Rita Abatzi

Rita Abatzi (also spelled Abadzi; Greek: Ρίτα Αμπατζή; ?

She was born in Smyrna (now İzmir), in the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

[2] A singer of rebetiko, Smyrneika, and other music, she was a popular performer on gramophone records in the 1930s.

During that decade, the only female singer of rebetiko who rivalled her in popularity, and in the number of her recordings, was Roza Eskenazi.

[3][4][5] Abatzi performed with many of the most famous musicians including Kostas Skarvelis, Spyros Peristeris, Dimitrios Semsis, Markos Vamvakaris and Vassilis Tsitsanis.