[2] She published her first album of her own compositions (Η Αρλέτα τραγουδά, Arleta sings) in 1966 and became one of the leading figures of the Greek New Wave during the 1960s.
[1] At the beginning of her career she worked with many well-known Greek composers like Giannis Spanos, George Kontogiorgos, Manos Hatzidakis and Mikis Theodorakis.
[2][3] Her first great successes came with songs whose music was written by Lakis Papadopoulos and lyrics by Marianina Kriezi.
In 1997 she published a book, Από πού πάνε για την Άνοιξη (Which way to Spring), which was based on her songwriting and included her own illustrations.
[2] On 11 February 2008, just a few minutes before a planned performance at Volos, Arleta suffered a stroke, which left her in hospital for six months and partly paralysed her for a year.