Alec Costandinos

Alec Costandinos

Alec Rupen Costandinos, (born Alexandre Garbis Sarkis Kouyoumdjian in 1944 in Cairo, Egypt) is a French composer, music producer, songwriter and singer of the 1970s, known for his contributions to disco music. His father was Armenian and his mother was Greek. Costandinos dominated the disco and Euro-disco genres in the late 1970s. He began his career as a publisher and producer for various artists, including French pop star Claude Francois and chanteuse Dalida. After writing Cerrone's "Love in C Minor" (1976), Costandinos was signed to Barclay Records. He released his first album, Love & Kisses in 1977, which featured the hit track "I Found Love (Now That I Found You)". Costandinos went on to release a number of wildly successful records under the prominent American disco label, Casablanca. His album, Romeo & Juliet has been credited for bringing the concept album to dance music. He also wrote "Thank God It's Friday", the theme track to the disco film by the same name. Costandinos was involved as a writer in the development of many productions of Demis Roussos. He also contributed to the debut album of Crystal Grass, which featured the club hit "Crystal World", released on the Philips label in France. He has also written under the pseudonym R. Rupen. He often worked with a collective of backing singers, the Birds of Paris, some of whom later became famous in their own right. According to what he declared in one of his rare interviews on 11 December 2011 at Open House Radio (Miami), his disco works were basically influenced by Philly sound, classical and melodic Italian music. Source: Article "Alec R. Costandinos" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Alec Costandinos
  • Popularity: 0.386
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1944-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
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  • Also Known As: Alec R. Costandinos, Alexandre Garbis Sarkis Kouyoumdjian
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Alec Costandinos Movies

  • 2019
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    Disco Europe Express

    Disco Europe Express

    7 2019 HD

    Despite its Afro-American origins, the history of disco music, the soundtrack of the seventies, would be inconceivable without a handful of legendary...

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  • 1989
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    France images d'une révolution

    France images d'une révolution

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    France images d'une révolution

    France images d'une révolution

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2004
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    True Vinyl

    True Vinyl

    10 2004 HD

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  • 1978
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    Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

    6.8 1978 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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