The story of the song according to journalist Eleftherios G. Skiadas.
The venue referred to is supposedly, though unconfirmed, the “nightclub in the Nea Filadelfeia area, on the road towards Menidi, belonging to the fearless tough guy Vangelis Mandroulias, also known as ‘Alexandrian’.”
A lovely read, @alekfou 
Something amazes me! How could these great musicians (Hatzidakis, Theodorakis, Xarchakos) write popular songs on the one hand, and light songs or classical works on the other? As if they had one foot in two boats, one sailing through the working-class neighbourhoods and the other through the European salons!
, where, of course, the correct spelling and pronunciation is mesofóri, not miso… Obviously, it refers to a garment worn beneath the main, “outer” dress. These days, of course, women no longer wear mesofória.
They had the knowledge and sensitivity to see the similarities between the two traditions—Hadjidakis, for example, by focusing on Erik Satie, and Xarhakos with “Dialogues with Tsitsanis”.
In any case, in western and northern Europe, classical music is not just for the salons. There are countless examples, from the brass bands of English miners to the widespread popular acceptance of opera in Italy.
