Rita Abatzi (also spelledAbadzi;Greek:Ρίτα Αμπατζή; 1914 – 17 June 1969) was a Greekrebetiko musician who began her career in the first part of the 1930s.
She was born inSmyrna (nowİzmir), in theAidin Vilayet of theOttoman Empire.[1] Some sources have given her year of birth as 1903.[2]
A singer of rebetiko, Smyrneika, and other music, she was a popular performer ongramophone 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, wasRoza Eskenazi.[3][4][5]
Abatzi performed with many of the most famous musicians includingKostas Skarvelis,Spyros Peristeris,Dimitrios Semsis,Markos Vamvakaris andVassilis Tsitsanis. Her career ended afterWorld War II.[2]
She died inEgaleo,Athens. Her sister, Sofia Karivali, was also a notable singer ofrebetiko.[2]
Two collections dedicated to Rita Abatzi's recordings have been issued:[1]
Her recordings also appear on these anthologies:
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