Background
He was born in Akrolimni in Central Macedonia, Greece to Romani parents.
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Sotis Volanis
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Career
He is best known for his 2002 success Poso Mou Leipei (i zesti ankalia sou) (Greek: Πόσο μου λείπει η ζεστή αγκαλιά σου), English How much I miss your warm hug. Due to his great success the song has been covered several times:
in Arabic by Fadl Shaker under the title Ya ghayeb
in Hebrew by Shlomi Saranga and Moshik Afia under the title Halom Matok (Sweet dream)
in Turkish by Serdar Ortaç as Beni unut
in Serbian by Funky G as Gde si ti and Jelena Karleuša as Nisi u pravu
in Bulgarian by Azis as Obicham Te. In 2010 Volanis admitted to suffer from alcoholism.
Due to his introvert personality he started drinking but now is going to get over alcoholism, he said.
In 2014 Volanis stated that he cannot understand how it could have come so far.
