Dragoljub "Dragan" Ilić ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб-Драган Илић; born 1956) is a

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n and Yugoslav

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songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

, and

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, best known as the leader of the

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band Generacija 5 and for his pivotal role in

YU Rock Misija YU Rock Misija (known in English as YU Rock Mission) was the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's contribution to Bob Geldof's Band Aid campaign, which culminated with the Live Aid concert. It consisted of recording the "Za milion godina" ...

, the Yugoslav contribution to

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campaign. In addition to his career as a rock musician and songwriter, Ilić is known for his work as composer of classical, popular and

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. He is the brother of late composer Aleksandar "Sanja" Ilić.

Musical career

Early career

Ilić started his career in the mid-1970s. Prior to forming Generacija 5, he performed with the band Korak (''Step'').

Generacija 5

Ilić formed Generacija in July 1977 with vocalist Jovan Rašić, guitarist Dragan "Krle" Jovanović, bass guitarist Dušan "Duda" Petrović and drummer Boban Đorđević. Initially a

jazz rock Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music Music genre, genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, a ...

group, Generacija 5 gained nationwide popularity with their switch to

arena rock Arena rock (also known as stadium rock, pomp rock or corporate rock) is a style of rock music that became mainstream in the 1970s. It typically involves radio-friendly rock music that was designed to be played for large audiences. As hard rock ...

sound with the arrival of vocalist Goran Milošević in 1979. The band released two studio albums and a number of

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s before disbanding in 1982. The group reunited in 1992, releasing two studio albums, a live album and several new songs on different compilation albums since.

YU Rock Misija

Ilić played a pivotal role in

, the Yugoslav contribution to

. He co-wrote the charity song "

Za milion godina YU Rock Misija (known in English as YU Rock Mission) was the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's contribution to Bob Geldof's Band Aid campaign, which culminated with the Live Aid concert. It consisted of recording the "Za milion godina" ...

" ("For a Million Years") with lyricist Mladen Popović.''Rockovnik'', "Pogledaj dom svoj, anđele (Jugoslovenska rock scena 1985)", YouTube.com
/ref> The song was recorded by a group of prominent musicians of the

Yugoslav rock scene Popular music in Yugoslavia includes the pop and rock music of the former SFR Yugoslavia, including all their genres and subgenres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Montenegr ...

, Generacija 5 members reuniting for the song recording.

Other works

As a songwriter, Ilić has cooperated with a number of prominent acts of the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav scenes, including

Slađana Milošević Aleksandra Milošević Hagadone ( sr-cyr, Александра Милошевић Хагадон; 3 October 1955 – 26 March 2024), better known as Slađana Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слађана Милошевић, ), was a Serbian and Yugoslav ...

Željko Bebek Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of the SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 until 1984. He has since ...

and others. Ilić has written over 100 pieces of

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and

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, and

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. The music he wrote for the TV series '' Nemanjić Dynasty: The Birth of the Kingdom'' was released in 2017 on a soundtrack album. He has performed in

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and

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. Ilić worked as a music editor at

TV Belgrade The Serbian Broadcasting Corporation, more commonly referred to as Radio Television of Serbia (), or RTS (), is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Serbia. RTS has four organizational units – radio, television, music pro ...

and for

PGP-RTB PGP-RTB ( sh-Cyrl, Продукција грамофонских плоча Радио телевизије Београд, translit=Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd ) was a major state-owned record label and chain record ...

and

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record labels.

Legacy

In 2000, Generacija 5 song "Dolazim za pet minuta" was polled No.53 on Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list. In 2011, the same song was polled, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by

during the sixty years of the label's existence.60 хитова емисије ПГП на 202!, facebook.com
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Awards and honors

*Jury's Award at the 1986 MESAM festival. *Jury's Award at the 1987 MESAM festival. *Josip Slavenski Award *Vasilije Mokranjac Award *Darko Kraljić Award

Discography

With Generacija 5

Studio albums

*''Generacija 5'' (1980) *''Dubler'' (1982) *''Svet je tvoj'' (1997) *''Energija'' (2006)

Live albums

*''Unplugged & Live'' (2002)

Compilations

*''Generacija 5 78–94'' (1994) *''Pomoli se još jednom...'' (2000)

Singles

*"Novi život" / "Izgubljeni san" (1978) *"Svemu dođe kraj" / "Noćni mir" (1979) *"Umoran od svega" / "Ti samo budi dovoljno daleko" (1979) *"Spakuj se, požuri" / "Samo laži" (1981) *"Opasna po život" (2016)

References

External links

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