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Bruno Kovačić
Bruno Kovačić is a Croatian musician and composer. Biography His career began in the 1980s when he formed the band called D-Day. Afterwards he worked with all the important musicians and singers in and around Croatia as a musician, composer or an arranger. By late 80'a he entered Parni valjak as a guitarist and saxophone player, then performed with Gibonni, Hard Time and Fanny Hill, and he recorded his album "Just Like All Other People" in 2001. He wrote songs for Oliver Dragojević, Ivan Mikulić, Tony Cetinski, Danijela, Vanna, Jacques Houdek, and for his wife Ivana Plechinger with whom he wrote hit songs such as ''To nismo mi'' and ''Kao rijeka'' which scored second on Dora in 2000. Ivana and Bruno have two sons. Discography Albums * '' Just Like All Other People'' (2001) Cooperation * Vanna (Tako nježno tako lažno, Kao rijeka (written with Ivana Plechinger), Hrabra kao prije, Ljubi me za kraj, Sama, Kupi mi, Ledeno doba, Početak i kraj, Ivana, Da sve je ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Like All Other People
Just or JUST may refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Just" (song), 1995, by Radiohead * ''Just!'', Australian author Andy Griffiths' children's story collections * ''Just'', a 1998 album by Dave Lindholm * "Just", a 2005 song on ''Lost and Found'' by Mudvayne * "Just", a 2016 song on ''Melting'' by Mamamoo Businesses * JUST, Inc., an American food manufacturing company * Just Group, an Australian owner and operator of seven retail brands * Just Group plc, a British company specialising in retirement products and services Education * Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh * Jinwen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan * Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan People * Just (surname) * Just (given name) * List of people known as the Just See also * * Jus (other) * Justice (other) Justice is the philosophical concept of the morally correct assignment of goods and evils. Justice or Justices may also refer to: Common uses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Cetinski
Anthony Cetinski (born 31 May 1969) is a Croatian pop singer. Biography Born into a family of musicians in Pula (then SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia), Cetinski began singing when he was 15 years old with various local groups. He moved from Rovinj to Zagreb in 1991 to start his career, and quickly became one of Croatia's leading pop stars. In 1994, he represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest, Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva". At the 10th Croatian Radio Festival in 2006, Cetinski won all three prizes in pop-rock category: HRF Grand Prix – pop-rock, Listener's award and Music Editors award. He also recorded the song "Lagala nas mala" as a duet with Macedonian singer Toše Proeski. This song appears on both of Proeski's 2005 albums, ''Po tebe (album), Po tebe'' and its Croatian language, Croatian edition ''Pratim te''. The song was also remixed by DeeJay Time. In 2009, Cetinski won the Porin (mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Births
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts, in an attempt to eliminate the Iron Triangle (Vietnam), Iron Triangle. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 15 – Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. * January 23 ** In Munich, the trial begins of Wilhelm Harster, accused of the murder of 82,856 Jews (including Anne Frank) when he led German security police during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison. ** Milton Keynes in England is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Musicians
Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language Croatian (; ) is the standard language, standardised Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats. It is the national official language and literary standard of Croatia, o ... * Croatian people * Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (other) * Croatia (other) * Croatoan (other) * Hrvatski (other) * Hrvatsko (other) * Serbo-Croatian (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Mikulić
Ivica Ante "Ivan" Mikulić (born 8 May 1968) is a Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Herzegovinian Croat singer, best known outside his country for having represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest, Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, singing "You Are the Only One (Ivan Mikulić song), You Are The Only One". Mikulić has a large vocal range, which wasn't demonstrated in his performance, and he has incorporated Croatian folk music, traditional Croatian and Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina#Traditional music, Herzegovinian elements in his music such as Ganga (music), ganga. In addition to Eurovision, he has performed in many Croatian music festivals in both Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Achievements *Winner of Melodije Mostara music festival – 2006 Discography Studio albums 1996 - Zaljubljen i lud 1999 - Kaži joj suzo 2002 - Ti si ona prava 2004 - Kompilacija 2006 - Igraj, igraj, nemoj stat' References Sources * External links * 1968 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Like All Other People (album)
Just or JUST may refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Just" (song), 1995, by Radiohead * ''Just!'', Australian author Andy Griffiths' children's story collections * ''Just'', a 1998 album by Dave Lindholm * "Just", a 2005 song on ''Lost and Found'' by Mudvayne * "Just", a 2016 song on ''Melting'' by Mamamoo Businesses * JUST, Inc., an American food manufacturing company * Just Group, an Australian owner and operator of seven retail brands * Just Group plc, a British company specialising in retirement products and services Education * Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh * Jinwen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan * Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan People * Just (surname) * Just (given name) * List of people known as the Just See also * * Jus (other) * Justice (other) Justice is the philosophical concept of the morally correct assignment of goods and evils. Justice or Justices may also refer to: Common uses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HRT Dora
Croatia has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 30 times since making its debut at the . The Croatian participating broadcaster in the contest is (HRT), which has selected its entrant at the Dora festival since 1993, excluding from 2012 to 2018. Croatia's best result in the contest is a second-place finish in . Croatia achieved six top ten results in seven years, with "" performed by Magazin and Lidija finishing sixth (), "" by Maja Blagdan fourth (), "" by former Magazin member Danijela Martinović fifth (), "" by Doris Dragović fourth (), "" by Goran Karan ninth (), and " Strings of My Heart" by Vanna tenth (). A period of 23 years without a top ten result followed, which was interrupted by a second-place finish in 2024 with " Rim Tim Tagi Dim" by Baby Lasagna. Croatia failed to reach the final for four years in succession (–), before choosing to not participate in and . Croatia returned and reached the final in both and , before again failing to reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana Plechinger
Ivana is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern Ireland, France, French-speaking Canada, the Mediterranean and Latin America. It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic cognates of the names Joanna and John. It may also be spelled as Ivanna. In Croatia, the name Ivana was the most common feminine given name between 1970 and 1999. Variants Iva and Ivanka are diminutives derived from Ivana. The name day is celebrated on April 4. In Croatia, the name day is celebrated on December 27. In Slovakia, the name day is celebrated on December 28. In North Macedonia, the name day is celebrated on July 07 - also known as ''Ivanden''. People named Ivana Given name Ivana * Ivana (singer) (born 1969), Bulgarian singer * Ivana Abramović (born 1983), Croatian tennis player * Ivana Alawi (born 1996), Filipino actress and model * Ivana Bacik (born 1968), Irish politician * Ivana Banfić (born 1969), Croatian dancer and singer * Ivan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Houdek
Jacques Houdek (born Željko Houdek; 14 April 1981) is a Croatian recording artist who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song " My Friend". Houdek began his professional solo career in 2000 and has since released many recordings and albums out which 13 have been certified silver (five times), gold, platinum and diamond (once). Houdek is one of the mentors in the Croatian version of the TV talent show '' The Voice''. During show's first season, he mentored the winner Nina Kraljić. Aside from Croatian, he has sung and recorded in English, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Slovene, Macedonian, and Māori language. Early life and education Jacques Houdek was born as Željko Houdek on 14 April 1981 in Velika Gorica. His last name is of Czech origin. After finishing elementary music school (piano department), Houdek enrolled in two high schools, music (solo singing department) and vocational hairdressing. He also attended singing lessons with profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanna (singer)
Ivana Ranilović-Vrdoljak (born 1 September 1970 in Koprivnica, Croatia) better known by her stage name Vanna, is a Croatian pop singer. Biography As a child, Vanna won prizes in various national children and youth festivals. Her debut was at the 1990 Zagrebfest, a music festival held in Zagreb. In that year she left her hometown to live and study in Zagreb and whilst studying, she performed in a band called BOA singing back vocals. In 1992 her professional career as a singer started when she joined a eurodance band called Electro Team who started to perform as a hip hop and pop rap group and became instant stars. Not only was she a singer but also a co-author and songwriter of all the songs performed by Electro Team. The song "Tek je 12 sati" with which the group turned to a more eurodance sound became a huge hit in 1993, and was popular elsewhere across the former Yugoslavia republics. In 1997, Vanna left Electro Team to start a solo career and record her first album, ''I t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danijela Martinović
Danijela Martinović (born 15 July 1971), also known mononymously as Danijela, is a Croatian pop singer who represented Croatia in the 1995 and 1998 Eurovision Song Contests. Biography Born in Split to Croatian parents, Martinović began to sing from an early age. She has a sister, Izabela, who also pursued a music career through Split-based pop rock act Stijene. Her big breakthrough came in 1991 when she joined the pop band Magazin. Magazin had long been a big name on the Croatian music scene (as well as the wider area, dating back to Yugoslav times); as such, Martinović became one of the biggest national icons. They represented Croatia at the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, along with the opera singer Lidija Horvat-Dunjko, they performed the song " Nostalgija" finishing 6th (out of 23 entries) with 91 points. In 1996 she left Magazin to pursue a solo career, but she continued to work with the band's leader and prolific songwriter Tonči Huljić. That partnership resulted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Dragojević
Oliver Dragojević (; 7 December 1947 – 29 July 2018) was a Croatian singer and composer, who was considered one of the most enduring musical stars and cultural icons in Croatia with a discography that spanned nearly five decades. His style blended traditional klapa melodies of Dalmatia, a coastal region in his native Croatia, with jazz motifs wrapped up in a modern production. For his influential musical career, he reached critical and commercial acclaim in Croatia and neighbouring countries, and numerous accolades, including numerous Porin and Indexi awards. He is one of the few Croatian musicians who performed at major international venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, L'Olympia, and Sydney Opera House. In 1995, he was awarded the Order of Danica Hrvatska for his services to culture. Due to his popularity in Croatia’s music, and his impact on Dalmatian music, he is often regarded as the "''Greatest musician in Croatian history''", and his music videos ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
