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Shortly after, Balašević had a role in the TV series Pop Ćira i pop Spira ( Priest Ćira and Priest Spira), recorded after Stevan Sremac's novel of the same title. The album was produced by Josip Boček, who would also produce Balašević's following two releases. Solo career 1980s īalašević started his solo career in 1982 with the album Pub ( Jack) which was well received, bringing hits "Boža zvani Pub" (Boža Known as the Jack), "Pesma o jednom petlu" (The Song about a Rooster), "Lepa protina kći" (Archpriest's Beautiful Daughter) and "Ratnik paorskog srca" (Warrior with Peasant's Heart). However, Rani Mraz officially dissolved after that. The album reaffirmed Balašević's status and delivered several hit songs, one of them being "Priča o Vasi Ladačkom" (Story of Vasa Ladački) which went on to become one of Balašević's signature songs. īy the end of 1980, Balašević and Krstić released their second and final album under the name Rani Mraz, with a symbolic title Odlazi cirkus ( The Circus Is Leaving). In 1980, Balašević served in the Yugoslav People's Army in Zagreb and Požarevac, where he had a role in the TV show Vojnici ( Soldiers), but also found time to write song "Zbog tebe" (Because of You) for Zdravko Čolić and lyrics for several songs recorded on Srebrna krila album Ja sam samo jedan od mnogih s gitarom ( I'm only One of Many with a Guitar). A few months later, Rani Mraz sold out Belgrade's Dom Sindikata Hall eight times in a row. Īt the 1979 Split Festival, Balašević won the first prize with the single "Panonski mornar" (Pannonian Sailor).

Biljana Krstić and Balašević then recorded Rani Mraz's first album Mojoj mami umesto maturske slike u izlogu ( To my Mom instead of Prom Photo in the Shop-Window) with the help of studio musicians. After just a few months of cooperation, Verica Todorović and Bora Đorđević left the band (Đorđević forming his famous hard rock band Riblja Čorba). The song became popular with both the communist authorities and the people, becoming an anthem of the Yugoslav youth. During 1978, former Suncokret members Biljana Krstić and Bora Đorđević joined the band (forming the most famous Rani Mraz lineup), and together they recorded "Računajte na nas" (Count on Us), written by Balašević, a song which celebrated the youth's adoption of the communist revolution. The band had its debut at the 1978 music festival in Opatija with the song "Moja prva ljubav" (My First Love). In 1978, he left Žetva and, together with Verica Todorović, formed the band Rani Mraz. Musical career Early career: Žetva and Rani Mraz Īfter Balašević joined the group, Žetva recorded a humorous tango-oriented hit single "U razdeljak te ljubim" (I Lay a Kiss on Your Parting), which was sold in more than 180,000 copies. He never graduated from the university but instead, he decided to pursue a music career, and in 1977 he joined the band Žetva. He left high school in the third year but managed to get a high school diploma as a correspondence student and passed the preliminary exam for the university study of geography. He started writing poetry in primary school. The younger Balašević grew up in Jovan Cvijić street in Novi Sad, in the same house where he lived until his death.

His grandfather's surname was Balaš but during the World War II his grandfather changed it to Balašević in fear of being Magyarized. īalašević was born to a Serbian father Jovan, and mother Veronika Dolenec, half Hungarian and a half Croatian from Rasinja near Koprivnica, Croatia. Balašević was a prolific singer and writer, he recorded 14 albums and 8 books during his career and has been characterised by media and commentators as "musical legend" and author of many "evergreen hits". Balašević became one of the most prominent critics of Slobodan Milošević's regime, at considerable personal risk. Balašević was the first Serbian act to perform in Sarajevo following the siege of Sarajevo. During the Yugoslav wars, he became a prominent anti-war voice in the region, thanks to which he also became an UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Noted for his vivid lyricism and poetry, Balašević was also known for weaving political commentary into his songs and live performance.īroadly supportive of South Slavic unity in late 1970s and early 1980s, in the lead up to the Yugoslav wars he began to criticise the authorities. He first gained mainstream prominence for writing Rani Mraz's hit "Računajte na nas" (Count on Us), which was often described as an anthem of a generation.

He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, transitioning after two albums to a solo career. Đorđe Balašević ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Балашевић – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director.
