Đorđe Marjanović
| Đorđe Marjanović | |
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Đorđe Marjanović in 2012
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| Background information | |
| Born |
30 October 1931 Kučevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1954 – present |
| Labels | Jugoton, Electrorecord, PGP-RTB, Studio B, PGP-RTS, Hi-Fi Centar |
| Website | djordjemarjanovic |
Đorđe Marjanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Марјановић, born 30 October 1931) is a Serbian and Yugoslav retired singer.
Marjanović started his career in mid-1950s, raising to fame in the late 1950s with his theatrical on-stage performance. During the 1960s he recorded a large number of hit songs and became the first superstar of the Yugoslav popular music, but also achieved large popularity in Soviet Union. Due to his on-stage performance and inclusion of foreign rock and roll hits into his repertoire, Marjanović is often described as one of the pioneers of the Yugoslav rock scene. During the 1970s and 1980s he managed to maintain a loyal fanbase. In 1990, he suffered a stroke on stage, from which he partially recovered, but decided to retire from the scene, to this day appearing live occasionally only.
Đorđe Marjanović's father, Sveta Marjanović, was born in the village of Duboko, near the town Kučevo in Eastern Serbia. He attended high school in Požarevac, and when he was fifteen, he was among the civilians who followed the Serbian Army on its retreat through Albania. He was among the young men which the Serbian government in exile in Greece sent to England to receive education. He graduated from George Heriot's School and started his studies on the Manchester Metropolitan University, but returned home without graduating. He graduated from the Export Academy in Zagreb and returned to Kučevo, where he started working as a bank clerk.
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