Vik Armen

Bryan Fustukian (born Saint Boniface, Winnipeg) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. He is also notable as a former radio broadcaster and concert promoter. Under the stage name of Vik Armen, Fustukian initially developed his music career in pop music. He continues to perform and record country music as Bryan Fustukian and pop music as Vik Armen.

Bryan Fustukian was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and spent his childhood in Edmonton, Alberta. Fustukian's first career was in radio. After appearing as a guest singer at an Edmonton all-night radio show, he was encouraged to become a radio broadcaster and to choose a new name to do so. He became Vik Armen.

Under the name Vik Armen, Fustukian was a radio station disc jockey in Winnipeg (CKRC), Edmonton (CHED and CJCA), Lethbridge (CHEC), Ottawa (CKOY), Toronto (CKEY) and Providence, Rhode Island.

As Vik Armen, Fustukian released a number of pop music singles in the 1960s. He would record his songs in the radio station studios where he was employed. One of his songs, "I'm Not In Your Dreams Anymore", released as "Not In Your Dreams" and recorded while he was a morning disc jockey at CJCA in Edmonton, became a number 1 local hit. The single was issued by Remlap Records, an independent label co-owned by Fustukian and a partner, who worked for Decca Records. Subsequent singles were released on Apex Records, which was then the Canadian label for Decca Records. One such release was "Kiss Me Quick", which was produced at the Norm Petty Studios, in Clovis, New Mexico, where Fustukian was musically supported by Wes Dakus and The Rebels.

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