DEMIS ROUSSOS

Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos is a Greek singer and performer who had a string of international hit records as a solo performer in the 1960s and 1970s after having been a member of Aphrodite's Child, a progressive rock group that also included the well renowned Vangelis. He has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.

Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt on 15 June 1946 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.

After settling in Greece, Roussos participated in a series of musical groups beginning with The Idols when he was 17, when he met Evangelos Papathanassiou (later known as Vangelis), and Loukas Sideras, his future bandmates in Aphrodite's Child from 1967 to 1972. After this he joined We Five (not the San Francisco, California folk-rock group), another covers band which had limited success in Greece.

He came to a wider audience in 1968 when he joined progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, with Vangelis and Sideras, initially as singer but later also playing bass guitar, and achieving massive commercial success in France and Europe in 1968 until 1972. 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.

Here are Demis Roussos Hits

GOOD BYE MY LIVE GOOD BYE - Demis Roussos

GOOD BYE MY LOVE GOOD BYE
FOREVER AND EVER - Demis Roussos  1973
MY FRIEND THE WIND - 1973
RAIN AND TEARS - Aphrodite's Child
RAIN AND TEARS - Demis Roussos
RAIN AND TEARS Demis Roussos (Live) 2011