Hebdo Ahram: Remembering Demis Roussos: Alexandria-born Greek singer who engraved himself in the hearts of Egyptian listeners
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Demis Roussos
Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos was an Egyptian-born Greek musician. As a band member, he is best remembered for his work in the progressive rock music act Aphrodite's Child, but as a vocal soloist, his repertoire included hit songs like "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye", "From Souvenirs to Souvenirs" and "Forever and Ever".
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entertainment · Greek musician (1946–2015) · singer · composer · recording artist · bassist · musician · also Demis Roussos, Artemios Ventouris-Roussos, Demis (cantante), Roussos
Born 15 June 1946 · Died 25 January 2015 · Q487882
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2020· 1 entry
2019· 1 entry
Billboard: Demis Roussos Dead at 68
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2017· 1 entry
Published video “DemisRoussosVEVO Live Stream”.
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2015· 18 entries
Published video “Demis Roussos - I Want To Live (Live)”.
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Published video “Demis Roussos - Santa Lucia (Live)”.
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Published video “Demis Roussos - Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun (Live)”.
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Published video “Demis Roussos - End of the World (Live)”.
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Published video “Demis Roussos - It's Five O'clock (Live)”.
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Published video “Demis Roussos - White Wings (Live)”.
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Published video “Demis Roussos - Follow Me (Live)”.
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Published video “Demis Roussos - Mamy Blue (Live)”.
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Published video “Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever (Live)”.
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Sydney Morning Herald: Demis Roussos: five albums in the top 10 and 60 million sales - not bad for a 'singing tent'
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The Mirror: Demis Roussos dead: Tributes to legendary Greek singer of the 1970s
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The Daily Telegraph: Demis Roussos, singer - obituary
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Variety: Greek Pop Singer Demis Roussos, Who Sold More Than 60 Million Albums, Dead At 68
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The Guardian: Demis Roussos: much more than just the Forever and Ever man
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The Washington Post: Demis Roussos, Greek singer who enticed millions, dies at 68
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Once Extremely Popular In U.S.S.R., Singer Roussos Dead At 68
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The Mirror: Greek singer Demis Roussos dies aged 69
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Died 2015-01-25.
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2009· 2 entries
Released album “Demis”.
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When he recorded his final studio album, Demis, produced by Marc di Domenico, released on 11 May
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2006· 1 entry
Released Demis Roussos – Live in Brasil, almost thirty years after "Você Você e Nada Mais", a Portuguese hit in 1977
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2004· 1 entry
His third wife, the American model Pamela Smith, now Pamela Roussos-Rațiu (wife of the Romanian businessman Indrei Rațiu, the son of politician Ion Rațiu, married in 2004), was with him during the 1985 TWA plane hijacking incident.
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2002· 5 entries
Released album “Forever and Ever: The Definitive Collection”.
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Released album “Het beste van”.
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Released album “Best Of”.
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Toured England when a "best of" collection, Forever and Ever – Definitive Collection, reached no
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Released album “Forever And Ever”.
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2001· 3 entries
Released album “The Best of Demis Roussos”.
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And shortly after became an international success in the Arab world later being staged again in Egypt and Qatar
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Released album “The Very Best Of”.
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2000· 5 entries
Released album “Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye”.
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Released album “HitStory”.
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Released album “Exitos de siempre y para siempre”.
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Released album “Auf meinen Wegen”.
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Released album “Forever in Your Heart”.
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “Classic”.
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Released album “Classic Demis Roussos”.
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Released album “The Singles”.
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Released album “Lo mejor de Demis Roussos”.
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1998· 2 entries
Released album “The Phenomenon 1968–1998”.
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Released album “30 ans, 30 titres”.
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “Mon île”.
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1996· 3 entries
Released album “Morning Has Broken”.
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Released album “A la France”.
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Released album “Serenade”.
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1995· 4 entries
Released album “The Very Best of Demis Roussos”.
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Released album “In Holland”.
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Released album “Immortel”.
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Released album “20 Golden Hits”.
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Gold”.
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1993· 8 entries
Released album “Meisterstücke”.
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Released album “Lost in Love”.
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Released album “Chante Noël”.
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Released "Insight" (also called "Morning Has Broken") to general acclaim
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Released album “Insight”.
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Released album “25 ans d’amour & des chansons”.
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Released album “Seine Größten Erfolge”.
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Released album “The Art of Demis Roussos and Aphrodite's Child”.
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “The Greek”.
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Released album “Quand je t'aime - ses plus belles chansons d'amour”.
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “Christmas With Demis Roussos”.
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1990· 2 entries
Released album “Schön wie Mona Lisa”.
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Released album “The World of Demis Roussos”.
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1989· 3 entries
Released album “Voice and Vision”.
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Released album “Ballads”.
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Recorded the song "Young Love", a duet with German singer and songwriter Drafi Deutscher, which was released as a single in Germany and reached No
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1988· 3 entries
Released album “Time”.
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Released album “Le Grec”.
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And "On écrit sur les murs" in 1989, along with golden records for the albums Le Grec and Voice and Vision
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1987· 3 entries
Released album “Meine großen Erfolge”.
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Released album “The Story of Demis Roussos”.
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Released album “Glory: The Christmas Album”.
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1986· 3 entries
Released album “Souvenirs”.
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Released album “Senza tempo”.
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Released album “Greater Love”.
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Encore”.
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1984· 3 entries
Released album “21 Love Songs”.
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Released album “The Golden Voice Of Demis Roussos”.
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Released album “Reflection”.
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1983· 2 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Demis in Italiano”.
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1982· 4 entries
Co-authored the book A Question of Weight with his close friend, the photographer Veronique Skawinska, in which he dealt candidly with his struggles with obesity
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Roussos released an album titled 'Demis', on which Jon Anderson of the band Yes collaborated
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Released album “Profeta non sarò”.
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Released album “Attitudes”.
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1981· 3 entries
Released album “Lieder voller Zärtlichkeit”.
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Released album “The Golden Voices Of - Vol. 2”.
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Released album “Sing Greek Songs”.
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1980· 3 entries
Released album “Man Of The World”.
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Had a hit with a cover of Air Supply's "Lost in Love", sung as a duet with Florence Warner
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Released album “Coffret 3 Disques”.
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1979· 1 entry
Released album “Universum”.
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1978· 5 entries
Released album “Life & Love His 20 Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “We Five Featuring Demis Roussos”.
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Released album “Demis Roussos”.
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Released album “Demis Roussos en castellano”.
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Had his only disco hit titled "L-O-V-E (Got A Hold Of Me)"
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1977· 6 entries
Released album “The Demis Roussos Magic”.
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Released album “Demis Roussos, Volume 2”.
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Released album “Sing Greek Songs No. 2”.
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Released album “Demis Roussos chante ses plus grands succès de 1971 à 1975”.
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Released album “Ainsi soit-il”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits/Grand succès”.
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1976· 3 entries
Released album “Happy to Be…”.
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Released album “Die Nacht und der Wein”.
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Released album “Kyrila Insel Der Träume”.
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1975· 3 entries
“The reason for my big success in England was that the Brits started wanting to go on holidays to Greece and Spain. My music came right on time. It was romantic Mediterranean music addressed to all those people.”
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Released album “Super Stars: The Best Of”.
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Released album “Golden Hits”.
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1974· 2 entries
Released album “My Only Fascination”.
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Released album “Auf Wiedersehn”.
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1973· 1 entry
Roussos made one of his earliest television appearances on The Basil Brush Show and also appeared on Nana Mouskouri's TV show in the UK
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1971· 3 entries
Released album “On the Greek Side of My Mind”.
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Released album “Fire and Ice”.
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Which was a top ten hit in both the Netherlands and Belgium
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1970· 1 entry
The two released the film score album Sex Power (the album has also been credited to Aphrodite's Child), and later recorded the 1977 album Magic together
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1956· 1 entry
And consequently decided to move to Greece
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-06-15.
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