Kraljevi ulice
Kraljevi uliceis aCroatianband founded byMiran Hadži VeljkovićandZlatko Petrović Pajo.The band's name translates as "Kings of the Street". They were established in 1987 and subsequently developed public acknowledgement for their open air performances on Zagreb squares.[1]They were chosen to represent Croatia at theEurovision Song Contest 2008inBelgrade,Serbia.They sang "Romanca"alongside 75 Cents, and came in 21st.
75 Cents was the stage name of Croatian singer Ladislav Demeterffy a.k.a. Laci (29 January 1933 – 19 November 2010) who performed with Kraljevi ulice in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.[2]He was dubbed "75 Cents", a reference to his age at the time (75). As of 2010[update],he was the oldest known participant in the history of the contest,[3]but had this record beaten in May 2012, when Natalya Pugacheva (late October 1935 – 2019) represented Russia as part of the groupBuranovskiye Babushki.Later, Emil Ramsauer (1918 - 2021) of the bandTakasawhorepresented Switzerlandin theEurovision Song Contest 2013broke the record. Demeterffy later died atVinogradska HospitalinZagrebon 19 November 2010, aged 77.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Ninoslav Kopač(2012).Svjedok histerije.Zagreb:Serb Democratic Forum.p. 305.ISBN978-953-57313-2-0.
- ^"Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents win in Croatia".Eurovision Song Contest.Archived fromthe originalon March 22, 2008.Retrieved2008-03-21.
- ^"Lives Remembered".The Telegraph.23 November 2010.Retrieved25 August2012.
- ^"Croatia: Laci from Kraljevi Ulice dies at 78".Eurovision Song Contest.
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