In 1969, Mouskouri released a full-length British LP, Over and over, which reached number 10 and spent almost two years in the UK album charts. This was the first of a series of English-language albums which, boosted by her TV appearances, sold extremely well in the UK and Ireland, as well as in other European countries, during the early 1970s, including The exquisite Nana Mouskouri.
The ancient, in,In the same year, she announced her plans to retire. From 2005 until 2008, she conducted a farewell concert tour of, the,.
On July 23 and 24, 2008, Mouskouri gave her two final 'Farewell Concert' performances at the ancient, in, before a packed stadium, including Greece's Prime Minister and Athens mayor, plus the mayors of Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg, along with fans from around the world and thousands of her Athenian admirers.In 2010, in response to the financial crisis in Greece, Mouskouri announced that she would forgo her pension to contribute to the country's recovery. She commented: 'Everywhere I see stories about my country going bankrupt. And people are aggressive about it. It's frightening. And it's painful for me. Nobody wants their country to be treated badly.
It's frustrating and very sad.' In late 2011, Mouskouri released two newly recorded CDs, the first featuring songs of the Greek Islands, recorded with other Greek singers, and the second featuring duets with French contemporaries. In late November 2011 Mouskouri sang again at a single concert, with guests, in Berlin, commemorating the 50th anniversary of her hit single 'The White Rose of Athens'. She then did a concert tour in Germany in 2012.
At age 80, she embarked on a three-year Happy Birthday Tour and in 2018 had booked a five-month Forever Young Tour through parts of Europe and North America.In 2015 she was awarded with the for Outstanding achievements by the German music association Deutsche Phono-Akademie. In popular culture The British comedian impersonated Mouskouri on.
Wearing a long dress, large glasses and long black hair, he talked and sang with a slow and quiet voice. He introduced a song with a long translation into English of all the events supposedly mentioned in the song. And then sang just a single line of 'Greek'.played Mouskouri in a sketch, 'The Nana Mouskouri Story', during the 1981–1982 season of (later included in a DVD compilation.)In 1976, performed a song in drag as a parody of Mouskouri in as Nana Moussaka. Mouskouri was also parodied in the first episode of the 1970s New Zealand political satire.In 1991, British comedienne mentioned Mouskouri in her original song, 'The Reincarnation Song.'
The song was included in Wood's television special of that year, Victoria Wood: Sold Out.included Mouskouri as a clue in his contest 'Rockbusters', part of the radio show The Ricky Gervais Show on XFM. Broadcasting on December 31, 2005, the clue was 'Me granny's taking a penalty.
She better get the ball in the back of the net,' initials (NM) = Nana Mouskouri (nanna must score 'ere). Described this clue as 'one of his best clues ever.'
In 2015, Liina Vahtrik parodied her song 'Only Love' on the Estonian version of. Partial discography.
The ancient, in,In the same year, she announced her plans to retire. From 2005 until 2008, she conducted a farewell concert tour of, the,. On July 23 and 24, 2008, Mouskouri gave her two final 'Farewell Concert' performances at the ancient, in, before a packed stadium, including Greece's Prime Minister and Athens mayor, plus the mayors of Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg, along with fans from around the world and thousands of her Athenian admirers.In 2010, in response to the financial crisis in Greece, Mouskouri announced that she would forgo her pension to contribute to the country's recovery. She commented: 'Everywhere I see stories about my country going bankrupt. And people are aggressive about it. It's frightening.
And it's painful for me. Nobody wants their country to be treated badly. It's frustrating and very sad.' In late 2011, Mouskouri released two newly recorded CDs, the first featuring songs of the Greek Islands, recorded with other Greek singers, and the second featuring duets with French contemporaries. In late November 2011 Mouskouri sang again at a single concert, with guests, in Berlin, commemorating the 50th anniversary of her hit single 'The White Rose of Athens'. She then did a concert tour in Germany in 2012.
At age 80, she embarked on a three-year Happy Birthday Tour and in 2018 had booked a five-month Forever Young Tour through parts of Europe and North America.In 2015 she was awarded with the for Outstanding achievements by the German music association Deutsche Phono-Akademie. In popular culture The British comedian impersonated Mouskouri on. Wearing a long dress, large glasses and long black hair, he talked and sang with a slow and quiet voice. He introduced a song with a long translation into English of all the events supposedly mentioned in the song. And then sang just a single line of 'Greek'.played Mouskouri in a sketch, 'The Nana Mouskouri Story', during the 1981–1982 season of (later included in a DVD compilation.)In 1976, performed a song in drag as a parody of Mouskouri in as Nana Moussaka. Mouskouri was also parodied in the first episode of the 1970s New Zealand political satire.In 1991, British comedienne mentioned Mouskouri in her original song, 'The Reincarnation Song.'
The song was included in Wood's television special of that year, Victoria Wood: Sold Out.included Mouskouri as a clue in his contest 'Rockbusters', part of the radio show The Ricky Gervais Show on XFM. Broadcasting on December 31, 2005, the clue was 'Me granny's taking a penalty. She better get the ball in the back of the net,' initials (NM) = Nana Mouskouri (nanna must score 'ere).
Described this clue as 'one of his best clues ever.' In 2015, Liina Vahtrik parodied her song 'Only Love' on the Estonian version of. Partial discography.