Mile Lojpur

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Mile Lojpur

Background information
Born March 4, 1930
Died July 29, 2005
Genre(s) Rock and Roll
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar

Mile Lojpur (March 4, 1930, Zrenjanin, Serbia - July 29, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia)

Arguably the first Serbian, Yugoslav (or even Balkan) rock and roll musician. In the 1950s he and his band played covers of American rock and roll hits at dance parties in Belgrade. Usual venue for these parties were the Red Star basketball courts at Kalemegdan. Their act consisted of classic covers: "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets and "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins. Mile Lojpur's simple, but catchy lyrics such as "Mile broj jedan, Mile broj dva, Mile broj tri - to smo mi!" ("Mile No.1, Mile No.2, Mile No.3 - thats who we are!") are still remembered as a symbol of the beginnings of rocknroll in the country.

Although him and his band did not make any recordings they had a great influence on subsequent development of popular music in Serbia and Yugoslavia. In his late years Mile Lojpur had a series of guest appearances in movies and recordings of other Serbian rock musicians including Nikola Čuturilo-Čutura and later Prljavi inspektor Blaža.

The spirit of the era was revived in 1975 TV series Grlom u jagode by Srđan Karanović.

[edit] Quotes

"My favorite contemporary singer is Samantha Fox. I like her voice, but I love her for the boobs. I was breastfed 'till age of five."

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Pop and rock music of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Music of Yugoslavia - SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene - Yugoslav Band Aid (YU Rock Misija) - Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Record labels
Jugoton - PGP RTB - Suzy Records - Diskoton - ZKP RTLJ - Jugodisk