Zdenka Vučković – Yugoslavia’s First Child Pop Star
Zdenka was born in 1942 and managed to win a children’s music competition at the tender age of six. She captured the hearts of the audience at the age of 15 when, in a duet with Ivo Robić, she sang the songs “Moja mala djevojčica” (remembered by many as “Daddy, Buy Me a Car”) and […]
Tina Turner in Yugoslavia
Tina Turner and her then-husband Ike opened a series of major world concerts in Yugoslavia. They performed for the first time in the “Pionir” hall in front of 6,295 people on November 2, 1974. They stayed at the “Jugoslavija” hotel and visited the famous tavern “Tri šešira” in Skadarlija, where they tried local specialties. Tina […]
Đorđe Balašević – Pannonian Sailor
The renowned musician was born on May 11, 1953, in Novi Sad, in the family of his father Jovan Balašević and Veronika Dolenec. He grew up in a house on Jovana Cvijića Street and began writing songs back in elementary school, although he dreamed of becoming a soccer player. He dropped out of high school […]
Toma Zdravković – a Bohemian from Birth and Beyond
Toma Zdravković, a singer of folk music and a composer, was an exceptional figure on the Yugoslav music scene, a true bohemian and poet. His songs, mostly self-composed, were almost always autobiographical and spoke of the unhappy love he seemingly experienced almost until the end of his life. He was married four times, finally settling […]