Wow, we’re going Greek. He was so popular in the 70’s and 80’s. He’s a big guy with a soft high voice.One of my favorites of his is My friend the wind.
The biggest, toughest ,looking guys are often the sweetest and kindest people but unfortunately society , most people , especially modern women , not yourself of course , don't see this only external looks, flash, money , expensive stuff are considered "valuable " today . Don't ever judge a person only by his cover ! I feel sad for the US and for most of Western society today , very sad !
It is sometime in the 1970s; it's summer in England; my dad's down at the pub, my mum's in the kitchen cooking the Sunday dinner, and she's listening to this song by Dennis Roussos cut to now I'm 57, transported back to those beautiful Sundays when the house was full of the smell of Sunday dinner and the music of Dennis Roussos
Same thing - 1970s New Zealand, my English mam in the kitchen cooking Sunday lunch and playing Demis. Close to breaking into tears (but in a nice way).
This takes me back to my childhood in Australia. Demis was very popular there. Because of the large Greek population especially in Melbourne, he was often in Australia for concerts and was on all of the talk shows and entertainment shows.
@@wilsonperez2668 oh, I know, right. As soon as I heard that part of the song where Demis goes higher and higher, my mind went straight to Bert’s version. Classic!
@@wilsonperez2668I was born and raised in Australia by Greek parents. They played this album on the pickup back then they loved him. Beautiful song ,angelic voice he had . Now I'm 49 and live in Europe my dad is gone but man oh man when I hear this song It takes me back. Timeless song . RIP Demis Roussos .
My sister loved this singer. She passed away from cancer on April 25th of this year, at the age of 51. I played this for her when she was on her deathbed. I miss her a lot.
Also South African. I was around 21 or 22 and madly in love when this song came out. It was played over and over in my little flat (apartment) along with many others by this amazing balladeer.
Unlike here in England in the 70s where you could not escape it!🤣He was even the subject of comedians ua-cam.com/video/fKh6SUixr9Y/v-deo.htmlsi=4vA0Pw5QbnHojwXQ
Being married to a Greek - there Is a staple variety of Greek music in our house, I'm repeatedly told " you have to feel it " I think the instrument may have been the bouzouki
At high school we had a teacher who was was the double of Demis Roussos and he was Greek! We half expected him to start singing. Roussos was actually held on a hijacked plane for 5 days back in 1985. He was one of my musical heroes back in the day. RIP Demis 💐
My late father was a big fan of easy listening music, especially during the 70s, and Demis Roussos was one of his very favourite artists. Nana Mouskouri, another popular Greek singer, was in there as well, along with Gheorghe Zamfir, Richard Clayderman, Acker Bilk, and others. It's a much neglected subgenre of popular music, and deserves some love. Thank you for diving into it, and for reminding me of my father's joys.
Now you've gone Greek, please try out Nana Mouskouri, she never gets any air time but has a most beautiful voice, she's now 89 years old, but back in the seventies she was really popular!
I met Demis Roussos in a hotel bar in Marbella in the early eighties with my wife who was 22 at the time, her totally ignores me but did invite her to go up to his room to admire the view....she declined :)
He was very popular with the ladies in the UK and had his own show. Prior to his solo hits he was in the band Aphrodite’s Child, with Vangelis. P.s still waiting you to check out multi-hit UK band ‘Hot Chocolate’. Suggest you start with ‘Every ones a winner’ ‘Disco Queen’ the original ‘Brother Louis’ ‘Rumors’ Heaven’s in the back seat of my Cadillac’ and finally their spacey love song ‘Put your love in me’. 🙏🙏🙏 You can’t ignore this band.
Demis Roussos was from Greek decent and he was a 70's icon, heard his music every day on the radio and I think my mother had a record/vinyl of him with exactly the same picture as on your screen. He also survived a plane hijacking in the 80's with his wife but the terrorists knew exactly who he was and they loved him, he sang for them too during that hijacking. He originally played in a band called 'Aphrodite's Child' and their most well known song is called 'Rain and Tears'. Unfortunately he passed in 2015.
Demise Roussos was my dad's favorite singer.😢😭 I loved listening to him also. He had a beautiful voice.My dad had all his albums and even had dvds of Demis Roussos in concert.
the two of you just made my day, early 70's growing up in Chile South America Demis Roussos was a giant, we felt in love with his music, impossible not to have one of his songs and dance it cheek to cheek, you made my day, and I watch you very often, keep up the good work.
Son premier groupe c'était les Aphrodite child's un morceau en particulier its five o'clock ce groupe sur une courte période était au sommet de son art,en France c'était vraiment un artiste très aimé 👌🇨🇵♥️ Demis Roussos est d'origine grecque 🔥 cet homme était l'incarnation de la gentillesse !☮️
I surely remember this, when living in Europe,!!! What a different time it was, wish we could go back, thinking of this crazy time we now live in, who would have thought? God have mercy on us!!
@@blackblake3658 Well, it wasn't a hit in the U.S. but it was part of an EP that went to #1 in the U.K. in 1976. I'm from Peru and i've heard it here on the radio as an oldie every once in a while since I was a kid in the 80s.
@@luiscastro7101 sometimes it depends where you're from. I'm from USA, but I lived in Europe in the 90s, and Simply Reds "Stars" album was massive. There were 5 hits played nonstop in the UK, but came back to America, and Stars barely went gold, and hardly got any radioplay
When I read what your mom called him, I couldnt stop laughing. I can understand why. I'm 84 and I don't think I've ever heard him. During the 70s we mostly listened to CW.
You guys need to go to the Greek islands for a vacation, you'll love it.. especially Amber going by her reaction. The atmosphere devours you, sitting in a little taverna overlooking the sea and listening to the traditional greek music. It's an incredible feeling. I recommend a little place like Kefalonia or Crete. 😃 This track reminds of my childhood days, my Mum loved this guy and he certainly was very popular. Keep up the good work 😊
imagine a hot balmy Sunday evening in the UK all the windows open for ventilation sitting down for tea pick of the pops presented by Alan Freeman playing in the background and all the neighbours doing exactly the same then this starts playing on everyone's radio the reverb echo effect was awesome never heard anything like that since it was magical
You need to watch the TV video from the 70s in the red/orange kaftan to capture the setting of the times. His singing is like paint strokes on a canvas that flow from one note to another. He was born in Egypt and raised in Greece. He was a former member of Vangelis who is also known for this type of music.
There's also, 'When Forever Has Gone' of course. I remember being taken back somewhat when I first saw this mighty figure on Top of The Pops and then heard his incredible voice. The two things didn't seem to match, but boy, what a voice!
A monster big hit back in 1973 from this Egyptian singer, high pitch voice, also at the top of the charts in all South American continent, as well. Among Demis`s lead vocal, there`s no doubt the magnificent back ground chorus, a bunch of singers that we don`t have in today`s music no longer. So glad and highly suprised you`d pay attention to this tune folks, amazing.
@@martindunstan8043 he was actually born in Alexandria Egypt. His grandparents were Greeks who had emigrated to Egypt after the Greco-Turkish war. After the suez crisis the family returned back to Greece.
Demis Roussos started out as a member of Greek band Aphrodite's Child before going solo in the early 70s. Forever and Ever was first released in 1974 and was a hit across Europe but flopped in the UK. It was released again without success the following year but in 1976 it caught fire and went all the way to No1 on the UK Singles Chart. The song featured in a very successful UK TV play in 1979 that has become a classic- Abigails Party. Demis had several other hits on the UK chart and also scored a big disco hit on the Billboard Disco Action Chart in 1978 with LOVE. Demis was caught up in an infamous Palestinian Liberation Army international airplane hi-jack in the 80s.
Also elsewhere in Latin America. The US has always been a weird market they tend to stick to Anglo-Saxon artists mainly and so he had a Greek name was of Greek descent so probably they ignored him. Don't judge a book by its cover people ever !
I could watch the emotions running over your beautiful wife’s face all day long , a true lover of music . Love from a 82 yr old emotional music lover ❤
As others have commented, Vangelis is another Greek artist you should check out, especially his work with Jon Anderson of Yes. Please listen to I'll find my Way Home, you'll love it !
Apart from this song, he will probably be best remembered for providing some haunting vocals to the “Blade Runner” soundtrack. The reason he appeared there is because he was once in a band called ‘Aphrodite’s Child’ with “Blade Runner” composer Vangelis. Check out the track “The Four Horsemen” from the Aphrodite’s Child album ‘333’. More heavenly vocals there from Mr. Roussos.
Demis was hugely popular all over Europe and the rest of the world but not the USA Goodbye My Love and Island In The Sun are two I remember well but he had a huge catalogue. I don't think you've done his compatriot Nana Mouskouri either and she has sold 350 million albums worldwide and recorded in many languages( maybe a female Friday pick). Try To Remember or White Rose Of Athens as a suggestion for her.
Hi Jay and Amber! It's Andrew Erroch fae Paisley in Scotland here. Back in 1973, when I was just 5 years old, I couldn't understand why this song was such a big hit back then. It even got to No.1 in the UK charts, which was not easy at that time... but, now in my older years, I think I can see how it might have appealed to a lot of people. I just read a very interesting story about Demis on his Wikipedia, so I've posted it below... In June 1985, Roussos was among the passengers of TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome, which was hijacked, but he was released along with four other Greeks after five days while most of the other hostages remained there for 17 days. So, I guess there was much more to the guy than I thought. Æx 🙏
I saw him live in Dublin in the mid 70`s. I was very into rock and pop music but I became obsessed with Greek music around that time and he just stood on the stage and sung and blew everyone away . He was massive for a few years and I had several albums. I`m not sure about the correct pronunciation but I always thought that it you dropped the s at the end of Demis so that it was Demi but I kept the s at the end of Roussos. He was part of a very small group of Greek superstars including Nana Mouskouri and Vicky Leandros who sang quite regular pop songs but used the bouzouki and other traditional Greek instruments prominently in the arrangements. He was famously an incredibly nice person too which is not always the case with someone who was so monumentally popular.
Rain and Tears My Friend The Wind Goodbye My Love My Mum took me to see him Live here in New Zealand in 1971 (I think) when he toured here with Nana Mouskouri, another Greek legend.
My mom told me that my grandmother and grandfather used to dance to this song at home. She would be watching them while they were dancing and singing to each other in the kitchen in the middle of an afternoon. They were each other's soul mates and crazy in love with each other until my grandfather died at the age of 43. She never remarried.
🇬🇧 I remember when we first heard this back in the day. We couldn't believe that a man that looked like Demis did, could sing like that! We loved him, & this song. ❤🎶🎼👌
Demis Roussos was huge in Germany in the 1970s; back then, many foreign artists actually put out covers of their songs in German to reach a wider audience, and he was one of them. But imagine my surprise when I visited the US for the 1st time in 1997 -- over 20 years later! -- having breakfast with a friend at an Albanian café somewhere in Burbank, CA, and suddenly heard this song played *in German*! I had to fly pretty much halfway around the world to get that blast from the past?!? Oh-kaaay ...
there is one of his songs that it'd give you goosebumps, unfortunately , I haven't been able to find it in English, is in spanish and french, but if you listen it with subtitles you'll love it "I die besides my love" (Morir al lado de mi amor) Other great songs are "My fascination", "Good bye my love good bye", "My reason", these are great songs, still listening while driving and enjoying the Florida weather🤗🤗
Was 5yrs old when this was released in 1973. My dad's favorite singer and this song was his absolute favorite. One of my best childhood memories was of my dad always asking me to put the LP on the turntable (record player).... obviously before CD's. As a 5yr old at the time those memories are still fixed in my mind, I'm 56 now. Absolutely priceless
Jay & Amber. I don't follow your page but sometimes, when i''m in the mood for commentvideos (to get flashbacks), i ALWAYS look to your page! Born in 1968, (in Denmark and still very danish) and have been a DJ, i know A LOT of the music you are hearing for the first time and that gives me some sort of hope. Hit-music today isn't what it was in my youth. But this one!! Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever is one of the first songs that i actually remember hearing on the radio (when i was 5-6 years old). And everytime i hear it, my mind wants to go back that time. Everytime i do that, i feel liftet back to when everything was so much more simple, in my childish memory. Back to the music. A dutch guy made a, in my mind, fabulous dance-remix of this song in 2017 and some english guy made a video to it. They don't know each other but Matt Pop (the dutch guy) loved it. ua-cam.com/video/03TqOOwm9vs/v-deo.html
You should have had a video! Demis was a Greek man who always sang in a voluminous caftan! He was like a big hairy bear with this high voice! As a teenager I couldn't see the attraction but women of a certain age swooned when seeing him!!! 😊 Now girls of my age then it was David Essex, listen to Hold me Close as his blue eyes twinkle! SWOON!!😊😂❤
Demis was polar opposite voice to Barry White...but both of their voices would melt ladies hearts(an more) and go all 'AHHHH'. It would have been great to hear them performing together and have supercharged vibration going on ....😂😏
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Demis was the bass player and singer in Aphrodites Child a 60s band
With Vangelis
They should check out "It's Five O'clock" by AC. A psychedelic/baroque masterwork!
@@JamesPatrick-cf7vd The Four Horsemen!
Rain and tears was there only hit here in the U.K.
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and a solid bass player he was too, apart from being a great singer with an instantly recognizable voice.
Rob Squad Reactions is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.
Indeed! When I saw "Demis Roussos," I was like WHAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?
Actually, where I'm from, if you look at the back of the box, you can see what you're going to get so you know whether or not to buy it.
In this case it was Crunchy Frog deluxe.
Another great hit by Demis is ''Goodbye my love''.
"My Reason" too.
L.O.V.E. is his finest hour
His biggest hit "From Souvenirs to Souvenirs"😊
Also "Perdoname," and "Souvenirs"!
Iimagine sat in a mediteranean restaurant litening to this
Wow, we’re going Greek. He was so popular in the 70’s and 80’s. He’s a big guy with a soft high voice.One of my favorites of his is My friend the wind.
The biggest, toughest ,looking guys are often the sweetest and kindest people but unfortunately society , most people , especially modern women , not yourself of course ,
don't see this only external looks, flash, money , expensive stuff are considered "valuable " today .
Don't ever judge a person only by his cover !
I feel sad for the US and for most of Western society today , very sad !
This was a worldwide smash. I was in South America in 1973, and it was heard everywhere you went. Loved by young and old!
It is sometime in the 1970s; it's summer in England; my dad's down at the pub, my mum's in the kitchen cooking the Sunday dinner, and she's listening to this song by Dennis Roussos cut to now I'm 57, transported back to those beautiful Sundays when the house was full of the smell of Sunday dinner and the music of Dennis Roussos
Same thing - 1970s New Zealand, my English mam in the kitchen cooking Sunday lunch and playing Demis. Close to breaking into tears (but in a nice way).
This takes me back to my childhood in Australia. Demis was very popular there. Because of the large Greek population especially in Melbourne, he was often in Australia for concerts and was on all of the talk shows and entertainment shows.
Moonface doing Demis on the Don Lane show... 😂😂
My words exactly, I’m an old Melbourne girl. Loved the Greek flavours in Melbourne. Demis is a blast from past
@@wilsonperez2668 oh, I know, right. As soon as I heard that part of the song where Demis goes higher and higher, my mind went straight to Bert’s version. Classic!
@@wilsonperez2668I was born and raised in Australia by Greek parents.
They played this album on the pickup back then they loved him.
Beautiful song ,angelic voice he had .
Now I'm 49 and live in Europe my dad is gone but man oh man when I hear this song It takes me back.
Timeless song .
RIP Demis Roussos .
My sister loved this singer. She passed away from cancer on April 25th of this year, at the age of 51. I played this for her when she was on her deathbed. I miss her a lot.
I'm sorry for your loss ❤
Rest well dear lady🙏
I'm sorry for your loss. May God comfort you and be with you.
You gotta do MY FRIEND THE WIND by Demis
Demis Roussos was the singer in sixties band Aphrodites Child, together with Vangelis.
Demis had an amazing voice and his music catalogue was full of great songs. I hope you play more.
Demis started off in a Prog Rock band called Aphrodite's Child with Vangelis on keyboards :)
South African 70s child here remembers this on the radio all the time. Sweet and innocent fun times.
I lived in the Transvaal in those years but in the 90s i moved to Belgium🙂
Me too! 70’s and half of the 80’s there. Then back to the UK
Also South African. I was around 21 or 22 and madly in love when this song came out. It was played over and over in my little flat (apartment) along with many others by this amazing balladeer.
Greek singer; another artist with huge worldwide popularity but virtually unknown in the States. This song didn't chart here.
Unlike here in England in the 70s where you could not escape it!🤣He was even the subject of comedians ua-cam.com/video/fKh6SUixr9Y/v-deo.htmlsi=4vA0Pw5QbnHojwXQ
Demis only had one charted single in the U.S. - "That Once in a Lifetime" in 1978 (#47, Billboard Hot 100).
But he was an icon in Germany for example. Very known.
@@wladislawponiatowski8565 in the UK too, he was a big star.
The World is virtually unknown in the United States let alone Demis Roussos
Demis Roussos had PHENOMENAL success in the 70s & early 80s.
Being married to a Greek - there Is a staple variety of Greek music in our house, I'm repeatedly told " you have to feel it " I think the instrument may have been the bouzouki
At high school we had a teacher who was was the double of Demis Roussos and he was Greek! We half expected him to start singing. Roussos was actually held on a hijacked plane for 5 days back in 1985. He was one of my musical heroes back in the day. RIP Demis 💐
I’m so happy you guys discovered Demis Roussos…he’s amazing! Check out his other hits ‘My Reason’ and ‘La Musique’.
Abigail’s party springs to mind 😂
Alright Tone?
Some more cake Tone
My late father was a big fan of easy listening music, especially during the 70s, and Demis Roussos was one of his very favourite artists. Nana Mouskouri, another popular Greek singer, was in there as well, along with Gheorghe Zamfir, Richard Clayderman, Acker Bilk, and others. It's a much neglected subgenre of popular music, and deserves some love. Thank you for diving into it, and for reminding me of my father's joys.
Now you've gone Greek, please try out Nana Mouskouri, she never gets any air time but has a most beautiful voice, she's now 89 years old, but back in the seventies she was really popular!
Only Love what a song and what a voice
Very good point, well said friend. Nana was famous in the Middle East just like Demis was.
This guy and especially this song is probably one of my earliest childhood music memories I can remember. Great tune. Thanks for going way back.
Omg mine too!
My mother loved this back in the 70s, I didn’t appreciate it then but now it brings back lovely memories ❤
Beautiful song by the amazing Demis Roussos
I met Demis Roussos in a hotel bar in Marbella in the early eighties with my wife who was 22 at the time, her totally ignores me but did invite her to go up to his room to admire the view....she declined :)
I kinda love how this big, hairy guy was just an absolute heart-throb in his day. lol
I'm 64 yrs old & his music for me was just simply a dream come true - so beautiful, I think I was in my teens when this song came out, sensational.💝💝
He was very popular with the ladies in the UK and had his own show. Prior to his solo hits he was in the band Aphrodite’s Child, with Vangelis.
P.s still waiting you to check out multi-hit UK band ‘Hot Chocolate’. Suggest you start with ‘Every ones a winner’ ‘Disco Queen’ the original ‘Brother Louis’ ‘Rumors’ Heaven’s in the back seat of my Cadillac’ and finally their spacey love song ‘Put your love in me’. 🙏🙏🙏 You can’t ignore this band.
And don't forget "Emma" ❤
Demis Roussos was from Greek decent and he was a 70's icon, heard his music every day on the radio and I think my mother had a record/vinyl of him with exactly the same picture as on your screen. He also survived a plane hijacking in the 80's with his wife but the terrorists knew exactly who he was and they loved him, he sang for them too during that hijacking. He originally played in a band called 'Aphrodite's Child' and their most well known song is called 'Rain and Tears'. Unfortunately he passed in 2015.
Demise Roussos was my dad's favorite singer.😢😭 I loved listening to him also. He had a beautiful voice.My dad had all his albums and even had dvds of Demis Roussos in concert.
This is one of those artists where you cannot equate the size of the man to the tone of the voice. BIG heavy man, light voice.
I used to vacation with my parents to the French riviera in the 70's. This was all over the radio. I miss my dad.
One of my mum's favourite artists/records [RIP mum. Miss you loads!].
the two of you just made my day, early 70's growing up in Chile South America Demis Roussos was a giant, we felt in love with his music, impossible not to have one of his songs and dance it cheek to cheek, you made my day, and I watch you very often, keep up the good work.
Funny, before I saw your comment I replied this was big in Chile. Memories of my childhood.
APHRODITE'S CHILD.....legendary band !!!.
And another great song by Demis Roussos is "My friend the wind" 👍❤️🇬🇧🏴🇨🇮🏴🏳️🌈
His most beautiful and famous song is “Goodbye my love goodbye “
I think Forever and Ever is his most well known song
''Goodbye my love Goodbye'' was one of his best ❤
He was big in 70s and big in Australia - I saw him in concert in Melbourne n he gave me a red rose! His songs were romantic! 🌹
When Demis Roussos died, the angels stopped singing... They wanted to listen to him.
Son premier groupe c'était les Aphrodite child's un morceau en particulier its five o'clock ce groupe sur une courte période était au sommet de son art,en France c'était vraiment un artiste très aimé 👌🇨🇵♥️ Demis Roussos est d'origine grecque 🔥 cet homme était l'incarnation de la gentillesse !☮️
There is a very funny skit by one of the UK's great comedians, Kenny Everett.
Or,do you mean the skit with Freddie Star? That’s another one unless you got it wrong.
I surely remember this, when living in Europe,!!! What a different time it was, wish we could go back, thinking of this crazy time we now live in, who would have thought? God have mercy on us!!
I've never heard this, i was young in the 70s, but i remember most of the hits. Missed this one completely
Amber has been misled. I never heard of this either and I listened to the top 40 countdowns religiously.
@@blackblake3658 Well, it wasn't a hit in the U.S. but it was part of an EP that went to #1 in the U.K. in 1976. I'm from Peru and i've heard it here on the radio as an oldie every once in a while since I was a kid in the 80s.
@@luiscastro7101 sometimes it depends where you're from. I'm from USA, but I lived in Europe in the 90s, and Simply Reds "Stars" album was massive. There were 5 hits played nonstop in the UK, but came back to America, and Stars barely went gold, and hardly got any radioplay
@@dawnpatrol700But massive hit usually means at least landing on the charts in the US.
@@blackblake3658 Roussos was huge in Europe, but barely made a dent anywhere else. This was #1 in several European countries.
He had the voice of an angel. "Goodbye my love goodbye" is another awesome song by Demis Roussous ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
My mom used to call him "The Nervous Greek" way back in the 70s. 😎😎😎😎
When I read what your mom called him, I couldnt stop laughing. I can understand why. I'm 84 and I don't think I've ever heard him. During the 70s we mostly listened to CW.
We miss you Demis, you big beautiful soul😇😇😇😇😭😭😭😭
You guys need to go to the Greek islands for a vacation, you'll love it.. especially Amber going by her reaction. The atmosphere devours you, sitting in a little taverna overlooking the sea and listening to the traditional greek music. It's an incredible feeling. I recommend a little place like Kefalonia or Crete. 😃 This track reminds of my childhood days, my Mum loved this guy and he certainly was very popular. Keep up the good work 😊
This song was in the charts when I was a little girl. I loved it.
Ι''m proud as a Greek for Demis !!! A top quality performer !!!! (R.I.P.)
As an American I can truly say that I'm a fan of Demis, he was awesome, and a wonderful voice, but don't forget Nana Mouskouri.
My wife and I had our first dance at our wedding reception to this record. Still together - still crazy after all these years.
I first found Demis as part of Aphrodite's Child who had a huge release with their 666 Album in 1971. Yes I am that old but still love music.
One of best song in my collection. Thanks for reacting to it. Great nostalgia.
I remember my Greek Cypriot aunt loving this and all his music - thank you for bringing my dear aunt Phadoulla back to my thoughts today ❤
imagine a hot balmy Sunday evening in the UK
all the windows open for ventilation
sitting down for tea
pick of the pops presented by Alan Freeman playing in the background
and all the neighbours doing exactly the same
then this starts playing on everyone's radio
the reverb echo effect was awesome
never heard anything like that since
it was magical
You need to watch the TV video from the 70s in the red/orange kaftan to capture the setting of the times. His singing is like paint strokes on a canvas that flow from one note to another. He was born in Egypt and raised in Greece. He was a former member of Vangelis who is also known for this type of music.
There's also, 'When Forever Has Gone' of course. I remember being taken back somewhat when I first saw this mighty figure on Top of The Pops and then heard his incredible voice. The two things didn't seem to match, but boy, what a voice!
This song was a hit here in Brazil back in the 70s
A monster big hit back in 1973 from this Egyptian singer, high pitch voice, also at the top of the charts in all South American continent, as well. Among Demis`s lead vocal, there`s no doubt the magnificent back ground chorus, a bunch of singers that we don`t have in today`s music no longer. So glad and highly suprised you`d pay attention to this tune folks, amazing.
Greek👍
@@martindunstan8043 he was actually born in Alexandria Egypt. His grandparents were Greeks who had emigrated to Egypt after the Greco-Turkish war. After the suez crisis the family returned back to Greece.
@@mark6990 you're absolutely correct,I was ignorant of that fact before now👍
@@mark6990so? That makes him Egyptian?
That still makes him Greek…his father wasn’t born in Egypt..
Demis Roussos started out as a member of Greek band Aphrodite's Child before going solo in the early 70s. Forever and Ever was first released in 1974 and was a hit across Europe but flopped in the UK. It was released again without success the following year but in 1976 it caught fire and went all the way to No1 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song featured in a very successful UK TV play in 1979 that has become a classic- Abigails Party.
Demis had several other hits on the UK chart and also scored a big disco hit on the Billboard Disco Action Chart in 1978 with LOVE.
Demis was caught up in an infamous Palestinian Liberation Army international airplane hi-jack in the 80s.
Demis Roussos was gorgeous! The most remarkable voices with Charles Aznavour. His voice for me is like crystals.
This song, and Roussos in general were massive hits in Europe, but zero zip nada in the USA.
Also elsewhere in Latin America.
The US has always been a weird market they tend to stick to Anglo-Saxon artists mainly and so
he had a Greek name was of Greek descent so probably they ignored him.
Don't judge a book by its cover people ever !
I could watch the emotions running over your beautiful wife’s face all day long , a true lover of music . Love from a 82 yr old emotional music lover ❤
This song always makes me shed a tear as it reminds me of my dear dad who passed away 1 year ago. He loved this song and Demis Roussos.
Lovely Lady of Acadia
My Friend the Wind
Goodbye my Love Goodbye
Other great songs by Demis Roussos.✌️
I remember this song growing up in the UK, my nana and grandad played it for us, reminds me of them so thank you
One of the most beautiful songs of my childhood in Jamaica. Sunday radio staple.
As others have commented, Vangelis is another Greek artist you should check out, especially his work with Jon Anderson of Yes. Please listen to I'll find my Way Home, you'll love it !
This is the song you play at your wedding or for the love of your life !
A timeless song.
His voice is angelic . RIP. Demis Roussos .
this is absolutely one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard!
Apart from this song, he will probably be best remembered for providing some haunting vocals to the “Blade Runner” soundtrack. The reason he appeared there is because he was once in a band called ‘Aphrodite’s Child’ with “Blade Runner” composer Vangelis. Check out the track “The Four Horsemen” from the Aphrodite’s Child album ‘333’. More heavenly vocals there from Mr. Roussos.
Haven’t heard this in years. Reminds me of being a young kid in the eighties as my Dad loved the big Greek fella and played him a lot!
Demis Roussos. Descanca em paz na glória de Deus. 😇💜🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🍀⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Demis was hugely popular all over Europe and the rest of the world but not the USA Goodbye My Love and Island In The Sun are two I remember well but he had a huge catalogue. I don't think you've done his compatriot Nana Mouskouri either and she has sold 350 million albums worldwide and recorded in many languages( maybe a female Friday pick). Try To Remember or White Rose Of Athens as a suggestion for her.
Always love Demis Roussos songs ….so glad you guys played this great Oldies hits 👏
Hi Jay and Amber! It's Andrew Erroch fae Paisley in Scotland here. Back in 1973, when I was just 5 years old, I couldn't understand why this song was such a big hit back then. It even got to No.1 in the UK charts, which was not easy at that time... but, now in my older years, I think I can see how it might have appealed to a lot of people.
I just read a very interesting story about Demis on his Wikipedia, so I've posted it below...
In June 1985, Roussos was among the passengers of TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome, which was hijacked, but he was released along with four other Greeks after five days while most of the other hostages remained there for 17 days.
So, I guess there was much more to the guy than I thought. Æx 🙏
He has also: spring, summer, winter and fall. Another is: goodbey my love. Both very nice
I saw him live in Dublin in the mid 70`s. I was very into rock and pop music but I became obsessed with Greek music around that time and he just stood on the stage and sung and blew everyone away . He was massive for a few years and I had several albums. I`m not sure about the correct pronunciation but I always thought that it you dropped the s at the end of Demis so that it was Demi but I kept the s at the end of Roussos. He was part of a very small group of Greek superstars including Nana Mouskouri and Vicky Leandros who sang quite regular pop songs but used the bouzouki and other traditional Greek instruments prominently in the arrangements. He was famously an incredibly nice person too which is not always the case with someone who was so monumentally popular.
Also by Demis, got to check out (live version) "My Friend The Wind" - totes amaze
The way he sings the near cracking in his voice brings me to tears of joy incredible
The epitome of the seventies. I miss him and his soft quivering voice. For us Greeks that lived overseas he was our pride. May he rest in peace.
Demis Roussos. ( Biltful music) Linda voz e canção que toca em nossos corações. 😇💜⭐🍀🌎🌹🎧🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
Rain and Tears
My Friend The Wind
Goodbye My Love
My Mum took me to see him Live here in New Zealand in 1971 (I think) when he toured here with Nana Mouskouri, another Greek legend.
My mom told me that my grandmother and grandfather used to dance to this song at home. She would be watching them while they were dancing and singing to each other in the kitchen in the middle of an afternoon. They were each other's soul mates and crazy in love with each other until my grandfather died at the age of 43. She never remarried.
New Zealander here my mother used to play the hell out of him loved Falling another great song
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I remember when we first heard this back in the day. We couldn't believe that a man that looked like Demis did, could sing like that! We loved him, & this song. ❤🎶🎼👌
A Greek Singer who during the 70’s was never of the TV in Europe and UK!❤
Demis Roussos was huge in Germany in the 1970s; back then, many foreign artists actually put out covers of their songs in German to reach a wider audience, and he was one of them. But imagine my surprise when I visited the US for the 1st time in 1997 -- over 20 years later! -- having breakfast with a friend at an Albanian café somewhere in Burbank, CA, and suddenly heard this song played *in German*! I had to fly pretty much halfway around the world to get that blast from the past?!? Oh-kaaay ...
there is one of his songs that it'd give you goosebumps, unfortunately , I haven't been able to find it in English, is in spanish and french, but if you listen it with subtitles you'll love it "I die besides my love" (Morir al lado de mi amor) Other great songs are "My fascination", "Good bye my love good bye", "My reason", these are great songs, still listening while driving and enjoying the Florida weather🤗🤗
Was 5yrs old when this was released in 1973. My dad's favorite singer and this song was his absolute favorite. One of my best childhood memories was of my dad always asking me to put the LP on the turntable (record player).... obviously before CD's. As a 5yr old at the time those memories are still fixed in my mind, I'm 56 now. Absolutely priceless
Ah the old Greek Tent Demis Roussos. Fantastic song, fantastic voice. It always sounded like he was singing a duet with himself.
That was heavenly indeed. 70s was truly the pinnacle of the music making.
I grew up in Europe and he was super popular there. There was great music in Europe.
still is
Jay & Amber. I don't follow your page but sometimes, when i''m in the mood for commentvideos (to get flashbacks), i ALWAYS look to your page!
Born in 1968, (in Denmark and still very danish) and have been a DJ, i know A LOT of the music you are hearing for the first time and that gives me some sort of hope. Hit-music today isn't what it was in my youth. But this one!! Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever is one of the first songs that i actually remember hearing on the radio (when i was 5-6 years old). And everytime i hear it, my mind wants to go back that time. Everytime i do that, i feel liftet back to when everything was so much more simple, in my childish memory.
Back to the music.
A dutch guy made a, in my mind, fabulous dance-remix of this song in 2017 and some english guy made a video to it. They don't know each other but Matt Pop (the dutch guy) loved it.
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Dancing with my mum when I was a kid. We had the most beautiful music. Great memories.
This is how reaction should be, bravo, lovely melody with melancholic voice
I just need to say that the both of you are so lovely people. Thanks for that!
Liked before watching! Yes, you found Demis Roussos ❤
You should have had a video! Demis was a Greek man who always sang in a voluminous caftan! He was like a big hairy bear with this high voice! As a teenager I couldn't see the attraction but women of a certain age swooned when seeing him!!! 😊 Now girls of my age then it was David Essex, listen to Hold me Close as his blue eyes twinkle! SWOON!!😊😂❤
He sang his songs in half a dozen languages. "Rain and Tears" was the big Aphrodite's Child song
Demis was polar opposite voice to Barry White...but both of their voices would melt ladies hearts(an more) and go all 'AHHHH'. It would have been great to hear them performing together and have supercharged vibration going on ....😂😏
He was amazing he sung in German also