The famous Greek singer Demis Roussos was born in the family of a dancer and engineer, was the eldest child in the family.
The talent of the child was discovered from childhood, which happened thanks to the participation of parents. The child sang in the church choir, and also took part in amateur performances.
At the age of 5, a talented boy managed to master playing musical instruments, as well as acquire theoretical knowledge of music.
The child worked very hard on his own development, but never complained to his parents that he was tired and wanted to give up music. She always beckoned him, stimulating him to work on himself.
I must say thanks to the boy's childhood that now listeners have the opportunity to enjoy the work of a famous singer.
Musical creativity of Demis Roussos
The future famous musician was lucky to meet real talents on his way.
Demis Roussos was the soloist in the Aphrodite's Child team, thanks to which the singer was very popular. For the first time, the guys went out with songs to tourists who came from America and England.
Foreigners instantly fell in love with the young group. After the military coup, the team moved to Paris, where he became famous. After a short period of time, the whole of France spoke about a group of boys performing songs.
Thanks to new compositions, two collections gained previously unknown popularity. Inspired by the success, Roussos decided to start solo performances. The decision was made to separate from the group.
The success of Demis Roussos
Roussos instantly prepared a disc for the presentation, a video clip was shot for one of the recorded songs. The singer began his own concert activity around the world.
Any concert program of the singer caused a storm of emotions. The songs of the soloist with enviable regularity occupied the leading positions in dozens of ratings of the best albums.
Now the musicians began to release records in different languages, and the man's voice sounded in the most singing countries (Italy and France).
Later, the singer briefly went to Holland, where he created completely different, but beloved by fans, compositions.
Upon returning to his native country, he happily began to create new songs. The plates appeared like mushrooms after the rain. In total, the artist wrote songs for 42 albums at the recording studio.
Personal Life of Artemios Venturis Roussos
The celebrity has always refused to talk about this topic. He married many times, enjoyed the great popularity of numerous fans. For the first time, the musician led a woman to the altar at the dawn of his own career.
The wife could not accept the popularity of her lover. They had a daughter. When the girl was two months old, her mother filed for divorce.
The second time the singer married a year later. In this marriage, the new wife gave birth to a son. The reason for the divorce this time was the betrayal of the singer. He repented, so he shared the incident with his wife, who did not forgive him.
The singer met his third wife (model) under unpleasant circumstances - they flew in an airliner, became hostages of criminals. The marriage did not last long.
The fourth wife of the celebrity turned out to be the most persistent - their union lasted the longest, but also broke up due to the death of the singer.
The wife was a yoga coach who was able to abandon her past life by going after the singer. Although the marriage was civil, it lasted until the artist's death.
Artist discography
In 1971, the disc Fire and Ice was released, and two years later, Forever and Ever. There were about six popular songs on the disc: Velvet Mornings, Lovely Lady of Arcadia, My friend the wind, etc.
A video clip was shot especially for the composition Forever and ever. In 1973, the artist went on a tour with concerts around the world.
A year later, during a performance in Holland, Demis Roussos sang the song Someday Somewhere, which turned out to be the forerunner of the third collection, My Only Fascination.
A year later, the compositions Forever and Ever, My Only Fascination successfully entered the rating of the best English albums.
Released in four languages, Universum (1979) was popular in Italy and France. The record owes its success to the singles Loin des yeux and Loin du coeur, released a month before the release.
In 1982, Attitudes became available for purchase, but the album was not a commercial success. Then the new work Reflections was recorded.
Then the artist went to Holland, where he released the compositions Island of Love and Summer Wine and recorded an album called Greater Love.
In 1987, the singer visited his homeland to work on a collection in digital format of recordings of hit versions. 12 months later, the Time disc was released.
1993 was marked by the release of the Insight record composition. Until 2009, the singer managed to release three collections: Auf meinen wegen, Live in Brazil, and Demis.
Death of an artist
The singer died on January 25, 2015, which became known only on January 26.
The fans were surprised by the secrecy of the relatives, who did not disclose the cause of the composer's death, and for a long time did not determine the time and place of the funeral ceremony.
