Marjetka "Neca" Falk (born 19 June 1950) is a

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. She was born in

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, a city in

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. She started her career at the Youth Festival in

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in 1969 and released her first album, ''Danes'' (English: ''Today''), in 1977. She is well known for her

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and for her children's songs about cats, written by

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. She also collaborated with Alfi Nipič,

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, Atomsko sklonište, and others.

Hits

* ''Prva ljubezen'' (''First Love''; Vesela jesen erry Autumn 1972) * ''Kako sva si različna'' (''How Different We Are''; with Alfi Nipič) * Dobro jutro, dober dan (''Good Morning, Good Afternoon'') * ''Banane'' (''Bananas'') * ''Vsi ljudje hitijo'' (''All People Hurry'') * Dravski most (Banks of the Ohio) (''The Drava Bridge'') * Maček Muri (''Magic Muri'', ''Tomcat Tom'', ''Muri the Cat'') * Muca Maca (''Pussy Cat'')

Discography

Albums

*Danes (''Today'', Helidon 1977) *Vsi Ijudje hitijo (''All People Hurry'', RTV LJ, 1978) *Zlata ladja (''Golden Ship'', 1978) *Najjači ostaju (''The Strongest Stay'', RTV LJ, 1980) *Nervozna (''Nervous'', RTV LJ, 1981) *Maček Muri in Muca Maca (''Magic Muri and Pussy Cat'', 1984) *Maček Muri in Muca Maca (''Magic Muri and Pussy Cat'', Mačji disk at's Disk 1992. A cassette and a videocassette)(re-release) *Neca Falk (Mačji disk at's Disk 1993)(re-release) *Dravski most (''The Drava Bridge''; Mačji disk at's Disk 1994)(re-release) *Zlata ladja (''Golden Ship''; Mačji disk at's Disk 1994)(re-release) *Portreti (''Portraits''; Mačji disk at's Disk 1996)(greatest hits)

References

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