Dubrovački trubaduri
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Dubrovački trubaduri was a Croatia
n-Yugoslav
beat
, folk
and pop
band from Dubrovnik
formed in 1961 by Đelo Jusić, main composer, guitar
and mandolin
player and leader of the group. They were very popular in former Yugoslavia during the 60s and 70s for their mixture of pop music and medieval folk traditions
of their native ancient city on the Adriatic coast. Internationally also known as Dubrovnic Troubadours or The Troubadours Of Dubrovnik, they enjoyed brief popularity across Western Europe
having appeared at the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest in London
. Their song "Jedan dan
" was performed by their singers Luciano Kapurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić and it scored 7th position. The group, in different line-ups, existed until the early 80s when they broke up.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n-Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
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beat
Beat music
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a pop and rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, R&B and soul...
, folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band from Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
formed in 1961 by Đelo Jusić, main composer, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
player and leader of the group. They were very popular in former Yugoslavia during the 60s and 70s for their mixture of pop music and medieval folk traditions
Medieval music
Medieval music is Western music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and ends sometime in the early fifteenth century...
of their native ancient city on the Adriatic coast. Internationally also known as Dubrovnic Troubadours or The Troubadours Of Dubrovnik, they enjoyed brief popularity across Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...
having appeared at the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest in London
London
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. Their song "Jedan dan
Jedan dan
"Jedan dan" was the Yugoslavian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, performed in Serbo-Croatian by Dubrovački trubaduri...
" was performed by their singers Luciano Kapurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić and it scored 7th position. The group, in different line-ups, existed until the early 80s when they broke up.
Band members
- Đelo Jusić – guitar, mandolin, piano, organ, vocals
- Luciano Capurso Lući – clarinet, saxophone, flute, vocals
- Marko Brešković – bass, vocals
- Slobodan Berdović Bobo – piano, organ, vocals
- Ladislav Padjen Laci – drums, vocals
- Hamo Hajdarhodžić – vocals, guitar
- Hrvoje Filičić - drums
- Đoni Trbuhović - piano
- Vladimir Ruspudić - drums
- Miro Kerner - keyboards
- Milo HrnićMilo HrnicMilo Hrnić is a Croatian pop singer from Dubrovnik.He won the Split Festival three times: in 1982 with "Vrati se", in 1983 with "Dalmacijo, ljubav si vječna" and in 1987 with "Dobra večer prijatelji".- Discography :...
- vocals - Oliver DragojevićOliver DragojevicOliver Dragojević is one of the most popular Croatian pop singers. A native of Vela Luka from the island of Korčula, he emerged onto the music scene in the 1970s thanks to the popular Split Festival, one of several musical annual events which began in the former Yugoslavia and still is being held...
- keyboards - Goran Baranović - guitar
- Zoran Vlaović - guitar
- Srećko Kljunak - guitar
- Mujica Jusić - drums /
- Mime Šime Restović - drums
- Mladen Vučić - drums
- Mladen Špilj Papan - drums
- Braco Tepšić - keyboards
- Nevio Končić - keyboards
Albums
- Jedan Dan (EMI/ColumbiaColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, 1968) - Mi prepuni smo ljubavi (JugotonJugotonJugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...
, 1970) - Pusti da ti leut svira (Jugoton, 1971)
- Dubrovački trubaduri (RTV LjubljanaZKP RTLJZaložba kaset in plošč RTV Ljubljana or Založba kaset in plošč Radiotelevizije Ljubljana , was a major record label based in Ljubljana, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, during the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
, 1971) - Recital At The Festival «The Golden Orpheus '72», split-LP w/ Ben Cramer (Balkanton, 1972)
- 12 velikih uspjeha (Jugoton, 1980)
- Pusti da ti leut svira (Croatia RecordsCroatia RecordsCroatia Records is the largest major record label in Croatia, based in Dubrava in Zagreb.-Summary:Croatia Records d.d. is a joint stock company currently led by the Chairman of the Board of directors Želimir Babogredac, a notable sound engineer...
, 1993) - Zlatna kolekcija (Croatia Records, 2008)
EPs
- "Oj djevojko, dušo moja" / "Trubadurska serenada" / "Djevojka mlada" / "Serenada Dubrovniku" (1966)
- "Auto-Stop" / "Dundo pero" / "Linđo" / "Ljuven zov" (1967)
- "Jedan danJedan dan"Jedan dan" was the Yugoslavian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, performed in Serbo-Croatian by Dubrovački trubaduri...
" / "Moja je djevojka obična" / "Mi prepuni smo ljubavi" / "Luda mladost" (1968)
Singles
- "Jedan dan" / "Trubadurska serenada" (1968)
- "Jedan dan" / "Luda mladost" (1968)
- "Lero" / "Linđo" (1968)
- "A Day Or Two" (1968)
- "Ima sunca za sve nas" / "Kad se jednom rastanemo" (1969)
- "Pusti da ti leut svira" / "Ona i prijatelj moj" (1970)
- "Marijana" / "Luda pjesma" (1970)
- "Lijepo ime vino" / "Pjesma puni život moj" (1970)
- "Znam da ima jedna staza" / "Sve do jučer" (1970)
- "U ranu zoru" / "Anđele moj" (1971)
- "Dok palme njišu grane" / "Kako djeca spavaju" (1971)
- "Noćna muzika" / "U mome gradu" (1972)
- "Mi smo dečki, kaj pijemo stoječki" / "Ljubav je bol na srcu mom" (1972)
- "Plakala djevojka mlada" / "Repetaši" (1973)
- "Spavaj, spavaj draga" / "Marijana" (1973)
- "Bundeve i tikve" / "Ovo je naš grad" (1973)
- "Vudrimo, dečki" / "Adio, Mare" (1974)
- "Moj je otac bio partizan" / "Ako voliš iskreno" (1974)
- "Laku noć, trubaduri" / "Oprosti, dušo" (1974)
- "Mirno spavaj dušo" / "Sviramo, pjevamo, muzika smo mi" (1975)
- "Luna" / "Zeleni se ružmarin" (1976)
- "Tiho je negdje svirala mandolina" / "Naranče su procvjetale" (1976)
- "Ljubavni jadi jednog trubadura" / "Najljepši si cvijet u vrtu punom ruža" (1977)
- "Mala Nera" / "Ča će mi slava" (1978)
- "Ka' san bija mali" / "Da nije ljubavi" (1979)