Oliver Mandić
| Oliver Mandić | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 July 1953 Titovo Užice, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genres | rock, jazz rock, synthpop, pop rock, folk rock, children's music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, piano |
| Years active | 1970 – present |
| Labels | PGP-RTB, Jugoton, PGP-RTS, City Records, Komuna |
| Associated acts | Pop Mašina, Oliver, Riblja Čorba |
Oliver Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Мандић; born 13 July 1953 in Titovo Užice, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian and Yugoslav rock musician, composer, and producer.
Musically involved from a young age, Mandić first started playing the accordion before taking up the piano. In his early youth, Mandić's family moved to the capital Belgrade where he pursued a career of a pianist after getting accepted at highly reputable Kornelije Stanković musical high school. However, despite a lot of promise, he left school in 1969 to try to branch out into pop music.
During the early 1970s, Mandić performed in various Belgrade bands as the keyboardist, and was described as "the wunderkind of Belgrade [rock] scene".
Towards the end of 1971, he formed the jazz-rock band Oliver, which consisted of Mandić, members of the progressive rock band Pop Mašina and singer Dušan Prelević. Functioning as a supergroup of sorts, the band had only one live appearance, on 2 January 1972, at a concert in Belgrade's Hala sportova.
After Oliver disbanded, Mandić joined Pop Mašina, performing with them on only several occasions, before entering talks to join YU grupa and Time, neither of which materialized.
In 1974, with Prelević, he recorded the 7" single "Tajna" / "Prošlo je sve" ("Secret" / "Everything's Over"), which was released under the Oliver moniker.
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