Demis Roussos
Overview
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 . 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.
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
and a string of international hit records as a solo performer in the 1960s and 1970s . He has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.
Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
on 15 June 1946 in a family where both father George (Engineer Yorgos Roussos) and mother Olga were of Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
origin.
