Oliver Dragojević

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Oliver Dragojević, born December 7, 1947 in Vela Luka, Croatia (formerly Yugoslavia), is a Croatian pop singer.

A native of Vela Luka on the island of Korčula, Dragojević emerged onto the music scene in the 1970s thanks to the popular Split Festival, one of several musical annual music events from the former Yugoslavia still functional in Croatia today. His speciality was music influenced by Dalmatian folklore. His first domestic hit was called "Picaferaj" in 1967. Most of his early songs were written by popular songwriter Zdenko Runjić. One of the most famous was "Nadalina", which also featured actor Boris Dvornik, and the popular 'Dalmatian anthems' "Galeb i ja" and "Skalinada".

Dragojević maintained his popularity in ensuing decades, while in the 1990s his songs became less influenced by domestic folk and more by global music trends. At that time he was often referenced as Croatia's oldest pop star. After his collaboration with Zdenko Runjić, he recorded several more albums that proved to be popular with his fan base.

Today, Oliver is still active on the Croatian music scene often recognized as one of the country's more popular singers and pianists.

He is the uncle of Andrej Dragojević, a rising young Croatian singer and songwriter who gained fame in 2006 when he sung a duet with his uncle of the song 'Muški Spolni'.