The singer Vassilis Karras passed away at the age of 70.
According to the Greek protothema.gr, the beloved singer who passed away on Sunday afternoon (24/12), had been facing health problems recently, while in the last few days he was hospitalized with coronavirus in the intensive care unit. He breathed his last at 17.00 in the afternoon due to an obstruction.
Vassilis Karras was born in Kokkinochori, Kavala, while at the age of 10 he went with his family to Thessaloniki.
In 1969, at the age of 16, he made his first musical appearance at the nightclub “Prosfygas” in Evosmos, Thessaloniki. At the same time, he worked as a car mechanic, his second great love after singing. He had also worked in the engine room of OSE in Thessaloniki, a fact that is reflected in his song “Ego agapi mou, ego”. He started his professional career in Thessaloniki. The records have gone gold and platinum, while his biggest commercial success was the record “You Made Me a Tramp”, which sold over 180,000 copies, with lyrics and music by Michalis Rakintzis.
He had collaborated with composers and lyricists, such as Dimitris Rakitzis Foivos, George Theofanous, Alekos Chrysovergis and Spyros Giatras, Evi Droutsa, Panos Falaras, Christos Dantes, Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Ilias Filippou, Michalis Hatzigiannis, Christos Nikolopoulos and many others. He had done duets with many singers such as Marianthi Kefala, Pyx Lax, Konstantina, Angela Dimitriou, Tolis Voskopoulos, Nikos Zoidakis, Kaiti Garbi, Despina Vandi, Elli Kokkinu, Irini Merkouri, Paola, Pantelis Pantelidis as well as with George Kakosao. He had worked with most of them in live programs. He was also a composer and lyricist and had written songs for many Greek singers.
