Demis Roussos, one of many greatest singing stars of the Nineteen Seventies, had profession gross sales estimated at some 60 million information. Roussos, was additionally recognized for his earlier work, between 1967 and 1972, because the co-founder and frontman of Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite’s Baby. The group was additionally the early residence of multi-million-selling instrumentalist Vangelis.
Demis, as he turned recognized, was born Artemios Ventouris-Roussos in Alexandria, Egypt on June 15, 1946. He was particularly in style within the UK, the place his EP The Roussos Phenomenon, that includes the tune “Forever and Ever,” topped the charts in the summertime of 1976. As he turned a fixture on tv, his different hits included “Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun,” “Can’t Say How Much I Love You,” and “When Forever Has Gone.”
His Ceaselessly and Ever album reached No.2 within the UK (outsold solely by the Seaside Boys’ 20 Golden Greats assortment) and the Pleased To Be set hit No.4 there. His most up-to-date UK album chart entry was Ceaselessly and Ever – Definitive Assortment, which reached No.17 in 2002.
Previous to his solo stardom, Aphrodite’s Baby received a lot respect for his or her experimental rock sound, which featured on three authentic albums, Finish Of The World in 1968, It’s 5 O’Clock the next yr and 1972’s 666. The ultimate launch was, and stays, particularly admired in prog circles for the monitor “The Four Horsemen.”
Roussos recorded prolifically and in quite a lot of languages, additionally together with French and German. “I’m a fantastic interpreter,” he advised Melody Maker confidently in 1976, as he turned a star within the UK. “I’m not a creator at base. But I’m a unique and fantastic interpreter. If a good creator writes a song, I can sing it in a way, with some notes different, and make it sound more than he ever imagined it to be.” He handed away on January 25, 2015, on the age of 68.
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