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Predrag Gojković Cune
Predrag Gojković Cune (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Гојковић Цуне; 6 November 1932 – 21 July 2017) was a Serbian vocalist and recording artist with a career spanning six decades. Biography In 1939, he enrolled in primary school and subsequently enrolled in the 8th Men's Gymnasium in Belgrade, alongside actors Velimir Bata Živojinović and Danilo Bata Stojković. After high school, he attended the Trade Academy — which he never finished due to his love for singing.RTS: Umro Predrag Gojković ''Radio Televizija Srbije'', 21 July 2017. Gojković performed in the late 1950s with , accompanied by an orc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kragujevac
Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Serbia, and is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River. , the city proper has a population of 150,835, while its administrative area comprises a total of 179,417 inhabitants. Kragujevac was the first capital of modern Serbia and the first constitution in the Balkans, the Sretenje Constitution, was proclaimed in the city in 1838. A unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was located there in World War I. During the Second World War, Kragujevac was the site of a massacre by the Nazis in which 2,778 Serb men and boys were killed. Modern Kragujevac is known for its large munitions (Zastava Arms) and automobile (FCA Srbija) industries, as well as its status as an education centre housing the University of Kragujevac, one of the region's largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladan Vukosavljević (politician)
Vladan Vukosavljević () is a Serbian politician and a former Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia. Biography He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Belgrade. He had several study stays in France and Germany, and attended a postgraduate specialist course at the Faculty of Law on the topic of International Trade. Vukosavljevic worked in foreign trade in the Belgrade company Universal. He was the director and owner of a real estate and legal services company, and since 2002 the director and co-owner of the public relations company Logos public Relations. In 2011, he was the initiator of the petition for the establishment of the Museum of the Victims of the Genocide of Serbs in the 20th century. He was appointed Secretary of Culture of the City of Belgrade in 2013. He is a member of the Royal Cabinet of the Karađorđević dynasty. Since 11 August 2016 he has been serving as a Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia. He speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepa Lukić
Lepava Mušović ( sr-Cyrl, Лепава Мушовић; born 13 January 1940), known professionally as Lepa Lukić ( sr-cyr, Лепа Лукић), is a Serbian folk singer with a career spanning more than six decades. One of her biggest hits is "Srce je moje violina" (''My Heart is a Violin''). Early life and family Lepava Mušović in the village of Miločaj near Kraljevo in Serbia, at the time part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Contrary to most sources, Lepava was actually born 13 January 1940, rather than 16 January 1940 when she was given a birth certificate. Her father, Radisav, died in 1942, at age 30, when Lepava was two years old. Her mother, Milosija (1913–2007), lived to the age of 94. Lepava has one older brother, Radomir, born in 1936. Career Lepava began singing at about the age of ten, circa 1950 in her village. Her professional singing career began in the 1960s, when she recorded duets with singers Mića Stojanović and Gvozden Radičević. At the beginning of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esma Redžepova
Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska ( mk, Есма Реџепова-Теодосиевска, ; 8 August 1943 – 11 December 2016) was a Macedonian Romani vocalist, songwriter and humanitarian. Because of her prolific repertoire, which included hundreds of songs, and because of her contribution to Romani culture and its promotion, she was nicknamed the Queen of the Gypsies. She started to sing while she was a teenager in the 1950s, and her career spans over five decades. Her musical success was closely linked to her marriage with Stevo Teodosievski, who was a composer, arranger and director of a musical ensemble Ansambl Teodosievski. He wrote many of her songs and fully managed her career until his death in 1997. Her musical style was mostly inspired by traditional Romani and Macedonian music. Some other influences are also noticeable, such as pop music. Esma Redžepova started her career at a period when Romani music was very denigrated in Yugoslavia and Romani people considered it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diskoton
''Diskoton'' was a major record label in SFR Yugoslavia, based in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company ceased to exist in 1992, with the outbreak of the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The studio was destroyed along with all master recordings Background Company History Diskoton was formally established in 1972 in Sarajevo at the instigation of Asim Haverić, then an employee of the record label Beograd Disk (later to become Jugodisk). He persuaded Jovo Beatović, manager of the city public utility company Park in Sarajevo, to organize a record production company within his enterprise. Record production began in 1973 and Diskoton operated as a subsidiary of Park until 1977, when it became an independent company. Diskoton premises were located in Pionirska dolina, a popular city park and zoo maintained by the Park company. The label acquired its name through a public call advertized by a popular magazine ''Ven'', opting to pick a name suggested by you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTV Studio B
RTV Studio B, more often called Studio B ( sr-cyr, Студио Б), is a radio and television broadcaster in Belgrade, Serbia. It was the first broadcast station outside the national electronic media system. Background RTV Studio B broadcasts in a radius of 100 km around Belgrade, covering an area in which there are three million viewers. One notable program was "Good Morning, Belgrade" ( sr, Beograde dobro jutro), which was launched in 1975. History Studio B was launched as a radio station in 1970 by the journalists from the Borba group. In 1972, it became a corporation owned by Belgrade's Municipal Council. From 1975, Duško Radović was the editor of Studio B. Studio B became independent in April 1991, but this was reversed by a decision of the corporate court on 15 February 1996, when the last serving director of NTV Studio B, Milorad Roganović was removed from his duty, and from that day on, Studio B has served as a government-owned company. In October 1997, Zoran O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Živković Tozovac
Predrag Živković ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Живковић; 22 January 19366 April 2021), nicknamed Tozovac ( sr-Cyrl, Тозовац) was one of the most famous Serbian folk singers and composers. He was also an accomplished accordion player and entertainer who appeared in movies and hosted several music TV shows. He died on 6 April 2021, because of difficulties with COVID-19. Early life Tozovac was born in Kraljevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 22 January 1936. His father Svetozar "Toza" Živković was also a musician and a restaurant owner, while mother Budimka was a housewife. His father was shot in 1941 in Kraljevo during the Axis occupation of Serbia. He went to Kraljevo high school and in 1976 graduated at the Higher School of Economics in Belgrade. He began working as a musician in the 1960s, first as an accordion player who accompanied other, more prominent singers, while later in the decade, he teamed up with other composers like Duško Radetić, Bane Popov, and Duša ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Production
Grand Production ( sr, Гранд продукција) is a Serbian record label and production company predominantly focused on folk performers. The label produces the weekly television show ''Grand Parada'', launched their own cable television channel, and organize a competitive festival of pop-folk and turbo-folk music, Grand Festival. TV shows Since its founding in 1998, the label has produced the weekly television variety show ''Grand Parada'' (or Zvezda Granda), to serve as a showcase for Grand Production's artists. It aired on the Serbian network Pink TV until 2014, when Grand launched their own cable channel, Grand TV, through a contract with United Group. They have a full programming schedule, and also air shows on Prva Srpska Televizija in Serbia and Montenegro, Nova BH in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on Kanal 5 in North Macedonia. Grand TV is also available in Europe, Canada, United States and Australia. The list of Grand Production programs: * ''Grand Show'' * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miodrag Todorović Krnjevac
Miodrag ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг) is a South Slavonic, for all purposes almost exclusively Serbian, masculine given name, derived from ''mio'' ("tender, cute") and '' drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavonic dithematic names. It may refer to: * Miodrag Anđelković, Serbian footballer *Miodrag Belodedici, Romanian football central defender *Miodrag Božović, Montenegrin football manager and former player *Miodrag Bulatović, Montenegrin Serb novelist and playwright *Miodrag Džudović, Montenegrin footballer * Miodrag "Skale" Gvozdenović, Montenegrin volleyball player *Miodrag Ješić, Serbian footballer and football manager *Miodrag Jovanović (footballer born 1922), Serbian footballer *Miodrag Jovanović (footballer born 1977), Serbian footballer *Miodrag Koljević, Montenegrin diplomat in Russian Federation *Miodrag Kojadinović, Serbian-Canadian writer and researcher *Miodrag Krivokapić (actor), Serbian actor * Miodrag Krivokapić (footballer), Montenegrin former fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, SR Croatia. History Jugoton was formed in 1947. It is notable for releasing some of the most important former Yugoslav pop and rock records. In addition, the company owned a widespread network of record shops across SFR Yugoslavia. The company changed its name to Croatia Records in 1991, after Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia. Artists Jugoton notable for signing numerous eminent former Yugoslav pop and rock acts. Some of the artists that have been signed to Jugoton include: * Aerodrom * Ansambel bratov Avsenik *Silvana Armenulić *Atomi *Azra *Đorđe Balašević *Bele Vrane *Beograd *Halid Bešlić *Bezobrazno Zeleno *Bijele Strijele *Bijelo Dugme *Biseri * Borghesia *Bulevar *Cacadou Look *Crni Biseri *Crvena Jabuka *Crveni Koralji *Zdravko Čolić * Dah *Daltoni *Dʼ Boys * Delfini (Split band) * Delfini (Zagreb band) * Devil Doll * Divlje Jagode *Dorian Gray * Dubrov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
