Aphrodite’s Child: The 1960s Origins of English Speaking, Cosmopolitan, Greek “Pop” Composers

PHOTO: You may be able to recognize Demis Roussos (right), but is the guy in the middle Vangelis? Yes, he is… On the left Loukas Sideras…

The whole Greek “pop” lineage, starting with “Aphrodite’s Child” has great importance to us in the Greek-American community, as they all were either born or had great careers here; above all, they display a very strong sense of “Cosmopolitanism” throughout their life and career, an identity trait created by our ancient forefathers, which remains our treasured gift to humanity. Let’s not forget that Vangelis ended up as an official composer of NASA (!!) and Chris Spheeris’ album “Culture” is a monument of Cosmopolitanism.

By Nick Stamatakis

This audience knows well my love for music – all music genres – and for music history. For many years I have been talking to friends about the need to put together this wonderful history of those Greek “pop” and “rock” composers (and some singers), that had international careers in the English-speaking world starting from the 1960s. The death of Vangelis earlier this year was certainly a “trigger” for those of us interested in music history to take a second look in the subject…

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