Brief Chronology:
 1903 "Navajo" was their first hit song.  Marie Cahill sang this tune
       in the Broadway show 'Nancy Brown'.  This may have been the
       earliest song to exploit Indian names.
 1904 "Back, Back, Back to Baltimore"
 1904 "Won't You Comer Over to my House"
 1905 "In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree". One of the biggest hits
        of the decade.
 1906 "Cheyenne", another song exploiting Indian names.
 1907 "San Antonio", and another song exploiting Indian names.
 1909 They had some songs in the Broadway show 'A Broken Doll'.
 1910 They had some songs in the Broadway show 'Girlies', starring
      Ernest Truex and Maude Raymond.

Among the other Tin Pan Alley songs that the team wrote, are:
  "There Never Was a Girl Like You"
  "The Tale the Church Bell Told"
  "It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight"
  "I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark".  O'Henry was supposed to have
     said this phrase just before his death.
  "Good Night Ladies"
  "When I Was Twenty One and You Were Sweet Sixteen"
  "Oh, That Navajo Rug"

In 1912, Van Alstyne wrote the song "That Old Girl of Mine" to a
lyric by Earle C. Jones. Following that tune, Van Alstyne worked
mostly with Gus Kahn as his lyricist.  Among the songs that team put
together are:
  1913 "Sunshine and Roses"
  1915 "Memories"

Other songs were then written, sometimes with other composers
collaborating.
  "Pretty Baby", music collaboration with Tony Jackson.
  "Your Eyes Have Told Me So", music collaboration with Walter Blaufuss.
  "Sailing Away on the Henry Clay"
  "On the Road to Home Sweet Home"
  "Little Old Church in the Valley"
  "Old Pal"
  "Kentucky's a Way of Saying Good Morning"
  "Drifting and Dreaming", with lyric by Haven Gillespie.
  "When I Was a Dreamer", lyric by Little and Lewis.

   "Vangelis"
            CAUTION: THERE ARE TWO MEN WITH THE SAME FIRST NAME
Vangelis Papathanassiou, and Vangelis Fampas (aka: Fabas)
This - "Vangelis" - (Papathanassiou) is using his first name as an artistic name He is widely known by just his First name.
Vangelis Fampas, is known by his full name, which is sometimes seen as "Fabas".
BOTH MEN have composed extensively for the films. This makes it quite easy to mix the two names.

b. March 29, 1943, (in a village near) Volos, Greece (or Athens)
né: Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou [in Greek: ΕυάγγελοςΟδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου / Eyáġġelos Oḏysséas Papaṯanasíoy (Evángelos Odhiséas Papathanasíu)]
Formerly aka:
Evangelos Papathanassiou
Vangelis Papathanassiou
Vangélis Papathanassiou
Today (ca. 2005) he is better known as Vangelis (or Vaggelis or Evangelos or Evaggelos) Fambas or Fabas or Βαγγέλης Φάμπας (Greek encoding)
Overview:
"Vangelis" (often referred to by just his first name) is probably best known for his scores for "Chariots of Fire" (Robert Docker did the arrangement), and "Blade Runner" film soundtracks, and for his TV music for astronomer Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" television show. Among his other musical collaborations, the most famous is perhaps that with Jon Anderson. Even though he has been composing since the age of four, he cannot read or write musical notation. He is a self taught musician working almost exclusively with Electronic music. Composer Vangelis Fampas (credited also as Fambas or Fabas) has scored for theatre, dance, fiction film, documentaries, multimedia, and commercial films.

He studied classical music, painting and film direction at the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens. In the early 1960s he appeared with the students band 'Formynx' (aka: Forminx), a pop group which found some fame in his homeland. Greece. He subsequently worked with such other Greek performers as Maria, Zoitsa 'Zoe' Kouroukli and Aleka Kanellidou. Then together with 'Silver' Koulouris, Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras, he formed his own band, 'The Papathanassiou Set', which released some singles with George Romanos, Ricardo Credi and Vilma Lado. In 1968, during 1968 student riots, Vangelis together with Demis Roussos (vocals) and Loukas Sideras (drums), decided to visit England, but got stuck in Paris France due to some labor strike. The group decided to stay in France, forming the progressive rock band "Aphrodite's Child", and recording their first single "Rain and Tears", which immediately became a huge hit. That was quickly followed by their first album "End of the World", and a year later, another album titled "It's Five O'Clock".

With the start of the 1970s, Vangelis no longer toured with the band, preferring to remain in the studio composing. Now, for the first time, he composed a musical film score, for a movie titled "Sex Power", by director Henry Chapier. In 1972,"Aphrodite's Child" disbanded (but Roussos did make several appearances on Vangelis' later work). In 1973, he recorded his first solo album." Earth", and recorded a few songs with famed Greek singer Melina Mercouri. He also began writing scores for two films by French filmmaker Frederic Rossif. During the following decades, Vangelis would go on to provide most of the music for Frédéric Rossif's documentaries. At this same time, although he rehearsed for a couple of weeks with the rock band 'Yes', he never joined the band (they ended up hiring Patrick Moraz). More importantly, he became friends with singer Jon Anderson, with whom he later worked on many occasions.

In 1974, after arranging an album for Italian singer Claudio Baglioni, Vangelis moved to London, England, where he was signed by RCA Records. He also set up his own 'Nemo Studios,' in an old school building at Hampden Guerney Street, in London. Many of his famous albums and soundtracks, including the acclaimed 1975 album "Heaven and Hell" (later used as the theme to the PBS television series 'Cosmos' by Carl Sagan), 'Spiral' (1977) and 'China' (1979, -his first album released for Polydor) were recorded in the Nemo studio.

In 1978. Jon Anderson visited the Nemo studio, and recorded the album "Beaubourg", singing lyrics to the beautiful "So long ago, so clear". Their long friendship would last into the 1990s, producing such albums as "Short Stories" (1980), "The Friends of Mr. Cairo" (1981), "Private Collection" (1983) and "Page of Life" in 1991. A great many other stars would eventually record in the Nemo studio.

1981 was a seminal year for his film work. His score for the film 'Chariots of Fire' won a half-dozen of awards, including the 1982 Academy Award for Original Music Score. The film's theme song began a slow one year climb to the top of the US Billboard charts. In 1982, working with director Ridley Scott, he scored another film, "Blade Runner". Vangelis also worked with famed French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, scoring many of Cousteau's underseas documentaries. In 1992, France made him a 'Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters'.

In 1987, Greek composer Stavros Logaridis brought legal suit against Vangelis claiming the main theme of "Chariots of fire" to be his own work, not Vangelis'. Although Vangelis won the case, the allegations affected him greatly, and he decided to close his studio Nemo (it was demolished a few years later) and return to Athens. In 1989, Vangelis composed the score for the film "Francesco". It was while staying in Rome for this movie that Vangelis staged a concert, and also recorded the music for his album "The City" released 1990, on a new record label, 'East-West'. That label would issue most of his album during the 1990s.

In the '90s, Vangelis and Jon Anderson released several albums together as 'Jon & Vangelis'. While in Athens, he recorded three songs with Greek singer Maria Farantouri. 1991 found him performing in Rotterdam, The Netherlands at "Eureka, the Event of Excellence". That same year, he also improvised music at the 'Night of Poetry' in Athens, and composed (and performed) the music for the mini-opera Antigone. In 1992, Vangelis returned to Paris and built a new studio, 'Epsilon'. In Paris, he scored three more films "1492, Conquest of Paradise", "The Plague" and "Bitter Moon". In 1995, Vangelis composed "Foros Timis Ston Greko", a tribute to Greek painter Domenico Theotocopoulos, which was originally released as a limited edition, but repackaged in 1998 as a commercial release. In 1996, he composed the score to the Greek movie "Kavafis", but like others before, the music was not officially released. For famed opera star Montserrat Caballe, Vangelis composed a number of songs, some of which she sang on her albums "Friends for Life" (1997) and "With All My Heart" (1998). Caballe and Vangelis performed together again at the opening ceremony of the 1997 World Championship Athletics in Athens. In 1999, the release of "Reprise 1990-1999" concluded his contract with 'East-West'.

His 2001 composition "Mythodea", (originally written in 1993, an orchestral rather than 'electronic' piece) was used by NASA as the theme for the Mars missions. He also signed with a new record label, 'Sony Classical'. In September 2001, Vangelis composed the score for the play "Las Troyanas", which was staged in Sagunto, Spain, by his long-time friend Irene Papas. Before the year closed, he also composed the theme for the 2002 Japan / Korea World championship Soccer match, which was performed in Korea at the opening ceremony. and then used all during the tournament. That same year, Vangelis composed the music to another play, "A Vihar" (The Tempest) by Williams Shakespeare, which was performed in Budapest (Hungary).

As noted above, early in his career, Vangelis studied painting and he continued to paint even while working at his music. In 2003, at an exhibition that ran from June to September, Vangelis' paintings were on public display for the first time, in Valencia, Spain. In september 2003, Irene Papas staged two interconnected plays in Rome, Italy; "Il Troiane" and "Ecuba", both of which had scores by Vangelis. 2004 saw the return of Vangelis to the silver screen, with a score for Oliver Stone's film 'Alexander', a bio-pic on the life of Alexander the Great. The score was also released on a CD album.

Currently (2005), Vangelis resides in New York city, where he remains very active, as a composer in residence with the Greek Theater of New York, and an associate composer for CBS and PBS TV. Since 1995, he has also been active in Greece as a composer and arranger for film and major orchestras. Vangelis' work is very hard to categorize because he has recorded and composed in so many different genres. One often sees his music described as "progressive rock","electronic music", "Symphonic rock", "synthesizer music", "new age", even as "Space music". However, his work is so varied that it is really unfair to describe it using just one word.

In all, Vangelis has contributed to over 60 films. Just some of his Scores and Soundtracks include:
   The Death of 'Alexander' (2005)
   Alexander (2004)
   Vangelis: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001)
   How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (from film score "Chariots of Fire")
   Kavafis (1996. aka Cavafy (France), aka Kavafi)
   De Nuremberg à Nuremberg (1994)
   1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992. aka 1492: Christophe Colomb (France), aka 1492: La conquista del paraíso (Spain)

   Bitter Moon (1992. aka Lunes de fiel -France)
   Nosferatu a Venezia (1988. aka Vampire in Venice (USA)
   The Bounty (1984)
   Blade Runner (1982)
   Todesgöttin des Liebescamps, Die (1981)
   Chariots of Fire (1981) (as Vangelis Papathanassiou)
   "Cosmos" (1980) (mini-TV Series)
   Death of a Princess (1980) (TV)
   "Opéra sauvage, L'" (1977 TV Series)
   Amore (1974)
   Salut, Jerusalem (1972)
   Sex Power (1970) (as Vangelis Papathanassiou)
   Adelfos mou o trohonomos, O (1963)

   Elvino Vardaro
Violinist.
b: June 18, 1905. d: August 5, 1971
In 1920,After having studied violin with Fioravanti Brugni and George Barnee,    Elvino Vardaro began his professional career working with Paquita Bernardo. Subsequently, he worked with    Juan "Pacho" Maglio,    Roberto Firpo, the Orquesta Típica Victor, Rafael RossiRafael Rossi,    Osvaldo Fresedo,    Carlos di Sarli, and many other orchestras. He and Osvaldo Pugliese also formed their own "Orquesta Vardaro-Pugliese", that later on would became the "Orquesta Vardaro-Demare".

Some of his works are:
   "Dominio" ("Dominion"),
   "Tinieblas" ("Darkness"?),
   "Miedo" ("Fear"),
   "Y a m�que me Importa" ("How do I care?),
   "Fray Milonga" ("Brother Milonga"),
   "Te Llaman Violín" ("They call you violin"),
   "Imaginación" ("Imagination")
   "El Repique" ("The Ringing").