Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (June 15, 1946 -
January 25, 2015) was a Greek singer and
performer.
He was born in Egypt. After settling in Greece, Demis Roussos became in 1963 a
member of the Greek group "The Idols". From 1966 till 1967 he was member from
"We Five".
From 1967 till 1972 he was a member of the group "Aphrodite's Child".
After Aphrodite's Child disbanded, Demis Roussos started solo.
In 1977 he recorded, together with Vangelis the album "Magic".
In 1982 Vangelis and Demis worked together for the Demis album "Demis"
(including the song "Race
to the End", a vocal adaptation of the musical theme from the film Chariots
of Fire).
Also a French and Spanish version was released of this "Demis" album.
In 1982 Demis was involved in one song the Vangelis album "Blade Runner" The
song was entitled "Tales of the Future".
In 1984 Demis and Vangelis worked together again on the album "Reflections";
an entire album with "cover" songs.
Demis Roussos has sold over 60 million albums worldwide.
* = Arrangement by Vangelis
** = only this song is written by vangelis.
The other lyrics are not included.
Lyrics: R. Constandinos and Richelle Dassin
("Mourir auprès de mon amour")
Copyright is owned by: EMA-RR, Marcy Music and Leros Music.
Lyrics transcribed from LP recording (lyrics not
available on sleeve).
The information on this WEB is ONLY for private use
Lyrics transcribed by: Antas and Henk Engelen
Special thanks to: Pablo Sobarzo
For more information, go to Movements,
Ainsi soit-il
page
Website made by: Henk Engelen
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