Đorđe Marjanović (singer)

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Đorđe Marjanović ( Cyrillic  Ђорђе Марјановић ; born October 30, 1931 in Kučevo ; † May 15, 2021 in Serbia ) was a Yugoslav singer who was one of the country's most popular musicians in the 1960s.

Life

Some of his big hits were Zvižduk u osam (whistle at eight), Devojko mala (little girl) and Romana . He also sang numerous Serbo-Croatian versions of international hits, including " Nathalie " (Natali) by Gilbert Bécaud and " Milord " by Édith Piaf , "Let's twist again" (Igramo tvist) by Chubby Checker and " Ya Ya " by Lee Dorsey (this The recording can be heard in the film " Underground "). Đorđe Marjanović was also very popular in the Soviet Union .

Since the 1980s he has rarely performed, on May 31, 2004 he gave his farewell concert in the Sava Centar in Belgrade . He lived in Belgrade.

He died of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 89 .

literature

  • Leksikon jugoslavenske muzike , Volume 1, 1984
  • Ko je ko u Srbiji (Who is who in Serbia), 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Od posljedica zaraze koronavirusom preminuo glazbenik Đorđe Marjanović , vecernji.hr, May 15, 2021