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The EP's track listing included "[[Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song)|Forever and Ever]]", "So Dreamy", and "[[My Friend the Wind]]" written by Stelios Vlavianos and Robert Costandinos; plus "Sing an Ode to Love" written by [[Stelios Vlavianos]], [[Charalampe Chalkitis]] and [[Robert Costandinos]]. The EP was [[record producer|produced]] by Roussos.
The EP's track listing included "[[Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song)|Forever and Ever]]", "So Dreamy", and "[[My Friend the Wind]]" written by [[Stélios Vlavianós]] and Robert Costandinos; plus "Sing an Ode to Love" written by Stélios Vlavianós, [[Charalampe Chalkitis]] and [[Robert Costandinos]]. The EP was [[record producer|produced]] by Roussos.


The lead track "[[Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song)|Forever and Ever]]" was later spoofed by [[Kenny Everett]] on his television show.
The lead track "[[Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song)|Forever and Ever]]" was later spoofed by [[Kenny Everett]] on his television show.

Revision as of 10:08, 17 December 2018

The Roussos Phenomenon
EP by
Released1976 (1976)
LabelPhilips
Demis Roussos chronology
Die Nacht und der Wein
(1976)
The Roussos Phenomenon
(1976)
Kyrila – Insel der Träume
(1977)

The Roussos Phenomenon (or Excerpts from "The Roussos Phenomenon") is an EP by Demis Roussos.

It was the only number one hit in the UK Singles Chart for Demis Roussos, spending a single week at the top of the charts in July 1976,[1] and the sole EP to reach the top of the charts that decade.

The EP's track listing included "Forever and Ever", "So Dreamy", and "My Friend the Wind" written by Stélios Vlavianós and Robert Costandinos; plus "Sing an Ode to Love" written by Stélios Vlavianós, Charalampe Chalkitis and Robert Costandinos. The EP was produced by Roussos.

The lead track "Forever and Ever" was later spoofed by Kenny Everett on his television show.

Recorded and released as a single by Engelbert Humperdinck in 1975.

References

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 328. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.