电影配乐大师Vangelis（范吉利斯）一九四三年三月二十九日出生于希腊雅典，六十年代时他和几个雅典的朋友组成一个叫“Aphrodite’s Child”的摇滚乐团向音乐界探路。他们起先移民巴黎，一九六八年五丁区学生运动而把他们驱逐出境，乐团唱红的“666”与“雨和泪”（Rain and Tears），在法国只好转入地下成了非法的两张唱片了。一九七四年乐团解体。
by John Bush
A Greek band of the late 60s and early 70s, Aphrodites Child scored only one European hit, Rain and Tears. Though it was a big one, the group became little more than a trivia answer after keyboardist Vangelis Papathanassiou dropped his surname and hit number one with the theme to Chariots of Fire in 1981. Aphrodites Child also included drummer Lucas Sideras and vocalist Demis Roussos, who enjoyed some solo success himself as a pop vocalist. The band formed in Greece in the mid-60s, and the title track from the second album was a hit throughout Europe. The 1971 album 666 was generally agreed to be the best, but it proved to be the last, though the single Break was also a hit in Europe.
