A few words from the producer / orchestrator:
This song took me many, many years to release. It’s one of my favorite songs I’ve sung since I was a kid.
It is an amazing creation by Bakalis Babis and Kaldaras Apostolos.
It was sung by the greatest Greek singer Stelios Kazantzidis. For this reason I did not dare to have a singer and I preferred the orchestral point of view. What Stelios Kazatntzidis has sung … no one sing again. I was not in a hurry to finish the production because I had conceived something so specific that I wanted it to be rendered accurately. So the musicians recorded their parts at different times with long distances between them.
I thank the best Greek violinist, George Maglaras for his musical contribution. Lina, Angela, Olga for their celestial vocals. Giorgos Kontogiannis for the strings and Andreas Papas for the percussion.
I dedicate it to the memory of Giannis Zentelis who played bass and guitar and helped me with the earlier recordings.
I thank you all.
Nikolas Gkinis
Ποιος σου ‘πε κούκλα μου…
Μουσική/Στίχοι : Μπακάλης Μπάμπης/Καλδάρας Απόστολος
Διασκευή: Νικόλας Γκίνης
Φωνητικά: Αγγέλα Καλαφάτη, Λίνα Γεράρδη, Όλγα Παπά
Βιολί: Γιώργος Μαγκλάρας
Ούτι, ταμπουρά: Γιώργος Κοντογιάννης
Μπάσο, κιθάρα: Γιάννης Ζεντέλης
Τουμπερλέκι: Αντρέας Παπάς
Κιθάρα, λάφτα, σάζι, συνθετητές: Νικόλας Γκίνης
Who told you my doll…
Music/Lyricks: Bakalis Babis/Kaldaras Apostolos
Arranging by Nikolas A Gkinis
Vocals: Angella Kalafati, Lina Gerardi, Olga Papa
Violin: Giorgos Maglaras
Oud, tambura: Giorgos Kodogiannis
Bass, Guitar: Giannis Zendelis
Toubeleki: Andreas Papas
Guitar, Synths, Lafta, sazy: Nikolas Gkinis
Ποιος σου ‘πε κουκλα μου
ποιος ειν’ αυτος
που σου ειπε πως δεν σε αγαπω
και θελω μοναχα να παιξω μαζι σου
Who told you my doll
Who is he
who told you that I do not love you
and I just want to play games with you
...............'Ellenic Traditional Project'.......... Nikolas A Gkinis 