| Yiorgos Batis | |
| Native Name: | Γιώργος Μπάτης |
| Alias: | Yiorgos Ampatis |
| Birth Name: | Yiorgos Tsoros (Γιώργος Τσώρος) |
| Birth Date: | 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Methana |
| Death Date: | 10 March |
| Genre: |  Rebetiko |
| Occupation: | Musician, composer, song-writer |
| Instrument: | Baglamas, Bouzouki |
Yiorgos Batis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γιώργος Μπάτης, also Giorgos Batis) (1885 - 10 March 1967) was one of the first rebetes influential to rebetiko music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros although he was known as Yiorgos Ampatis. He had a great love for music and musical instruments (baglamas, bouzouki, etc.).
He was born in Methana in 1885 and moved to Piraeus when he was very young.[1]
He served in the Greek army from 1912 to 1918. In the mid-1920s, he opened a music school called "Carmen". He opened a café named "Georges Baté" in 1931 and formed one of the most important scenes of rebetiko music. He continued to work as a quack-salesman, improvising treatments for toothake and other minor ailments. He kept a collection of many instruments and also used to name them. In 1933, Yiorgos Batis did his first sound-recording with bouzouki in Greece. In the 1930s, he dedicated himself solely to music and collaborated closely with Anestis Delias, Markos Vamvakaris, and Stratos Pagioumtzis in a rebetiko band (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Η τετράς η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς|lit=the Famous Quartet of Piraeus|translit=I Tetras i Xakousti tou Peiraios).[1] [2]
He appeared in Alekos Sakelariou's 1954 film (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Οι παπατζήδες|lit=The Priests|translit=Oi papatzides). He died in Piraeus on March 10, 1967.[1] [3]