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Zlatni Dečaci

May 04, 2024

Zlatni Dečaci (Serbian Cyrillic: Златни Дечаци, trans. The Golden Boys) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1962. The band were one of the pioneers of the Yugoslav rock scene.

Zlatni Dečaci
Background information
Also known asThe Tigers, Golden Boys
OriginBelgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres
Years active1962-1967
LabelsFontana Records, Jugoton
SpinoffsTomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete, Korni Grupa
Past membersBoba Stefanović
Velibor Kacl
Predrag Lukić
Dušan Banović
Vidoje Brajović
Gradimir Janković
Moma Davidović

At the beginning of their career the band performed covers of foreign hits and instrumental versions of classical pieces. With their instrumental tracks they gained attention of a Dutch record label, releasing their debut record in the Netherlands, thus becoming the first Yugoslav rock band to release a record for the foreign market. In Yugoslavia the band enjoyed large mainstream popularity, being one of the most popular Yugoslav bands of the 1960s. The band's frontman Slobodan "Boba" Stefanović left Zlatni Dečaci in 1967, the group disbanding soon after. After his departure from the band, Stefanović would start a successful career as a pop singer and composer.

History edit

1962-1967 edit

The band was formed in 1962 by high school friends Slobodan "Boba" Stefanović (vocals), Velibor "Borko" Kacl (guitar), Predrag Lukić (organ), Dušan Banović (drums) and Vidoje "Vili" Brajović (bass guitar).[1] All the forming members went to the same class in Belgrade's 14th Gymnasium.[2] Initially the band was named The Tigers, because they, as they stated in an interview, "wanted a scary name which would be easily remembered and which would frighten the competition".[2] They decided to change their name after the suggestion by national chess champion and radio personality Nikola Karaklajić, who did much to promote rock music in Yugoslavia.[1] When Karaklajić made a visit to their school, they were introduced to him by their principal Stanijka Radošević, who described them to Karaklajić as "zlatni dečaci" (literally "golden boys", also an expression meaning "good kids"). After Karaklajić suggestion, they adopted this as the band's new name.[2] Initially the band held rehearsals in their school's gym. They had their first live appearance after only two months of rehearsals, on a celebration in their school.[3]

Soon after, in February 1963, the band got an invitation to perform on Sunday dances in Belgrade club Euridika.[3] The band rehearsed in the club. The members of Saša Radojčić's jazz trio also held their rehearsals in the club, and would occasionally give some lessons and advice to the members of Zlatni Dečaci.[3] On the dances held at Euridika, Stefanović performed both with Zlatni Dečaci and with Saša Radojčić's jazz trio.[1] Initially Zlatni Dečaci performed in yellow shirts with a "ZD" emblem, and later got black and gold suites, while Banović played a set of gold-colored drums.[3] Vocalists Moma Davidović and Tomi Sovilj performed with the band occasionally, but after some time Stefanović remained the band's only vocalist.[1] The band gained large popularity, so, in 1964, they played as a backing band for singer Miki Jevremović on his highly successful EP 18 žutih ruža (18 Yellow Roses).[1] They started to perform regularly in Gradski podrum club, and in 1964 they performed, alongside Safiri, Iskre, Lutalice and Ivanka Pavlović & Valjevski Dečaci on Parada ritma (Parade of Rhythm), the first rock festival held in Yugoslavia and arguably the first rock festival in a communist country.[4]

Zlatni Dečaci wanted to break through to Yugoslav radio stations, which were at the time reserved towards beat music, so they started recording beat covers of classical music pieces.[1] Karaklajić took those recordings to the Netherlands, where he participated in a chess tournament, managing to persuade local radio stations to broadcast them.[1] This got the editors of Dutch label Fontana Records interested in the band.[1] For Fontana Records the band, under the name Golden Boys, released the single "Swan Lake" (a version of a theme from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's opera Swan Lake) and "Humoresque" (a version of a humoresque by Antonín Dvořák),[1] thus becoming the first Yugoslav rock band to release a record for the foreign market.[5][6] A year later, in 1966, those two recordings, alongside versions of a theme from Charles Gounod's opera Faust and Ion Ivanovici's waltz "Waves of the Danube", were released by Yugoslav record label Jugoton on the EP Humoreska (Humoresque).[1] With these compositions the band gained nationwide popularity and soon started performing across Yugoslavia.[1] However, a part of the public criticized the fact that uneducated musicians performed and recorded classical music.[7] On the other hand, a part of Yugoslav rock musicians in interviews accused Zlatni Dečaci of pandering to broad audience with their covers of classical pieces.[8] This did not affect the band's popularity; they held sold-out concerts in Euridika club, appeared on Yugoslav television on numerous occasions and recorded over 20 tunes for Radio Belgrade.[5]

In April 1966, thanks to Karaklajić, Zlatni Dečaci performed in Great Britain, where Karaklajić participated in a chess tournament.[1] In order to acquire visas for Zlatni Dečaci more easily, he presented the band members as young chess players.[1] In Great Britain the band held several performances. They performed in Bognor Regis in front of some 1,500 people. They performed covers of rock hits, but their cover of Macedonian folk song "Jovano Jovanke" saw greatest success with the audience.[1] Upon returning home, the band released their second EP. It featured the songs "Čudna devojka" ("Strange Girl", a cover of Marty Robbins' song "Devil Woman"), "Sadko" (a theme from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Sadko), "Napušteni dom" ("Deserted Home", a cover of The Four Pennies song "A Place Where No One Goes"), and "Foxtrot Oriental".[1] The single was sold in more than 100,000 copies.[1] During this year the band also appeared in the TV show Koncert za ludi mladi svet (Concert for Crazy Young People), performing an instrumental version of Gioachino Rossini's William Tell Overture. In a video recorded for the show, the members of the band played while riding horses.[9] Later that year Brajović left the band, and was replaced by Gradimir Janković.[1]

In 1967, the band released their third and the final EP with the songs "Sam" ("Alone", a cover of Bobby Vinton song "Mr. Lonely"), "Samo ti" ("Only You", a cover of The Who song "It's Not True"), "Pamtim taj dan" ("I Remember the Day", a cover of the song "Skokiaan" written by August Msarurgwa), and "Ne želim kraj" ("I Don't Want the End to Come", a cover of The Zombies song "Kind of Girl").[10] In 1967 the band also played as the backing band for the singer Zlatko Golubović on his EP Op hop[10] and recorded the songs "Ti, samo ti" ("You, Only You") and "Jovano Jovanke" for Vladan Slijepčević's film Where to After the Rain?. The songs from the film were released by Jugoton on a flexi disc entitled Muzika iz filma Kuda posle kiše (Music from the Film Where to After the Rain?).[10]

At the time of these releases, the group was going through a crisis. The band members themselves admitted in interviews that their studies distanced them from each other, and a part of youth press wrote that the band lost contact with younger audience.[11] Soon after he appeared on the Belgrade Spring festival without the band, Stefanović left Zlatni Dečaci.[12] Lukić left the band soon after.[12] Kacl, Banović and Janković continued to perform with the vocalist Moma Davidović for a while, but soon ended their activity.[1]

Post breakup edit

Stefanović started a successful career as a pop music singer and composer, recording five studio albums 29 EPs and 7" singles, winning numerous awards at Yugoslav and international pop music festivals.[10] He graduated at the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts.[10] He wrote the book Prva ljubav Dušana Silnog (First Love of Dušan the Mighty), which he illustrated with his own paintings, which was released with the music Stefanović composed as the soundtrack to the story.[10] In 2015 he died in Belgrade, at the age of 69.[13]

In 1968 Kacl joined the newly formed band Korni Grupa.[10] After leaving Korni Grupa, he retired from music.[10] He died in a car accident in 1984.[10] Banović would for a while perform with the band Džentlmeni.[14]

Moma Davidović moved to France, where he recorded several 7" singles under the names David Colsberry and David Loris.[10]

Brajović moved to the United States.[10] He self-released a CD with all the recordings made by Zlatni Dečaci in a limited number of copies.[10] He wrote the book Album sa sličicama iz mog života (Album with Pictures from My Life), originally published in Washington, D.C. (1985), and later in Belgrade (2000).[10]

Discography edit

EPs edit

  • Labuđe jezero (1966)
  • Čudna devojka (1966)
  • Sadko (1967)

Singles edit

  • "Swan Lake" / "Humoresque" (1965)
  • Muzika iz filma Kuda posle kiše (1967)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 46.
  2. ^ a b c Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 363.
  3. ^ a b c d Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 364.
  4. ^ Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 301.
  5. ^ a b Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 367.
  6. ^ "Zlatni dečaci". Džuboks (in Serbian) (192 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 2.
  7. ^ Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 368.
  8. ^ Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 366.
  9. ^ Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 370.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 47.
  11. ^ Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. pp. 370–371.
  12. ^ a b Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 371.
  13. ^ "Preminuo pevač Boba Stefanović", b92.net
  14. ^ Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 75.

External links edit

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Zlatni Decaci Serbian Cyrillic Zlatni Dechaci trans The Golden Boys were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1962 The band were one of the pioneers of the Yugoslav rock scene Zlatni DecaciBackground informationAlso known asThe Tigers Golden BoysOriginBelgrade SR Serbia SFR YugoslaviaGenresInstrumental rock beat music rockYears active1962 1967LabelsFontana Records JugotonSpinoffsTomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete Korni GrupaPast membersBoba StefanovicVelibor KaclPredrag LukicDusan BanovicVidoje BrajovicGradimir JankovicMoma Davidovic At the beginning of their career the band performed covers of foreign hits and instrumental versions of classical pieces With their instrumental tracks they gained attention of a Dutch record label releasing their debut record in the Netherlands thus becoming the first Yugoslav rock band to release a record for the foreign market In Yugoslavia the band enjoyed large mainstream popularity being one of the most popular Yugoslav bands of the 1960s The band s frontman Slobodan Boba Stefanovic left Zlatni Decaci in 1967 the group disbanding soon after After his departure from the band Stefanovic would start a successful career as a pop singer and composer Contents 1 History 1 1 1962 1967 1 2 Post breakup 2 Discography 2 1 EPs 2 2 Singles 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit1962 1967 edit The band was formed in 1962 by high school friends Slobodan Boba Stefanovic vocals Velibor Borko Kacl guitar Predrag Lukic organ Dusan Banovic drums and Vidoje Vili Brajovic bass guitar 1 All the forming members went to the same class in Belgrade s 14th Gymnasium 2 Initially the band was named The Tigers because they as they stated in an interview wanted a scary name which would be easily remembered and which would frighten the competition 2 They decided to change their name after the suggestion by national chess champion and radio personality Nikola Karaklajic who did much to promote rock music in Yugoslavia 1 When Karaklajic made a visit to their school they were introduced to him by their principal Stanijka Radosevic who described them to Karaklajic as zlatni decaci literally golden boys also an expression meaning good kids After Karaklajic suggestion they adopted this as the band s new name 2 Initially the band held rehearsals in their school s gym They had their first live appearance after only two months of rehearsals on a celebration in their school 3 Soon after in February 1963 the band got an invitation to perform on Sunday dances in Belgrade club Euridika 3 The band rehearsed in the club The members of Sasa Radojcic s jazz trio also held their rehearsals in the club and would occasionally give some lessons and advice to the members of Zlatni Decaci 3 On the dances held at Euridika Stefanovic performed both with Zlatni Decaci and with Sasa Radojcic s jazz trio 1 Initially Zlatni Decaci performed in yellow shirts with a ZD emblem and later got black and gold suites while Banovic played a set of gold colored drums 3 Vocalists Moma Davidovic and Tomi Sovilj performed with the band occasionally but after some time Stefanovic remained the band s only vocalist 1 The band gained large popularity so in 1964 they played as a backing band for singer Miki Jevremovic on his highly successful EP 18 zutih ruza 18 Yellow Roses 1 They started to perform regularly in Gradski podrum club and in 1964 they performed alongside Safiri Iskre Lutalice and Ivanka Pavlovic amp Valjevski Decaci on Parada ritma Parade of Rhythm the first rock festival held in Yugoslavia and arguably the first rock festival in a communist country 4 Zlatni Decaci wanted to break through to Yugoslav radio stations which were at the time reserved towards beat music so they started recording beat covers of classical music pieces 1 Karaklajic took those recordings to the Netherlands where he participated in a chess tournament managing to persuade local radio stations to broadcast them 1 This got the editors of Dutch label Fontana Records interested in the band 1 For Fontana Records the band under the name Golden Boys released the single Swan Lake a version of a theme from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky s opera Swan Lake and Humoresque a version of a humoresque by Antonin Dvorak 1 thus becoming the first Yugoslav rock band to release a record for the foreign market 5 6 A year later in 1966 those two recordings alongside versions of a theme from Charles Gounod s opera Faust and Ion Ivanovici s waltz Waves of the Danube were released by Yugoslav record label Jugoton on the EP Humoreska Humoresque 1 With these compositions the band gained nationwide popularity and soon started performing across Yugoslavia 1 However a part of the public criticized the fact that uneducated musicians performed and recorded classical music 7 On the other hand a part of Yugoslav rock musicians in interviews accused Zlatni Decaci of pandering to broad audience with their covers of classical pieces 8 This did not affect the band s popularity they held sold out concerts in Euridika club appeared on Yugoslav television on numerous occasions and recorded over 20 tunes for Radio Belgrade 5 In April 1966 thanks to Karaklajic Zlatni Decaci performed in Great Britain where Karaklajic participated in a chess tournament 1 In order to acquire visas for Zlatni Decaci more easily he presented the band members as young chess players 1 In Great Britain the band held several performances They performed in Bognor Regis in front of some 1 500 people They performed covers of rock hits but their cover of Macedonian folk song Jovano Jovanke saw greatest success with the audience 1 Upon returning home the band released their second EP It featured the songs Cudna devojka Strange Girl a cover of Marty Robbins song Devil Woman Sadko a theme from Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov s opera Sadko Napusteni dom Deserted Home a cover of The Four Pennies song A Place Where No One Goes and Foxtrot Oriental 1 The single was sold in more than 100 000 copies 1 During this year the band also appeared in the TV show Koncert za ludi mladi svet Concert for Crazy Young People performing an instrumental version of Gioachino Rossini s William Tell Overture In a video recorded for the show the members of the band played while riding horses 9 Later that year Brajovic left the band and was replaced by Gradimir Jankovic 1 In 1967 the band released their third and the final EP with the songs Sam Alone a cover of Bobby Vinton song Mr Lonely Samo ti Only You a cover of The Who song It s Not True Pamtim taj dan I Remember the Day a cover of the song Skokiaan written by August Msarurgwa and Ne zelim kraj I Don t Want the End to Come a cover of The Zombies song Kind of Girl 10 In 1967 the band also played as the backing band for the singer Zlatko Golubovic on his EP Op hop 10 and recorded the songs Ti samo ti You Only You and Jovano Jovanke for Vladan Slijepcevic s film Where to After the Rain The songs from the film were released by Jugoton on a flexi disc entitled Muzika iz filma Kuda posle kise Music from the Film Where to After the Rain 10 At the time of these releases the group was going through a crisis The band members themselves admitted in interviews that their studies distanced them from each other and a part of youth press wrote that the band lost contact with younger audience 11 Soon after he appeared on the Belgrade Spring festival without the band Stefanovic left Zlatni Decaci 12 Lukic left the band soon after 12 Kacl Banovic and Jankovic continued to perform with the vocalist Moma Davidovic for a while but soon ended their activity 1 Post breakup edit Stefanovic started a successful career as a pop music singer and composer recording five studio albums 29 EPs and 7 singles winning numerous awards at Yugoslav and international pop music festivals 10 He graduated at the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts 10 He wrote the book Prva ljubav Dusana Silnog First Love of Dusan the Mighty which he illustrated with his own paintings which was released with the music Stefanovic composed as the soundtrack to the story 10 In 2015 he died in Belgrade at the age of 69 13 In 1968 Kacl joined the newly formed band Korni Grupa 10 After leaving Korni Grupa he retired from music 10 He died in a car accident in 1984 10 Banovic would for a while perform with the band Dzentlmeni 14 Moma Davidovic moved to France where he recorded several 7 singles under the names David Colsberry and David Loris 10 Brajovic moved to the United States 10 He self released a CD with all the recordings made by Zlatni Decaci in a limited number of copies 10 He wrote the book Album sa slicicama iz mog zivota Album with Pictures from My Life originally published in Washington D C 1985 and later in Belgrade 2000 10 Discography editEPs edit Labuđe jezero 1966 Cudna devojka 1966 Sadko 1967 Singles edit Swan Lake Humoresque 1965 Muzika iz filma Kuda posle kise 1967 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Janjatovic Petar 2007 EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960 2006 Belgrade self released p 46 a b c Fajfric Zeljko Nenad Milan 2009 Istorija YU rock muzike od pocetaka do 1970 Sremska Mitrovica Tabernakl p 363 a b c d Fajfric Zeljko Nenad Milan 2009 Istorija YU rock muzike od pocetaka do 1970 Sremska Mitrovica Tabernakl p 364 Janjatovic Petar 2007 EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960 2006 Belgrade self released p 301 a b Fajfric Zeljko Nenad Milan 2009 Istorija YU rock muzike od pocetaka do 1970 Sremska Mitrovica Tabernakl p 367 Zlatni decaci Dzuboks in Serbian 192 second series Gornji Milanovac Decje novine 2 Fajfric Zeljko Nenad Milan 2009 Istorija YU rock muzike od pocetaka do 1970 Sremska Mitrovica Tabernakl p 368 Fajfric Zeljko Nenad Milan 2009 Istorija YU rock muzike od pocetaka do 1970 Sremska Mitrovica Tabernakl p 366 Fajfric Zeljko Nenad Milan 2009 Istorija YU rock muzike od pocetaka do 1970 Sremska Mitrovica Tabernakl p 370 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Janjatovic Petar 2007 EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960 2006 Belgrade self released p 47 Fajfric Zeljko Nenad Milan 2009 Istorija YU rock muzike od pocetaka do 1970 Sremska Mitrovica Tabernakl pp 370 371 a b Fajfric Zeljko Nenad Milan 2009 Istorija YU rock muzike od pocetaka do 1970 Sremska Mitrovica Tabernakl p 371 Preminuo pevac Boba Stefanovic b92 net Janjatovic Petar 2007 EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960 2006 Belgrade self released p 75 External links editZlatni Decaci at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zlatni Decaci amp oldid 1206276425, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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