One of the most beloved and well known songs of the Smyrna Greeks was "Ti Se Meli Esenane" ("What's it to you?"). Of the versions presented here the first three were recorded in Greece and the last two in the USA. they all differ slightly in text and rhythmic subdivisions. The later American version by Angeliki Karayianni inlcudes the line "what's it matter to you what I smoke; "Lucky Strike" or "Camel" or "Melahrino" an obvious reference to the singers American environment. The surprising jazz bepop version (thanks to Bob G for the discovery) was recorded twice by the great Slim Gaillard who grew up in Detroit, MI, home to a large and active Greek American community. Some say he was the son of a Greek father and an aFro Cuban mother. Other earlier versions recorded in the US in the 1920s but not included here are those by Marika Papagika and Kyria Amalia.

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