Ljubiša Stojanović (; 25 June 1952 – 31 July 2011), better known by his

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Louis, was a Serbian singer. He was known for his unique musical style and was in the music business from 1970 until his death.

Biography

Born in

Leskovac Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in Southern Serbia (Geographical Region), southern Serbia. According to the 202 ...

, Louis graduated from the music high school in

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. He got his B.A. in Music from the

Faculty of Music in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...

, majoring in voice and composing with arrangement and folklore.Poginuo pevač Ljubiša Stojanović Luis
/ref> His stage name Louis originated from when he was nine and successfully performed

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's songs. He was among the first to combine

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with

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's folklore. In 1982, he recorded his first record titled ''Ne kuni me, ne ruži me, majko'' (Do Not Curse me ,Do Not Scold Me, Mother), gaining high sales. Together with the Serbian band

Flamingosi Flamingosi ( sr, Фламингоси) was a popular Serbian- Montenegrin duo. Its members were the Serbian TV presenter Ognjen Amidžić (a.k.a. Renato) and actor Marinko Madžgalj (a.k.a. Valentino). The group was founded in the summer of 2005. ...

, he almost won the

Beovizija ''Beovizija'' ( sr, Беовизија) was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. ''Beovizija'' is organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, ...

2006 festival for the

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in Athens, Greece. At the beginning of 2011 he recorded for the Dutch record label

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the album "The Last King Of Balkans" but just before the release of the album , Louis died in a car accident on 31 July 2011, on the road between

Feketić Feketić ( sr-cyr, Фекетић, hu, Bácsfeketehegy, german: Feketitsch or ) is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has ...

and Vrbas. His last show was on 22 July 2011 at Club Jez in

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Discography

*1982: Ne kuni me, ne ruži me, majko *1984: Dudi, s puno ljubavi *1985: Srcem i dušom *1986: My way I *1987: My way II *1988: Kamerav *1989: Hajde da se pomirimo *1990: Dunjo moja *1999: Louis (uživo) *2000: Louis (leptir) *2000: The Best of Louis *2001: Pogled iznutra *2005: Čarobnjak *2008: Ciganski san *2011: The Last King of Balkans [2011

]

References

External links

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Biography at Snail Records
{{DEFAULTSORT:Louis 1952 births 2011 deaths Musicians from Leskovac 20th-century Serbian male singers Serbian folk singers Road incident deaths in Serbia Serbian jazz singers Male jazz musicians 21st-century Serbian male singers Yugoslav male singers