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A song originally from Asia Minor. Here, we have used the phoneticized version of the title used in Turkish and Greek, which means an Egyptian (female) in both languages. Nonetheless, versions also exist in other languages by Arab and Jewish performers.

The original author is unknown as is the root language version. Some sources credit Nicholas Roubanis as the originator though this is often disputed. Some think the song originated in the late 19th Century but it could be older.

There are many variations as is to be expected.
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listen on Internet Archive i September 26, 1941
i November 14, 1941
listen on Internet Archive i 1941
i {Misirlou} 1941
listen on Internet Archive i January 9, 1942
i August 1946
listen on Internet Archive i November 1946
listen on Internet Archive i 1947
i April 1953
i Misirlou Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra 1953 Unverified
i November 1957
listen on Internet Archive i 1957
listen on Internet Archive i February 1958
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listen on Internet Archive i 1960
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listen on Internet Archive i April 1962 Sampled by Black Eyed Peas
i November 1962
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listen on Internet Archive i 1962
i January 1963
listen on Internet Archive i March 27, 1963
i June 1963
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i October 1963
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i June 1967
i 1967
i Misirlou Les Patching Trio 1970 Unverified
i Misirlou Los Dourados 1970 Unverified
i 1973
i 1975
i Misirlou Clebanoff Strings 1975 Unverified
i 1976
i 1976
i 1982
i 1982
i 1984 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i 1986
i 1988
i 1990
i 1990
i 1992 Live
i 1993
i 1994 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i March 1, 1995
i 1995
i Misirlou Kenzo Saeki & The Eleki Massive (Kenzo Saeki) 1995 Unverified
i 1996
i June 8, 1998
i November 17, 1998
i Misirlou Accordéon Mélancolique 1998 Unverified
i 1999
i 1999
i 2000
i Misirlou Rick Gale & The Surf Riders 2000 Unverified
i 2003 Live
i March 1, 2004
i 2004
i 2004
i July 2006
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i 2006
i 2006 Live
Medley
i 2006 Medley
i 2007
i 2007
i December 23, 2008
i 2008 Live
i 2009
i 2009
i September 3, 2010
i 2010
i 2010
i 2010
i Misirlou Trio Shalva 2010 Unverified
i January 25, 2011
i June 2011
i July 14, 2011
i July 19, 2011
i 2011
i 2011
i 2011
i July 20, 2012
i 2012 Live
i 2012
i February 2013
i Misirlou The Tubuloids 2013 Unverified
i Misirlou The Ventures July 9, 2014 Unverified
i 2014
i 2014
i June 17, 2015
i 2015
i May 1, 2016
i June 23, 2016
i Misirlou Honoka & Azita August 10, 2016 Unverified
i Misirlou Luca Stricagnoli 2016 Unverified
i March 2018
i April 22, 2018
i Misirlou Don Telling's Island Mysteries June 2018 Unverified
i September 28, 2018 Live
Medley
i October 18, 2018 Medley
i Misirlou Dirty Cello 2018 Unverified
i May 10, 2019
i Misirlou DeafboyPunk January 28, 2020 Unverified
i March 13, 2020
i Misirlou Stray Cats September 11, 2020 Unverified
i Misirlou Os Megatons Unverified
i Misirlou Staniša Stošić Unverified
i Misirlou Melo-M Unverified
i Misirlou Maria Missirlis Unverified
i Misirlou Glykeria Kotsoula Unverified
i Misirlou Danai Stratigopoulou Unverified

written by Spanish

written by unknown author(s) Yiddish

Misirlou written by Greek, Modern (1453-) (not verified yet)

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