Demis Roussos

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Birth Name: Artemios Ventouris Roussos

Born: 15 June 1946 Died: 25 January 2015

Country of origin: Egypt

Relationship Status: Married

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Description: Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, in a family where both father George (engineer Yorgos Roussos) and mother Olga were of Greek origin. His parents lost their possessions during the Suez Crisis and consequently decided to move to Greece. Demis came to a wider audience in 1967 when he joined progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, with Vangelis and Sideras, initially as a singer but later also playing bass guitar, achieving big commercial success in France and other parts of Europe from 1968 to 1972. They set off for London to break into the international music scene but as a result of bad weather, the plane la Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, in a family where both father George (engineer Yorgos Roussos) and mother Olga were of Greek origin. His parents lost their possessions during the Suez Crisis and consequently decided to move to Greece.

Demis came to a wider audience in 1967 when he joined progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, with Vangelis and Sideras, initially as a singer but later also playing bass guitar, achieving big commercial success in France and other parts of Europe from 1968 to 1972. They set off for London to break into the international music scene but as a result of bad weather, the plane landed them in Paris - and they decided to stay there signing a record deal with Philips S.A. His distinctive operatic vocal style helped propel the band to international notoriety, notably on their final album 666, which became a progressive rock cult classic.

After Aphrodite's Child disbanded, Roussos continued to record sporadically with former bandmate Vangelis. In 1970 the two released Sex Power (although the album has also been disputably credited to Aphrodite's Child), also recording the 1977 album Magic together. Their most successful collaboration was "Race To The End" (also sung in Spanish as "Tu Libertad"), a vocal adaptation of the musical theme from the Oscar winning film Chariots of Fire, whilst Roussos also guested on the soundtrack to Blade Runner (1982), with a song entitled "Tales Of The Future".

Roussos also began a solo career with the song "We Shall Dance" in 1971. Initially unsuccessful, he toured around Europe and soon became a leading artist. His solo career peaked in the mid 1970s with several hit albums. His single "Forever And Ever" topped the charts in several countries in 1973 (1976 in U.K.). Other hits were "My Friend The Wind", "My Reason", "Velvet Mornings", "Goodbye My Love, Goodbye", "Someday Somewhere" and "Lovely Lady Of Arcadia". Initially, Roussos was not very well known in the UK, but with many English people holidaying on Greek islands in the early 1970s, his music was both captivating and haunting. He was so popular in the rest of Europe that it was strange his music had not penetrated the UK market. This came to fascinate BBC-TV producer John King who then decided to make a documentary which he called the 'Roussos Phenomenon' in 1976. The programme was aired and Demis' career in the UK was now an instant success, with three albums soon entering the charts.

First wife Monique (1970-1971), daughter Emily.
Second wife Dominique (1972-1982), son Cyril
Third wife Pamela Smith (1986-1993).
Fourth wife Marie (1994) ... (more)