#DEMIS ROUSSOS GREATEST HITS TV#
This peculiar disparity caught the attention of the UK TV producer John King who made a documentary called The Roussos Phenomenon which aired on the BBC in June 1976. “It was romantic Mediterranean music addressed to all the people who wanted to go on holiday.”Įven so, this one breakthrough hit in the UK up to this point was in stark contrast to the numerous hits he had already enjoyed all over Europe including ‘Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye’ (No.1 in Germany and Switzerland), ‘My Friend The Wind’ (No.1 in Belgium and the Netherlands) and ‘Someday, Somewhere’ (No.1 in Belgium), among many others. “The Brits started to go to places like Spain and Greece and my music came right on time,” he said. The song was written by an Englishman, David Lewis, and embraced a sentiment which Roussos believed was pivotal to winning over the UK market, where an era of cheap air travel was just beginning. His first single to reach the UK chart was ‘Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun’ which peaked at No.5 in 1975. Released as a single, the album’s title track also became a big hit in many countries, although neither the album nor the singles were successful in the UK – straight away. Forever And Ever (1973) topped the charts in Germany, Norway and the Netherlands and reached No.2 in Austria. “I felt like a horse coming out to fight, to prove.”īe that as it may, it was his second album which proved what Roussos was truly capable of. “The first one is the pure one,” he said. Looking back on his early work, Roussos declared Fire And Ice to be the album he felt closest to. This underrated collection provided a link between the groundbreaking approach of Aphrodite’s Child and the mainstream pop style which turned Roussos into a world-famous solo star.
The track was lifted from Roussos’s debut album, Fire And Ice (also known as On The Greek Side Of My Mind), released in 1971. While Vangelis went on to pursue a career as a composer of film soundtracks, including his Academy Award-winning score for Chariots Of Fire (1981), Roussos struck out in a very different direction with the release in 1971 of his first single, ‘We Shall Dance’, a summer hit in countries across mainland Europe. It was released in 1972, way ahead of its time musically, but two years after the band itself had actually split up. The band’s third album 666, “a musical adaptation of the Book Of Revelation” was a double-disc, prog-rock epic incorporating everything from free-form jazz and musique concrète to Middle Eastern and Raga influences. The song became a million-selling hit across Europe and reached No.29 in the UK, providing a springboard for the band’s first album End Of The World (1968) and the follow-up, recorded in London, It’s Five O’Clock (1969). Having relocated to Paris, France, Aphrodite’s Child released their first single in 1968, a rocked-up arrangement of Pachelbel’s ‘Canon In D Major’ entitled ‘Rain And Tears’. He began his career in popular music after his family moved to Athens, Greece, wherein 1967 he formed the progressive rock group Aphrodite’s Child in which he sang and played bass together with keyboard player Vangelis Papathanassiou and drummer Loukas Sideras. Always known as Demis, he studied music theory from a young age, learned to play guitar and trumpet, and became a featured singer in the choir of the local Greek Byzantine Church.
Video: PAL 4: 3 (720x576) VBR 25.Born on 15 June 1946 in Alexandria, Egypt, Artemios Ventouris-Roussos was brought up a committed Christian in the heart of a Muslim community by his Greek-Egyptian parents. This programmes features performances from Demis as a solo artist and as a member of APHRODITE'S CHILD. This DVD features performances from Demis as a solo artist and as a member of APHRODITE'S CHILD.One of the most distinctive vocalists from the 70's, DEMIS ROUSSOS was responsible for hits such as FOREVER AND EVER and HAPPY TO BE ON AN ISLAND IN THE SUN. One of the most distinctive vocalists from the 70's, DEMIS ROUSSOS was responsible for hits such as FOREVER AND EVER and HAPPY TO BE ON AN ISLAND IN THE SUN. Use a VPN to make yourself hidden while downloading torrents.īy using a VPN, your ISP and Government Agencies will not be able to spy on you, neither would they be able to track your online activity!ĭemis Roussos - Greatest Hits DVD9 Downloading torrents is getting riskier every day.
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