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Zorbas
Zorbas ("Zorba's dance") is asong by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. It is based on two traditional Cretansongs, "Armenohorianos Syrtos" and "Kritiko syrtaki",composed by Giorgis Koutsourelis. The song featured in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and became extremely populararound the world. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas in Greece and elsewhere, and exists as a kind of trademark of Greece.It is also known as "Sirtaki", which is a version of the traditional Greek hasapiko ("butcher's") dance, choreographed by Giorgos Provias.
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass recordeda version of the song (as "Zorba the Greek") for their 1965 album Going Places. Issued as the B-side of the group's "Tijuana Taxi"single, the song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The song reached number 6 in the UK singles charts in August 1965 performed by Marcello Minerbi (Durium Records DRS 54001).
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