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Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos 15 June 1946 – 25 January 2015 was a Greek vocalist and performer who had an internationally acclaimed career, as a single recording artist and bandleader. 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’’. Other hits by Roussos included "My Friend the Wind", "My Reason", "Velvet Mornings",  "Someday Somewhere" and "Lovely Lady of Arcadia". Roussos continued to record sporadically with his former bandmate Vangelis. In 1970, the two released the film score album Sex Power and later recorded the 1977 album Magic.  Their most successful collaboration was "Race to the End" a vocal adaptation of the musical theme from the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire (scored by Vangelis). Roussos also guested on Vangelis's soundtrack to Blade Runner.

Roussos sold over 60 million albums worldwide and became "an unlikely kaftan-wearing sex symbol. Asteroid 279226 Demis Roussos, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Timur Krjačko at the Zelenchukskaya Station in 2009, was named in his honor.  President Alexander Lukashenko said: “This artist left a bright mark in the world music art and made history as one of the greatest singers, whose extremely emotional manner of singing caught the hearts of listeners all over the world.