Which rebetiko composer, born in Trikala in 1915, wrote over a thousand songs and is considered the most influential figure of the genre's classical period?

• A Vassilis Tsitsanis ✓
• B Markos Vamvakaris
• C Apostolos Kaldaras
• D Giannis Papaioannou

Vassilis Tsitsanis (1915-1984) was the master composer of rebetiko's transformation from underground to mainstream; songs like 'Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki' and 'Archontissa' became the soundtrack of mid-20th-century Greece.