Nikos Gounaris (Greek: Νίκος Γούναρης; Zagora, 1915 – 5 May 1965 in Athens) was a Greek tenor who was enormously popular as a pop singer in the 1950s.
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Gounaris began playing the mandolin at the age of four. He attended the musical Conservatory of Music in Athens.
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 NY, 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 Bel 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.
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