Apostolos Hadzichristos was born in Kokariali, Smyrna in 1901, and died on the 5th of July 1959 in Athens, where he had lived since 1922, when he came to Greece. In 1922, still in Smyrna,he marched in the Greek army as a volunteer, and was captured by the Turks. He saved his live by escaping the very day of his execution. He played bouzouki, guitar, piano and accordion. He performed in all the famous venues of the time, Derempei, Pikinou, Katelanou, Dasos tou Vlahou. Exile, prison, his escape, his oriental origins, the problems of a hard life, these were the inspiration for his songs.