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Misirlou

"Misirlou" is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The song's original author is unknown, but Arabic, Greek, and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition. There are also Arabic belly dancing, Albanian, Armenian, Serbian, Persian, Indian and…

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Genre
Surf · instrumental rock
B-side
"Eight Till Midnight"
Label
Deltone Records
Length
2:15
Producer
Jim Monsour
Released
April 21, 1962

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Nodes104
Edges103
Triples108
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Composition · 25
Misirlou → Aigyptia, Arabic, As, Asia Minor, Bint Misr, Columbia, Demetriades, Eastern Mediterranean, Egyptian, Egyptian Girl, Greek, Istanbul, It, Jewish, Mısırlı, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Greek, Sayed Darwish, Tetos, The
related to Dance · 23
Misirlou → America's, America's World War II, Because Pittsburgh's Greek-American, Cretan, Crete, Dorsch, Duquesne University, Greek, Greek-American, In, Kritikos, March, Mercine Nesotas, Pat Mandros Kazalas, Pittsburgh, Professor Brunhilde, She, Stephen Foster Memorial Hall, Syrtos Haniotikos, Syrtos Kritikos
related to Later versions · 16
Misirlou → Chaim Tauber, Columbia, English, Fred Wise, Greece, Greek-American, Harry James, Milton Leeds, Nick Roubanis, No, Oriental, Patrinos, Roubanis, Since, Subsequently, The
related to External links · 11
Misirlou → Congress, Dick Dale's Extensive Explanation, January, KGNU, Klezmer, Library, NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, Playlist, September, Surf Guitar, Wayback Machine
related to Name · 11
Misirlou → Arabic, Egypt, Egyptian, Greek, Misirlis, Miṣr, Mısır, Mısırlı, The, Therefore, Turkish
related to Legacy · 7
Misirlou → Anna Vissi, Athens, Dick Dale's, Greek, Olympics Organizing Committee, Pulp Fiction, The
Songwriters · 4
Misirlou → Chaim Tauber, Fred Wise, Milton Leeds, Nicholas Roubanis
Genre · 2
Misirlou → instrumental rock, Surf
B-side · 1
Misirlou → "Eight Till Midnight"
Label · 1
Misirlou → Deltone Records

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song greek version dale's surf rock recorded folk dance arabic turkish known american armenian versions rebetiko also musicians popular 1962

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MisirlouB-side"Eight Till Midnight"1.00infobox
MisirlouGenreSurf1.00infobox
MisirlouGenreinstrumental rock1.00infobox
MisirlouLabelDeltone Records1.00infobox
MisirlouLength2:151.00infobox
MisirlouProducerJim Monsour1.00infobox
MisirlouReleasedApril 21, 19621.00infobox
MisirlouSongwritersNicholas Roubanis1.00infobox
MisirlouSongwritersFred Wise1.00infobox
MisirlouSongwritersChaim Tauber1.00infobox
MisirlouSongwritersMilton Leeds1.00infobox
the Beach Boysinstance ofincluding other surf and rock versions by bands0.80text

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