Lutajuća Srca
| Lutajuća Srca | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Niš, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1970 — mid-1980s 1998 (reunions: 1994, 2011, 2015, 2016) |
| Labels | PGP-RTB, Diskoton |
| Past members | Spomenka Đokić Milan Marković Miroljub Jovanović Vladimir Stojanović Žarko Aćimović Vladan Stanojević Vesna Koljević Rista Trajković Vesna Topolčević Elvira Ignjatović |
Lutajuća Srca (Serbian Cyrillic: Лутајућа Срца, trans. Wondering Hearts) was a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band from Niš. The band was one of the most notable representatives of the Yugoslav 1970s acoustic rock scene.
Lutajuća Srca were formed in Niš in the summer of 1970. The band was formed by Spomenka Đokić (vocals), Milan Marković (guitar, piano, cello), Miroljub Jovanović (guitar, backing vocals), Vladimir Stojanović (guitar), Žarko Aćimović (bass guitar) and Ljubomir Ignjatović (drums). Initially, the band performed covers of foreign songs by The Who, Free and Creedence Clearwater Revival and other bands, as well as their own songs. Several months after the formation, Aćimović was replaced by Vladan Stanojević. The band got the media attention, thanks to their songs, written by Jovanović and Marković, and Đokić's soprano.
On the 1972 Festival Omladina in Subotica the band won the First Prize, the Audience Choice First Prize and the Best Lyrics Award for their song "Još malo" ("A Little Bit More"). After this event, the band turned towards acoustic sound. The new lineup of the band featured Spomenka Đokić, Milan Marković, Miroljub Jovanović, Vladan Stanojević, Vesna Koljević (piano) and Rista Trajković (flute). During the following years, Trajković was occasionally replaced by flutists Rade Ivanović and Dragan Miloradović. In the same year the won three awards at Festival Omladina, the band released their debut 7" single, with the songs "Još malo" and "Za tebe" ("For You"), for PGP-RTB record label, and started holding regular concerts every Saturday and Sunday in Niš Youth Centre.
In 1973, on the Vaš šlager sezone (Your Schlager of the Season) festival, they won the Union of Composers of Yugoslavia Award for their song "Jefimija", written by Dženan Salković and inspired by the life of medieval Serbian poetess Jefimija. They released the song on a 7" single, with the song "Pruži ruke" ("Give Me Your Hands") as the B-side. During the same year, they won the first place on the Zagreb Music Festival with the song "Brod za sreću" ("Boat Sailing to Happiness"). This song was released as a 7" single with the song "U sumrak" ("At Dusk") as the B-side during the same year. In 1973, the band also held a concert in Zagreb club Kulušić with singer songwriter Drago Mlinarec and band Time and represented Yugoslavia on the World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin. During the following years the band often performed at pop music festivals, winning numerous awards.
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