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Robert Williams
Ρόμπερτ Ουίλιαμς
BornΡοβέρτος-Κωνσταντίνος Ουίλιαμς
4 December 1949 (1949-12-04)
Athens, Greece
Died21 August 2022 (2022-08-22) (aged 72)
Athens, Greece
Occupations
  • Singer
  • composer

Robertos Konstantinos Williams (Greek: Ροβέρτος-Κωνσταντίνος Ουίλιαμς, 4 December 1949 – 21 August 2022), best known as Robert Williams (Greek: Ρόμπερτ Ουίλιαμς), was a Greek singer and composer.

Life and career

Born in Athens to a British father and a Greek mother, Williams began his career as guitarist the and singer of the rock band Poll. He started his solo career in 1974, and in 1976 he had his major hit with the song "Μίλα μου" ("Talk to Me"). In 1977, together with singers Pascalis, Marianna Toli and Bessy Argyraki he entered the Eurovision Song Contest, placing fifth with the song "Mathema Solfege".

Close to New Democracy, he composed the anthem of the party in 1982. He was also active as a score composer.

Williams died of pancreatic cancer on 21 August 2022, at the age of 72.

References

  1. ^ "Πέθανε ο τραγουδιστής Ρόμπερτ Ουίλιαμς σε ηλικία 72 ετών". News.gr. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Ρόμπερτ Ουίλιαμς: Ο ύμνος της ΝΔ, η γνωριμία του με τον Κ. Καραμανλή και ο πόλεμος που δέχθηκε". Parapolitika (in Greek). 21 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: Ellinikós Telikós
Participation
Artists
Songs
Note: Entries scored out signify where Greece did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Countries
Final
Withdrawn
  • Tunisia
Artists
Songs
  • "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim"
  • "Beatles"
  • "Boom Boom Boomerang"
  • "Casanova"
  • "Enséñame a cantar"
  • "Frère Jacques"
  • "It's Nice to Be in Love Again"
  • "Lapponia"
  • "Libera"
  • "De mallemolen"
  • "Mathima solfège"
  • "A Million in One, Two, Three"
  • "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant"
  • "Une petite française"
  • "Portugal no coração"
  • "Rock Bottom"
  • "Swiss Lady"
  • "Telegram"
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