Miroslav Ilić

Miroslav Ilić
Ilić performing in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Miroslav Ilić
Born	(1950-12-10) 10 December 1950
Origin	Mrčajevci, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Genres	Folk
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1965–present
Labels	PGP-RTS PGP-RTB BN Music Diskos

Miroslav Ilić (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: 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. 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" (Serbian: Волео сам девојку из града / Voleo sam devojku iz grada) composed by Obren Pjevović, a fellow countryman of Ilić, and authored by Dobrica Erić.

Pjevović first offered the song to Predrag Živković Tozovac and Predrag Gojković Cune, 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) (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)