Alec R. Costandinos
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Alec R. Costandinos, is a French
singer and artist of the 70's. He was also intimately involved as a writer, publisher and musician in the development of Aphrodite's Child
with Vangelis
and Greek-born pop singer, Demis Roussos
. On the disco front, he contributed to the debut album of Crystal Grass, which featured the club hit "Crystal World", released on the Philips label in France. Alec was also the publisher of hits for various artists including French chanteuse Dalida. He has also written under the pseudonym R. Rupen.
His father was Armenian and his mother was Greek.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
singer and artist of the 70's. He was also intimately involved as a writer, publisher and musician in the development of Aphrodite's Child
Aphrodite's Child
Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou , Demis Roussos , Loukas Sideras , and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris . Their band's name was derived from the title of a track from another Mercury act, Dick Campbell, from his Sings Where It's At album...
with Vangelis
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
and Greek-born pop singer, Demis Roussos
Demis Roussos
Artemios Ventouris Roussos is a Greek singer and performer, best known for being the main musical partner of movie soundtrack composer Vangelis and a string of international hit records as a solo performer in the 1960s and 1970s...
. On the disco front, he contributed to the debut album of Crystal Grass, which featured the club hit "Crystal World", released on the Philips label in France. Alec was also the publisher of hits for various artists including French chanteuse Dalida. He has also written under the pseudonym R. Rupen.
His father was Armenian and his mother was Greek.
Alec R. Costandinos
- 1977 Romeo & Juliet (Casablanca)
- 1978 Hunchback of Notre Dame (Casablanca)
- 1978 Trocadero Bleu Citron (Casablanca)
- 1979 The Synchophonic Orchestra Featuring Alirol and Jacquet (Casablanca)
- 1979 Winds of Change (Casablanca)
- 1981 Americana (RCA)
Love & Kisses
- 1977 Love and Kisses (Casablanca)
- 1978 How Much, How Much I Love You (Casablanca)
- 1979 You Must Be Love (Casablanca)
Other
- 1977 Sphinx / Judas Iscariot Simon Peter (Casablanca)
- 1977 Sumeria / Golden Tears (Casablanca)
- 1978 Trocadero Bleu Citron (Casablanca)
- 1978 Paris Connection (Casablanca)
- 1979 Jefferson Starship / Winds of Change
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart