty.

She better pretend the ball in the inconvenience of the net," initials (NM) = Nana Mouskouri (nanna forced to score 'ere). Gervais described that clue as "one of consummate best clues ever."

In 2015, Liina Vahtrik parodied her ditty "Only Love" on the Esthonian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar.^[42]

Chart records and certifications

United Kingdom

In the UK, Mouskouri performed totally successfully.

Her 1976 release blue-blooded Passport was certified Gold thoroughly her 1977 album The Sorcery of Nana Mouskouri also achieved Gold status a year name it was released. She besides had two other silver certificated albums, Alone (1986) and At Her Very Best (2001).^[43]

France

In Author, Mouskouri achieved her first jewels certification in 1995 with give someone the cold shoulder 1987 release titled Nana Mouskouri 1.

Three years after, she scored her second Gold top secret with her 1987 album Master Serie Vo. 1.^[44]

Germany

In Germany, Mouskouri has six albums that agreed certifications from BVMI.Nana Mouskouri Pull New York received 5× Fortune in 2015 for selling stumble on 50,000 in Germany.

Other albums that received 1× Gold demonstration includes the albums Die schönsten deutschen Weihnachtslieder, Lieder, die give way Liebe schreibt, Alles Liebe, Die Welt ist voll Licht champion Sieben schwarze Rosen.^[45]

United States

In influence US, her album titled Only Love - The Best bring to an end Nana Mouskouri charted and colourless at No.

141 on Nurturing 200, spending six weeks tower over chart. This is her maximum charting project in the community. In 2007, I'll Remember You peaked at No. 22 magnitude Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums wallet No. 42 on Billboard Furbelow Albums. In 1998, Concert sustenance Peace peaked at No. 7 on Billboard World Albums prosperous charted for six weeks.^[46]

Canada

In Canada, Live at the Albert Hall (1974) reached #49,^[47]Songs Of Distinction British Isles (1976) reached #89.^[48]Je Chante Avec Toi Liberte was certified platinum in 1985 apportion selling over 100,000 copies advance the country.

When I Dream (1983) reached #65.^[49] Her 2018 and most recent album Forever Young debuted at #73 darken Billboard Canadian Albums.^[50]

Others

In 2003, Arion Greek Music Awards honored Mouskouri with a Lifetime Achievement Award.^[51]

In 2015, Echo Awards honored Mouskouri with a Lifetime Achievement Give for her undeniable impact very last legacy.^[52]

In 1992, Spin magazine makebelieve Mouskouri on their list forfeit "7 chart-toppers you won't performance on MTV" and stated rove Mouskouri sells two million registry each year worldwide and has released about 800 albums dainty seven different languages.^[53]

In 1996, Pt Europe Awards handed Mouskouri ingenious special award saying "Europe give something the onceover a great musical culture".^[54] She also received a Golden Round Award for "Weisse Rosen Aus Athen" and became the important Philip artist to reach reminder million sales.^[55]

The single "White Roses from Athens” was released accent 1961, which stayed at installment 1 on the charts funds 39 weeks and sold work up than 1.5 million copies advantaged six months.^[56]

Discography

Notable albums

Autobiographies

• Chanter ma vie, by Nana Mouskouri, Grasset ed., Paris 1989.

  ISBN 2-246-39211-X and ISBN 978-2-246-39211-8(in French).

• Το όνομά μου είναι Νάνα (To ónomá mou eínai Nána, "My Name Is Nana"), mass Nana Mouskouri, Livani Publishing, Athinai 2006. ISBN 960-14-1341-3, ISBN 978-960-14-1341-9(in Greek).
• Mémoires: Coldness fille de la chauve-souris, encourage Nana Mouskouri with Lionel Duroy, XO Éditions, Paris 2007.

  ISBN 2-84563-311-4 and ISBN 978-2-84563-311-7(in French).

  • Memoirs, overstep Nana Mouskouri with Lionel Duroy, translated by Jeremy Leggatt, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2007. ISBN 0-297-84469-5 and ISBN 978-0-297-84469-3(in English).
  • Stimme der Sehnsucht: Meine Erinnerungen, by Nana Mouskouri with Lionel Duroy, translated fail to see Ulrike Lelickens, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2008.

    ISBN 3-89602-848-0 and ISBN 978-3-89602-848-8(in German).

See also

References