Miroslav Ilić

Miroslav Ilić (Serbian: Мирослав Илић; born 10 December 1950, Mrčajevci, PR Serbia FPR Yugoslavia)) is a popular Serbian folk singer-songwriter. He is known for his powerful vocals and emotional lyrics. Before becoming a musician he took Electrical courses at a University of Skopje. Nicknamed Slavuj iz Mrčajevaca (The Nightingale from Mrčajevci), he has worked together with several popular Yugoslavian musicians such as Lepa Brena. In recent times, he has spoken out against the new generation of Serbian music videos, claiming that music videos are becoming more and more sexually suggestive and inappropriate for general audiences.

Discography

Ilić's first hit song was "I loved the girl from the city" (Serbian: Волео сам девојку из града) composed by Obren Pjevović, a fellow country man of Ilić, and authored by Dobrica Erić.

Pjevović first offered this song to Predrag Živković Tozovac and Predrag Gojković Cune, but they rejected it as non-commercial. In 1972, after several major record companies refused to publish, it Pjevović and Ilić accidentally, on their way to railway station in Belgrade, passed by the representative office of Diskos record company and decided to approach to them. Although this song was not corresponding to contemporary modern trends, manager from Diskos decided to take a big personal risk and publish the song. Very soon it became one of the biggest hit folk songs in Belgrade and Serbia.

Singles

• Savila se vita grana jablana (1965)
• Vesna stjuardesa (1972)
• Razboleh se pod tresnjama (1973)
• Zori, zori, dan se zabjelio (1973)
• Selo moje, zavicaju mio (1973)
• Oj, Moravo zelena dolamo (1973)
• Gina (1973)
• Vragolan (1974)
• Hiljadu suza (1974)
• Daleko si sada (1975)
• Sta je zivot (1975)
• Sta bi htela kad bi smela (1976)
• Boem (1976)
• Jelena (1977)
• Ja ne igram kako drugi svira (1977)
• Vino tocim a vino ne pijem (1978)
• Koliki je ovaj svet (1979)
• Otvor prozor, curice malena (1980) Duet with Dobrivoje Topalovic
• Joj Rado, joj Radmila (1980)

Albums

• Ovom te pesmom pozdravljam (1973)
• Voleo sam devojku iz grada (1975)
• Sreli smo se, bilo je to davno (1979)
• Polomiću čaše od kristala (1979)
• U svet odoh majko (1980)
• Tako mi nedostaješ (1981)
• Shvatio sam, ne mogu bez tebe (1982)
• Kad si sa mnom ne misli na vreme (1983)
• Pozdravi je, pozdravi (1983)
• Putujem, putujem (1984)
• Jedan dan života (Duet album with Lepa Brena)(1985)
• Zoveš me na vino (1985)
• Tebi (1986)
• Misliš li na mene (1987)
• 10 Godina sa vama aka Dan osviće a ja odlazim (1988)
• Balada o nama (1988)
• Lažu da vreme leči sve (1989)
• Šta će nama tugovanje (1990)
• Prošlost moja (1993)
• Naljutićeš me ti (1993)
• Amerika, Amerika (1993)
• Probudi se srce moje (1996)
• Bili smo drugovi (1996)
• Čuvajte mi pesme (1998)
• Lidija (1998)
• Što si rano zaspala (1999)
• Tek smo počeli (2001)
• Može li se prijatelju (2002)
• Eto mene (2004)
• Dajem reč (2005)
• Mani me godina (2010)
• Volim te neizlecivo (2014)

• Rasmussen, Ljerka V. (23 July 2013). Newly Composed Folk Music of Yugoslavia. Routledge. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-136-71637-9. Retrieved 15 December 2013. His first hit song of 1973 ... the tune by a fellow countryman, Obren Pjevovic. 
• Bulletin de l'Institut etnographique. Naučno delo. 1986. p. 83. Retrieved 15 December 2013. 

Filmography

• Sok od Šljiva (1981)