Cathy Gray

Athanasia Gizili (Greek: Αθανασία Γκιζίλη; 14 May 1924 – 19 January 2025), better known professionally as Kaiti Grey, was a Greek singer.

Early life and career Grey was born in the village of Mytilini in Samos and had three siblings. She was adopted by the Kalaitzis family and grew up in Piraeus. Initially, she became an actress in Rita Tsakona's bands and later sang songs with Giannis Vellas as well as other artists of the genre. Her role model was Tzimis Makoulis. Her first song, To Marazi, was recorded in 1952 and was the creation of Giorgos Mitsakis. After the success she achieved, she managed to become the first name in the biggest centers of the time and also to sing with all the great composers of her time. Grey performed the first performances of songs by composers such as: Markos Vamvakaris, Vassilis Tsitsanis, Yiannis Papaioannou, George Mitsakis, Christos Kolokotronis, Eftychia Papagiannopoulou, Kostas Virvos, Theodoros Derveniotis, Babis Bakalis, George Zambetas and Panos Tzavellas. She collaborated with well-known artists such as: Roza Eskenazi, Stratos Pagioumtzis, Stelios Kazantzidis, Grigoris Bithikotsis, Poly Panou, Mary Linda, Giota Lydia, Antonis Repanis, Stratos Dionysiou, Rita Sakellariou, Spyros Zagoraios, Panos Gavalas, George Dalaras, Eleni Vitali, Charis Alexiou, Alkistis Protopsalti, Dimitra Galani, Antonis Vardis, Stefanos Korkolis, Christos Dantis. In the 1960s she was the highest paid singer with a daily…Citește mai mult

Personal life and death Grey was engaged for five years to Stelios Kazantzidis, and then to Andreas Barkoulis. She was married twice, first to Nikos Iliadis with whom she had two sons, one of whom died in 2021, and to Michalis Papanastasopoulos. She was the grandmother of Greek singer Aggeliki Iliadi. She lived permanently in Nea Smyrni and in recent years she had been suffering from serious health problems. Grey was hospitalised in February 2024 in critical condition, with atrial fibrillation and a respiratory tract infection, but she returned home in March, where she celebrated her 100th birthday on 14 May 2024. In October 2024, she suffered a stroke and was hospitalized, again, in critical condition but she returned to her home where she died on 19 January 2025, at the age of 100.

The mountain I got the army and I'm coming

Foreign Hands You said it and you did it

Only a woman knows Deep into the sea I will fall