Ambasadori

Ambasadori
Ambasadori in The Hague on 3 April 1976, the day of their Eurovision appearance.
Background information
Origin	Sarajevo, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres	Schlager pop
Years active	1968–1980
Labels	Beograd disk
Associated acts	Zdravko Čolić, Hari Varešanović, Kodeksi, Jutro, Korni Grupa, Pro Arte
Past members	Slobodan Vujović Robert Ivanović Srđan Stefanović Zdravko Čolić Hari Varešanović Ivica Sindic Krešimir Vlašić Ismeta Dervoz-Krvavac Perica Stojanović Vlado Pravdić Ivica Vinković Zlatko Hold Andrej Stefanović Jasna Gospić Miroslav Balta Sead Džumhur Miroslav Maraus Sinan Alimanović Neven Pocrnjić Ranko Rihtman Damir Jurišić Darko Arkus Slavko Jerković Enes Bajramović Hrvoje Tikvicki Nenad Čikojević Edo Bogeljić Nazif Dinarević Tihomir Doleček Miroslav Šaranović Sead Avdić Dragan Nikačević Velibor Čolović

Ambasadori were a Yugoslav pop band from Sarajevo, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia active from 1968 until 1980. The band is most notable for its 1975 hit single "" as well as for representing Yugoslavia at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, in addition to having two future pop stars Zdravko Čolić (between 1969 and 1971) and Hari Varešanović as its one time singers.

Ambasadori were founded in Sarajevo in 1968 by two military brass band musicians and Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) recruits — keyboardist Robert Ivanović who had arrived to Sarajevo from Belgrade shortly prior to establishing the band and trombonist Srđan Stefanović. They soon brought guitarist Slobodan Vujović, a civilian, into the band. Still mostly a cover band at this stage, the group's repertoire centered around covers of 1960s rhythm & blues (Chicago, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, etc.) along with more covers of obligatory Yugoslav hits of the day and years past, and finally even a few original numbers written by the band members thrown into the mix. Their very first performance took place in May 1969 in Sarajevo's Dom JNA (Yugoslav People's Army House). Soon after, eighteen-year-old Zdravko Čolić, fresh high school graduate, joined the band as its new vocalist. With young Čolić as the vocalist, Vujović on guitar, Ivanović on keyboards, Ivica Sindičić on saxophone, Srđan Stefanović on trombone, Slobodan Jerković on bass guitar, Vlatko Anković on trumpet, and Tihomir Določek on drums, most of the band's activity involved gigging around Sarajevo in clubs like Trasa, FIS, and Sloga as well as the odd appearance in recently built Dom Mladih (Youth House), part of the new Skenderija complex. Over time, the group started getting more gig offers, which presented a problem since its band members that were also JNA recruits weren't available for many of them and as a result those offers had to be declined.

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