Biography

Fustukian was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. He became involved with music at an early age. Throughout the early stages of his life developed an affinity for jazz singers and big bands, rhythm and blues, classical music, country music in its original form and pop music. He was singing in nightclubs when he was thirteen. He became interested in radio and became a disc jockey, changed his name from Bryan Fustukian to Vik Armen and traveled across the country working at radio stations in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Ottawa, Toronto and Providence, Rhode Island. He was recording his first songs in radio station studios and while doing a morning radio show at CJCA in Edmonton he wrote, produced and released a single, "I'm Not In Your Dreams Anymore", which became a number one record in the market. In the mid 70's he

signed with Jim Reeves Enterprises as an Artist Writer and Producer in Nashville, TN. He has gone on to release 12 albums. But with Fustukian, it's always been about the music and he has continued his career with live performances from Las Vegas to Moscow as well as national TV. He has appeared as a principal actor in several major motion pictures with Actors such as Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Ellen Burstyn, Jon Voight and others.

As one fan said. “He could sing the phone book and it would sound good”