Roussos Demis: Greatest Hits (1971-1980) - CD

Demis Roussos (15. June 1946, Alexandria, Egypt - January 25, 2015 Athens, Greece) was a Greek singer, whose speech combined elements of pop music, rock and Greek folklore.

Born to members of the Greek minority in Egypt, the family moved to Athens after the riots of 1956. In 1963, Roussos became the trumpet player and bassist of The Idols, in the next band We Five he already established himself as a singer. In 1968, he co-founded Aphrodite' s Child with Vangelis, which celebrated success in London and Paris.

In 1971 he embarked on a solo career. In addition to singing, he attracted media attention with his fight against obesity (at one time he weighed 147 kg, it was called the Singing Tent) and by being among the passengers of a plane hijacked in 1985 by Lebanese terrorists.

The Greek singer was born in Alexandria, Egypt, Demis Roussos lived in Paris-Rendezvous in Maisons-Laffitte (1977), in France (his wife Dominique is French), as well as in Greece. He is truly a world citizen, who speaks greek French, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, German and a little Russian.

He has 3 children - sons Cyril and Alexander (from the first marriage) and daughter Emily from the marriage to Pamela Ratiu (born in California in r. 1948 - the marriage lasted 10 years).

In 2011, he visited Prague, where he performed in the Great Hall of the Prague Lantern. He died on January 25, 2015 in an Athens hospital.

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