Christos Demetriou
| Chris Demetriou | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christos |
| Also known as | Chris Dee |
| Genres | R&B/mainstream pop |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur / record producer / songwriter & musician / pastor |
| Instruments | Keyboards / piano / guitar |
| Years active | Mid 1960s – present |
| Associated acts | John Kongos, Mike d'Abo, Cat Stevens, David Bowie |
Chris Demetriou born in Paphos, Cyprus, is a musician, songwriter, record producer and media entrepreneur. One of his songs "Step On" appears in Q Magazine's top hundred singles of all time, and the original version was eventually cited by The Guinness Book of Records as being the first sample ever used on a record. "Step On" was also used in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. From 200 million members, Demetriou had one of the top 1% most viewed LinkedIn profiles for 2012 and is currently ranked higher than 80% of users with over 10,000 connections.
Demetriou began his professional music career in his teens playing keyboards for the Johannesburg R&B group John E Sharpe & the Squires. He appeared on the group's most successful singles, including covers of The Kinks' "Stop Your Sobbing" and Paul Simon's "I Am A Rock", as well as their Maybelline album.
Demetriou left South Africa for London with fellow musician John Kongos and the pair formed the psychedelic rock group Floribunda Rose. However, the band soon changed its name to Scrugg and recorded a number of singles on the Pye label with producer John Schroder and new drummer Henry Spinetti. Scrugg enjoyed limited success, with their double A-side "One Way Street" and "Linda Loves Linda" receiving significant airplay but failing to perform well in the charts. The songwriting partnership of Kongos/Demetriou proved to be more successful than the groups they were in – with two songs reaching the top five in the UK charts and another, sung by Bond girl Daliah Lavi, reaching number one in Germany and Switzerland. Some of their early work, including recordings by Floribunda Rose and Scrugg, were released on the compilation Lavender Popcorn in 2001. They also wrote the music for the British cult film A Promise of Bed directed by Derek Ford and starring John Bird, Victor Spinetti and Dennis Waterman.
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