This morning’s odd question is why did Boney M make a song about Rasputin, and how did they end up sampling from a Turkish folk song as melody?
I didn't even know about the Dick Dale version! I 

Rebetiko music, though. Exile and cross-fertilization=much misery but also soulful music--that's how it often goes :-(. (Also, I spell it differently? Guess either goes?)
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In Gemany, it is usually spelt with the additional "m", e.g. https://trikont.de/shop/themen/europa-nord-west-sued-ost/rembetika-manges-passion-drugs-jail-desease-death-songs-of-the-greek-underground-1925-1947/?tab=english … or http://www.gutfeeling.de/bands/the-grexits/ …
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