Biography
For his career, the singer Demis Russos sold 100 million copies of albums, becoming the most successful performer of Greece. Despite the fact that today the artist who participated in the recording of the soundtracks to the films "Fire Chariots" and "Running on the Blade", is no longer alive, according to music lovers, the unique creativity of the vocalist will exist until in the hearts and memory of the faithful Fans sounds his amazing voice.Childhood and youth
Artemios Venturis Russos was born on June 15, 1946, located in the River Delta of the Nile of Alexandria (Egypt). He became the first son (there is a younger brother Kotas) Nelly and Jorgosa's parents. During the Suez crisis, the family of Russosov changed the place of residence, having moved to the homeland of his ancestors to Greece. Demis thrust for art was inherited. Mom of the future singer, Nelli Mazlum, was a professional dancer, and father Jorgos, though earned her bread, working as an engineer, perfectly played the guitar.
It is not surprising that such an exclusively talented couple, children to jabling mathematical formulas and the study of chemical compounds from childhood preferred creative self-realization. Demis is a smart and talented boy. He sang well, so parents gave it to the choir of the Greek Byzantine Church. Five years spent there, did not pass in vain: Russos studied the musical theory, learned to play the double bass, pipe and even the organ.
Music
In 1963, Russos met with talented musicians who, as well as he, wanted to make a successful career. Soon the group "Aphrodite's Child" appeared, in which Demis became a vocalist. The compositions "The Other Reeople" and "Plastics Nevermore" brought the team first fame. In 1968, a military coup in Greece, and Russos, with his rock team left for Paris.There he turned out active creative activity, and soon the whole France spoke "Aphrodite's Child". The song "Rain and Tears" has risen in a couple of days to the first lines of European charts. It was followed by the output of the albums "End of the World" and "IT's Five O'Slock". Despite growing popularity, Demis decided to leave the group and do a solo career. The latest album "Aphrodite's Child" - "666" - was finalized and released after the breakdown of the group.
Solo career
In 1971, the first solo disk of Russos was released - "Fire and Ice". Two years later, the new work of the artist appeared on the store shelves - "Forever and Ever". On the plate there were at least six hit songs ("Goodbai May Love", "Velvet Mornings", "Lovely Lady of Arcadia", "My Friend The Wind" and "My Reason"). A video clip was removed on the Forever and Ever track.
In 1973, the performer of the song "Adagio" has already performed with concerts around the world. In 1974, at a concert in the Holland, the vocalist fulfilled the single "Someday Somewhere". This composition has become a forerunner of the third plate "My Only Fascination". In 1975, three works of demis - "Forever and Ever", "My Only Fascination" and "Souvenir" - led the top ten of the best albums in England.
The album "Universum" (1979) released in four languages was popular in Italy and France. The success of the record is obliged to be released a month before the release of Singlam "Loin Des Yeux" and "Loin Du Coeur".
In 1982, Attitudes appeared on the shelves, but the album did not have commercial success. To rehabilitate himself in the eyes of the listeners, Demis recorded a new job with a cover version of the tracks of the fifties and sixties called "Reflections". Then the singer went to Holland, where the singles "Island of Love" and "Summerwine" recorded, and also released the "Greater Love" album.
In 1987, the vocalist returned to the native land to work on the album with digital records of the versions of their best hits. A year later, the Release of the plate "Time" took place. The same name with the title of the song was also released as a single.
1993 was marked by entering the light including the modern version of the "Insight" records "Morning Has Broken". In the period from 2000 to 2009, three albums were released: AUF MEINEN WEGEN, Live In Brazil and Demis.
Personal life
Despite the fact that in the amourous piggy bank of the charismatic musician, in addition to wives, there were hundreds of the victims of Persons, to affect the subject of personal life Russos did not like. The first wife of the Greek singer was the girl named Monic. Young people legalized the relationship at the very beginning of the creative path of demis. The lady, who gave the vocalist daughter Emily, refused to divide her husband with fans.
Realizing that the spouse of a quiet family life prefers glory and fame, a woman a couple of months after giving birth was given to a divorce and with an infant child in his arms left to France to relatives. There was no year after the collapse of the family, as the artist married the second time. Chief singer called Dominica. The girl gave birth to a spouse of the heir, who was called Syril.
Baryshnya blinded by love did not believe the materials regularly published in the newspapers about her husband's intrigues and sacred believed that the believer during the touring tours retains her loyalty. So it continued until Russos himself was admitted to his spouse in the commitment perfectly at one of the concerts of adultery. Forgive betrayal Dominic could not.
True, unlike the first spouse, the woman did not take the child, considering it appropriate to leave the Son on the care of the mother of Demis in Greece. The American model of Pamela became the next wife Russos. With a mannequin, the performer of the song "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye" met in a bookstore. Even before legalizing the relationship, the lovers were on the verge of life and death.
In June 1985, the couple became hostages on the flight of Athens-Rome. Then militants from the Hesbolla grouping for a week held passengers of the aircraft under the dowl of machine guns and even shot one person in front of those present at the charter of adults and children.
At that time, the Demis was also known in the Arab countries, therefore, when the terrorists found out in it a popular artist, Roussess had to be performed for the invaders of the song. Out of the shock after a couple of months after liberation, the pair suacised her relationship. True, this union collapsed.
The longest marriage of Russos was a novel with his last wife Maria Teresa, a Frenchwoman who worked as an instructor on yoga. They met in 1994. Then Marie, throwing everything, went for her beloved in Greece. It is worth noting that until the end of his days, the famous artist did not make sentences of his hands and hearts beloved, preferring to the legitimate relationship.
Death
A talented musician died on January 25, 2015. Close singer did not want the news about the sustainable death of demis to negatively affect the parliamentary elections, which were outlined for this day, so the press learned about the death of the artist only on January 26. The fans alerted the secrecy of relatives who did not disclose the cause of the death of the famous composer and could not decide on the date and place of the funeral ceremony.,
As it often happens, the people who kept in ignorance began to put forward their versions of what happened. According to the first theory, the artist died of a wrapping against the background of his obesity of the exacerbation of chronic disease, along the second - Russos died from the deadly disease, which he intentionally did not report media.
A little later clarified the situation to the native daughter of Demis - Emilia. The girl gave an interview for one of the French magazines, in which she stated that her father for a couple of years fought with pancreatic cancer. It is this terrible diagnosis and interrupted by the events of the tenor. Mourning ceremony took place on January 30 of the same year. The grave of Demis is located on the first cemetery of Athens, where the traditions are buried only by noble and famous Greeks.
Discography
- 1971 - "Fire and Ice"
- 1974 - "FOREVER AND EVER"
- 1974 - "MY ONLY FASCINATION"
- 1982 - "Attitudes"
- 1984 - "Reflection"
- 1979 - "Universum"
- 1980 - "MAN OF THE WORLD"
- 1989 - "My Friend The Wind"
- 1993 - "Insight"
- 1995 - "Gold"
- 1996 - "Too Many Dreams"
- 2000 - "AUF MEINEN WEGEN"
- 2006 - "LIVE IN BRAZIL"
- 2009 - "Demis"