Zlatko Pejaković (born 29 August 1950) is a
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n singer. He has released 27 albums over his five decade long career. He started his music career in 1967 with local bands in Osijek.
In 1972 he joined Korni Grupa, who in turn reached their peak with Pejaković as their lead singer. The breakup of the band in 1974 kickstarted his solo career.
Biography
Pejaković was born in
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
to Mihael and Marija Pejaković,
Bosnian catholics from
Travnik
Travnik is a town and a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the administrative center of Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, west of Sarajevo. As of 2 ...
. He sang in bands Čarobnjaci, Lavine, Dinamiti, Zlatni Akordi, Grupa Had and
Korni Grupa. His songs include "Ove noći jedna žena", "Lagala je da me voli", and the country-influenced "Plavo pismo".
Personal life
In 1996 he married his longtime girlfriend Marija who is also a musician. His cousin
Josip Pejaković
Josip Pejaković (born 5 March 1948) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian actor and writer born in Travnik, Bosnia. At one time he was the lead singer for the Travnik-based rock group Veziri. He was also an antiwar activist at the start of the Bo ...
is an actor and his son Marko is a DJ in Slovenia.
Discography
Solo albums
* ''Lice'' (1976)
* ''Zlatko Pejaković'' (1977)
* ''Tebi ljubavi'' (1978)
* ''Dilema'' (1979)
* ''Ti nisi ta'' (1980)
* ''Trn'' (1981)
* ''Smiri se srce'' (1982)
* ''Sve je u redu'' (1983)
* ''Zlatko Pejaković'' (1989)
* ''Kad prođe sve'' (1990)
* ''Tamburicu ja, mandolinu ti'' (1993)
* ''Zlatko '93'' (1993)
* ''Zlatko '94'' (1994)
* ''U se, na se... zna se'' (1995)
* ''Večeras će zvoniti zvona - Čestit Božić'' (1995)
* ''Sve najbolje'' (1996)
* ''Best of 69/96'' (1996)
* ''Ni na nebu ni na zemlji'' (1997)
* ''Koncert Dom Sportova, Zagreb '98'' (1998)
* ''Zlatko 2000'' (2000)
* ''Pijem da je zaboravim'' (2001)
* ''Bezobrazno zelene'' (2002)
* ''U ranu zoru'' (2003)
* ''Zlatko 2004'' (2004)
* ''Ala je divan taj podravski kraj'' (2006)
* ''Pjevat će Slavonija'' (2006)
* ''Ličanin sam, govor me odaje'' (2007)
* ''The platinum collection'' (2007)
* ''Zlatko 2010'' (2010)
References
1950 births
Living people
Croatian pop singers
Yugoslav male singers
People from Osijek
21st-century Croatian male singers
20th-century Croatian male singers
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