Miroslav Ilić ( sh-Cyrl, Мирослав Илић; born 10 December 1950) is a popular Serbian folk singer-songwriter and philanthropist. He is known for his powerful vocals and emotional lyrics. With 25 albums, he is one of the best-selling performers in the history of Serbian music. Nicknamed 'Slavuj iz Mrčajevaca' (The Nightingale from Mrčajevci), he has worked together with several popular Serbian musicians such as
Lepa Brena
Fahreta Živojinović (; ; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena (), is a folk singer, actress, and businesswoman. She is the best-selling female recording artist from the former Yugoslavia.
Lepa Brena grew up in Brčko, Bosni ...
. In recent times, he has spoken out against the new generation of Serbian music videos, claiming that music videos are becoming more and more sexually suggestive and inappropriate for general audiences.
Discography
At the age of 22 years old, Ilić's first hit song was "I loved the girl from the city" ( sr, Волео сам девојку из града / Voleo sam devojku iz grada) composed by
Obren Pjevović
Obren Pjevović ( sr, Обрен Пјевовић) (1919, in Donja Gorevnica, Čačak, Kingdom of SHS – 4 January 1991, in Mrčajevci, Čačak, Serbia, Yugoslavia) was a Serbian songwriter and composer who wrote more than 170 songs, some of ...
, a fellow countryman of Ilić, and authored by
Dobrica Erić
Dobrica Erić ( sr-cyr, Добрица Ерић; 22 August 1936 – 29 March 2019) was a Serbian writer and poet.Zdravko Zupan
Zdravko Zupan ( sr-cyr, Здравко Зупан; 7 February 1950 – 9 October 2015) was a Yugoslav comic book crea ...
.
Pjevović first offered the song to
Predrag Živković Tozovac
Predrag Živković ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Живковић; 22 January 19366 April 2021), nicknamed Tozovac ( sr-Cyrl, Тозовац) was one of the most famous Serbian folk singers and composers. He was also an accomplished accordion player ...
and
Predrag Gojković Cune
Predrag Gojković Cune (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Гојковић Цуне; 6 November 1932 – 21 July 2017) was a Serbian vocalist and recording artist with a career spanning six decades.
Biography
In 1939, he enrolled in primary school ...
, but they rejected it as non-commercial. After several major record companies refused to release it in 1972, Pjevović and Ilić accidentally on their way to the railway station in Belgrade passed by the representative office of Diskos record company and decided to approach to them. Although this song was not corresponding to contemporary modern trends, a manager from Diskos decided to take a big personal risk and release the song. Very soon after, it became one of the biggest hit folk songs in
Belgrade and Serbia.
Singles
* Savila se vita grana jablana (1965)
* Vesna stjuardesa (1972)
* Razboleh se pod trešnjama (1973)
* Zori, zori, dan se zabjelio (1973)
* Selo moje, zavičaju mio (1973)
* Oj, Moravo zelena dolamo (1973)
* Gina (1973)
* Vragolan (1974)
* Hiljadu suza (1974)
* Daleko si sada (1975)
* Šta je život (1975)
* Šta bi htela kad bi smela (1976)
* Boem (1976)
* Jelena (1977)
* Ja ne igram kako drugi svira (1977)
* Vino točim a vino ne pijem (1978)
* Koliki je ovaj svet (1979)
* Otvor prozor, curice malena (1980) Duet with
Dobrivoje Topalović
* Joj Rado, joj Radmila (1980)
Albums
* Ovom te pesmom pozdravljam (1973)
* Voleo sam devojku iz grada (1975)
* Sreli smo se, bilo je to davno (1979)
* Polomiću čaše od kristala (1979)
* U svet odoh majko (1980)
* Tako mi nedostaješ (1981)
* Shvatio sam, ne mogu bez tebe (1982)
* Kad si sa mnom ne misli na vreme (1983)
* Pozdravi je, pozdravi (1983)
* Putujem, putujem (1984)
*
Jedan dan života (Duet album with
Lepa Brena
Fahreta Živojinović (; ; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena (), is a folk singer, actress, and businesswoman. She is the best-selling female recording artist from the former Yugoslavia.
Lepa Brena grew up in Brčko, Bosni ...
) (1985)
* Zoveš me na vino (1985)
* Tebi (1986)
* Misliš li na mene (1987)
* 10 Godina sa vama aka Dan osviće a ja odlazim (1988)
* Balada o nama (1988)
* Lažu da vreme leči sve (1989)
* Šta će nama tugovanje (1990)
* Prošlost moja (1993)
* Naljutićeš me ti (1993)
* Amerika, Amerika (1993)
* Probudi se srce moje (1996)
* Bili smo drugovi (1996)
* Čuvajte mi pesme (1998)
* Lidija (1998)
* Što si rano zaspala (1999)
* Tek smo počeli (2001)
* Može li se prijatelju (2002)
* Eto mene (2004)
* Dajem reč (2005)
* Mani me godina (2010)
* Volim te neizlečivo (2014)
Filmography
* ''
Sok od Šljiva'' (1981)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilic, Miroslav
1950 births
Living people
Musicians from Čačak
Serbian folk-pop singers
20th-century Serbian male singers
Yugoslav male singers
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni
BN Music artists
Serbian folk singers
21st-century Serbian male singers