Education
He attended the musical Conservatory of Music in Athens.
He attended the musical Conservatory of Music in Athens.
Gounaris began playing the mandolin at the age of four. Gounaris was a Greek elafró singer and among the foremost Greek composers and musicians of the 1950s and 1960s. He was especially popular in the Greek community in America.A great deal of his entertainment was at two Greek resorts in the Catskills in upstate New York, the Sunset and the Monte Carlo.
He mainly sang about the sad side of love, and betrayed lovers.
Hit songs included "Ena vradi pou "vrehe," "Glikia mou matia agapimena," and "Omorfi Athina". He composed about 400 songs and played with the Trio Belorussian Canto during the 1960s.
He was often called Mr. Greece. He died on May 5, 1965 of cancer.
His song; Pame Sta Bouzoukia is featured in a custom map on the MMOFPS Counter-Strike titled de_plaka.