Aphrodites Child ft. Demis Roussos Vangelis Spring, Summer, Winter And Fall Top Pop
Aphrodite s Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards, flutes), Demis Roussos (bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Silver Koulouris The band s career ended shortly after release of their most impactful album, 666, which has appeared on a number of lists of the top progressive or psychedelic albums of all time. In Paris the band signed to Mercury Records and were named Aphrodite s Child by Lou Reizner, releasing their second single Rain and Tears, a reworking of Pachelbel s Canon in D major. With this song the band became an overnight sensation in France and several other European countries in which the single charted well, despite the song being sung in English. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Spring, summer winter and fall was their tenth single, released in 1970 which reached, 12 in the Dutch Top 40. This recording was filmed on 16 mm film by Toppop in Paris
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