Memoirs Book

Introduction 1

1 'What is War' 6

2 Papa Had Hoped to Have a Boy 24

3 The Big Screen, the Stage and the Song 40

4 Try an Audition on the Radio 56

5 I'm Twenty-three and I'm a Disaster... 67

6 A Composer Named Manos Hadjidakis 79

7 'The Voice of Young Greek Song' 92

8 White Roses in Berlin 108

9 A Terrified Peasant Girl at Orly 119

10 New York with Quincy Jones 131

11 Outstage in Two Minutes 145

12 'Sometimes God Closes a Little Door and Opens a Bigger One' 158

13 From Danish Royals to French Reds 167

14 On the Road with Harry 176

15 Tanks Return to the Streets of Athens 118

16 A Pregnant Woman in a Red Velvet Kaftan on the Olympia Stage 206

17 'My Nightingale!' 224

18 'A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall' 236

19 'Nana Who?' Asks Sinatra 250

20 My Life is Shattered 262

21 Mama will Never Sing Again 274

22 André Brings Spring again 289

23 A Homecoming Concert 301

24 My Last Journey with Manos and Nikos 316

25 One By One They Leave... 329

26 An Ambassadorial Role 342

27 On stage with Lénou 355

Epilogue: One Last Song to Say Thank you and Goodbye 368

Acknowledgements 374

Index 377