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As a band member he is best remembered for his work in the progressive rock music act Aphrodite's Child, but as a vocal soloist, his repertoire included hit songs like \"Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye\", \"From Souvenirs to Souvenirs\" and \"Forever and Ever\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoussos sold over 60 million albums worldwide and became \"an unlikely kaftan-wearing sex symbol\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, in a Greek family. His father George (Yorgos) Roussos was a classical guitarist and an engineer and his mother Olga participated with her husband in an amateur theatrical Greek group in Alexandria (there were three such groups in the Greek community); her family originally came from Greece. As a child, he studied music and joined the Greek Church Byzantine choir in Alexandria. His formative years in the ancient port city's cosmopolitan atmosphere were influenced by jazz, but also traditional Arab and Greek Orthodox music. His parents lost their possessions during the Suez Crisis and consequently decided to move to Greece.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Demis+Roussos","playStationPath":"/stations/113263914/play","stationId":113263914,"bioPath":"/music/Demis+Roussos/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/10cc","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f0e/f0ec856fd03423b506242dcbc5d97c87_md.jpg","artistName":"10cc","artistId":9,"station_id":113277845},{"musicPath":"/music/Chris+Norman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/755/755b3f393ad13a25b08ffa2ce3213cac_md.jpg","artistName":"Chris Norman","artistId":357210,"station_id":393407082},{"musicPath":"/music/Les+Humphries+Singers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6c1/6c1a2ea501a9847950a3469168026e22_md.jpg","artistName":"Les Humphries Singers","artistId":381179,"station_id":396380143},{"musicPath":"/music/Paul+Mauriat","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bf6/bf6cb672ac3a5ad7ce700b436d8ebacd_md.jpg","artistName":"Paul Mauriat","artistId":83028,"station_id":268797959},{"musicPath":"/music/Bobby+Vinton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5e8/5e8eb5db71cd18531916db857f6046aa_md.jpg","artistName":"Bobby Vinton","artistId":2876,"station_id":113265035},{"musicPath":"/music/Lynn+Anderson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/969/969c5170594bae0f417c96286b5e2caa_md.jpg","artistName":"Lynn Anderson","artistId":6768,"station_id":113498937},{"musicPath":"/music/Silver+Convention","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2f5/2f5fd7128ad0667ecaf099687672a559_md.jpg","artistName":"Silver Convention","artistId":3599,"station_id":113623010},{"musicPath":"/music/Bad+Boys+Blue","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/492/49281f392c5e36735369eac5344e248e_md.jpg","artistName":"Bad Boys Blue","artistId":13891,"station_id":113747979},{"musicPath":"/music/Joe+Dassin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e18/e1882f0cfd6c4d03806e90b809bc3e90_md.jpg","artistName":"Joe Dassin","artistId":10025,"station_id":113348157},{"musicPath":"/music/Dionne+Warwick","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/975/97529cf76c13c6784dd323d2c982975e_md.jpg","artistName":"Dionne Warwick","artistId":328,"station_id":113303818},{"musicPath":"/music/Secret+Service","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a31/a319aa9dd8a0004d63b8d385d900f061_md.jpg","artistName":"Secret Service","artistId":3632,"station_id":114983835},{"musicPath":"/music/Adriano+Celentano","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d60/d6094ac967360f1ca6f90c850be1ff03_md.jpg","artistName":"Adriano Celentano","artistId":13074,"station_id":113382289},{"musicPath":"/music/Chris+de+Burgh","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d20/d20d732612e52de79f17c32e761c372e_md.jpg","artistName":"Chris de Burgh","artistId":8337,"station_id":113290124},{"musicPath":"/music/Village+People","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/82d/82d8ab91b750cd18428e41b9868f4d35_md.jpg","artistName":"Village People","artistId":805,"station_id":113418987},{"musicPath":"/music/Julio+Iglesias","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b79/b79bab97655cf2b6c74ac1564b9d8a73_md.jpg","artistName":"Julio Iglesias","artistId":2688,"station_id":113308294},{"musicPath":"/music/Sonny+Cher","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/029/0291893ddf530424fae19a766deeee44_md.jpg","artistName":"Sonny \u0026 Cher","artistId":80123,"station_id":308642148},{"musicPath":"/music/Dr+Hook","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0cd/0cd615952a4ee733889b1c88b18a00f2_md.jpg","artistName":"Dr. Hook","artistId":9836,"station_id":113295899},{"musicPath":"/music/Albert+Hammond","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d44/d448d44aa4314efea64293c3747af4e7_md.jpg","artistName":"Albert Hammond","artistId":73725,"station_id":266079841}]}