Dušan Prelević
| Dušan Prelević | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Prele |
| Born |
November 11, 1948 Belgrade, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | July 28, 2007 (aged 58) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genres | Soul, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | vocals |
| Years active | 1965–2007 |
| Labels | PGP-RTB, Diskos, Studio B, PGP-RTS |
| Associated acts | Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete, Korni Grupa, Oliver, Opus |
Dušan Prelević "Prele" (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Прелевић Преле; November 11, 1948 – July 28, 2007) was a Serbian singer, journalist, and writer.
During his career Prelević released three solo albums and a large number of 7" singles. He also made recordings with rock band Korni Grupa, symphonic rock band Opus and jazz rock band Oliver. He was widely known for his raspy voice and, since the first half of the 1990s, an eyepatch (which he wore because he lost his right eye in a fight).
Prelević was born in 1948 in Belgrade. In his early years, Prelević was interested in sports: he played in football clubs Bulburderac and Red Star Belgrade, and was a goalkeeper in the ice hockey club Partizan.
Prelević started to perform in 1965, mostly soul and rhythm and blues standards. He was a member of the bands Orkani, Juniori, Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete and Vizije.
In 1968, he became the vocalist for Korni Grupa, but spent only several months as the band member, recording the song "Čovek i pas" ("A Man and a Dog"), which was released as a B-side of the single "Cigu-ligu". Prelević was excluded from Korni Grupa by the band's leader Kornelije Kovač due to Prelević's negligence towards work in the band, and was replaced by Dalibor Brun.
In 1970, on the Beogradsko proleće festival, Prelević performed the song "Da l' postoji ona koju sanjam" ("Does the Girl from My Dreams Exist"). During the same year, on the Festival Omladina in Subotica he was awarded for the song "Kažu" ("They Say"), but he went on the stage intoxicated, which was first in a large number of on scene scandals he made during his career. Due to the scandal he was banned from all Radio Television Belgrade programs for a year, which he spent performing in American clubs and in the mountain resort Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany.
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