Litsa Diamanti

Litsa Diamanti (, born Euaggelia (Evangelitsa-Litsa) Cosmidou; 4 April 1949 in Kolonos, Athens ) is a Greek laïko singer who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s. She has been described as the "child-wonder of the Sixties decade and the absolute diva of metapolitefsi." Her hits have been described as "all-time classics."

Life and career Diamanti was born in 1949 in Kolonos, a suburb of Athens. She finished her schooling in Aegaleo. Her music career started early. At the age of 8 she learned to play the accordion and at 12 she was a member of a music group singing demotic songs. She also worked with lyricist Pythagoras and composer Giorgos Katsaros, while appearing at Neraida, a famous bouzouki establishment in Athens. Her collaboration with the two composers produced the hit song Den iparhei eftyhia (Δεν υπάρχει ευτυχία - There is no happiness).

Diamanti has also collaborated with Giorgos Dalaras, Giannis Kalatzis and Yiannis Parios in the album "Synantisis" by Greek composer Evangelos Sempos.