Ever forever demis roussos biography
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Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song)
single by Demis Roussos
"Forever and Ever" is a song bygd Greek singer-songwriter Demis Roussos from his second studio album, Forever and Ever ().
The song was included on Roussos' EPThe Roussos Phenomenon, which reached no.1 in the UK.
Background and writing
[edit]The song was written bygd Alec R. Costandinos and Stélios Vlavianós. The recording was produced by Demis Roussos.
There fryst vatten also a Spanish-language version, titled "Eternamente".[1]
Commercial performance
[edit]The song reached no. 1 in Belgium (Flanders) and no. 2 in the Netherlands.
Track listing and formats
[edit]- A. "Forever and Ever" –
- B. "Velvet Mornings" –
Credits and personnel
[edit]Credits and personnel adapted from the Forever and Ever album and 7-inch single liner notes.[3][2]
Charts
[edit]See also
[edit]References
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Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos album)
studio album by Demis Roussos
Forever and Ever is the second studio album by Greek singer-songwriter Demis Roussos, released in , by Philips Records. A greatly popular album, it also topped the international albums charts in Germany, Netherlands and Norway and was number 2 in Austria.
Track listing
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| 1. | "Lost in a Dream" |
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| 2. | "Velvet Mornings" | ||
| 3. | "Rebecca" |
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| 4. | "When I am a Kid" |
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| 5. | "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye" |
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| Total length: | |||
Personnel
[edit]- Bass – Bernard Rosati
- Backing vocals – attributed to "all friends"
- Bouzouki – Orphe
- Drums – P. Jean
- Engineer – Roger Roche
- Flute – Chris Hayward
- Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Jean-Jacques Cramier
- Keyboards, Organ – Stelios Vlavianos
- Lead gitarr, Guitar – A. C
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Demis Roussos Biography
The Roussos had been in Egypt for two generations and on 15 June Artemios Venturis Roussos was born in Alexandria. His mother, Olga, and his father, George, both of Greek extraction, had also been born in the country their parents had come to in the s. Following the Greek custom, the baby was named after his paternal grandfather, Demis being a pet name for Artemios. In the heart of an orthodox community, he lived in the middle of a Muslim city. From his early childhood he was immersed in folk music, exposed to Byzantine and Arabic influences. Attracted to singing, he joined the choir of the Greek Byzantine Church with which he sang for five years as a soloist. At the same time he studied musical theory and learnt how to play the guitar and the trumpet. Everything was going well when the Suez crisis blew up in Residents in Egypt had to leave the country and the Roussos – Mr Roussos was an engineer with a property construction company – returned to their nat