Barry Evangeli

Barry Evangeli is a British-Greek Cypriot music producer who has produced records for such artists as Gloria Gaynor ("I Wish You Love" CD) and the "Divine Record Album Collection" [http://www.highwayhome.com/entertainment/80smusiciansbands/divine/divine.html] . He was the Executive Officer for "Proto Records", an independent British label with guaranteed distribution deals. At the time a young record producer by the name of Pete Waterman based out of the business. Proto at one time had considerable success with its sole exclusive artist, Hazell Dean.

In 1984 "Proto Records" called upon Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Ware, a keyboard player, to write and produce the song "Anna Mari Elena" which would be the entry for Cyprus during the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg. It was performed by Andy Paul and came in 15th at the event.

In 1986 Proto Records closed its operation.