From Wikipedia - Reading time: 10 minJosipa Lisac | |
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Lisac performing live in 2009 | |
| Born | 14 February 1950 Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Partner | Karlo Metikoš (1971–1991) |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
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| Website | www |
Josipa Lisac (pronounced [jɔ̌sipa lǐːsat͡s]; born 14 February 1950) is a Croatian pop rock singer.
During the 1960s, Lisac was the vocalist of the group Zlatni Akordi. Her first solo album, Dnevnik jedne ljubavi (The Diary of a Love), recorded in 1973, was a huge success and remains today one of the most legendary albums in Croatia. Journalist and producer Peca Popović noted that Dnevnik jedne ljubavi was also only the fourth rock record and the first female-fronted record released in Yugoslavia.[2]
Gubec-beg was the first Croatian rock opera where Josipa had the demanding role of Jana. The opera premiered in 1975, and the aria "Ave Maria" was a standout song that Josipa still performs in concert today. The rock opera was created by Karlo Metikoš, Ivica Krajač and Miljenko Prohaska.[1] The show was performed around Yugoslavia, as well as in Budapest, Trieste, Rome, and Saint Petersburg. It was seen by approximately one million people.[3] The same year, she recorded a jazz album in collaboration with Ernie Wilkins, Clark Terry, Albert Mangelsdorff, and Johnny Basso, produced by Boško Petrović and Karlo Metikoš.[1]
During 1987, Josipa Lisac served as a contestant in the preselection competition, Jugovizija, with hopes to represent Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987. She sang her hit, "Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo" (Where the Danube Kisses the Sky) and finished in ninth place out of 24.[4] Soon after releasing her album Boginja (Goddess), she became an acclaimed pop artist throughout Yugoslavia.
She had numerous big rock hits, and also sang Bosnian sevdalinka songs ("Omer beže"), as well as Croatian Christmas songs.
Beside being a top act within the world of Croatian popular music, she was also highly acclaimed in the former Yugoslav rock scene. She is known for her strong voice, which she describes as contralto,[5] as well as her unique sense of fashion.[6]
On 5 March 2015, the 40th anniversary of Gubec-beg was celebrated. [3]
In 2018, Josipa performed in Belgrade, Skopje, Sarajevo, Podgorica, Krk, Zürich, Varaždin, Munich, Gothenburg, Stockholm, and Zadar, among other venues. [7]
She was in a relationship with the Croatian musician Karlo Metikoš (who also performed under the pseudonym Matt Collins), who she had met in 1971. He died in December 1991. Together they collaborated on 13 LPs.[8]
In February 2020, Lisac performed the Croatian national anthem at the inauguration of President Zoran Milanović.[9] A criminal complaint was submitted against her by attorney Boško Županović for "performing and intoning the Croatian national anthem in a derogatory way" during the inauguration.[10]
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| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Naša ljubav" / "Niko nije kao ti" | 1969 | non-album singles |
| "Živim samo za tebe" / "Prijatelji" | ||
| "Život moj" / "Spustila se kiša" | 1970 | |
| "Kapetane moj" / "I teče, teče vrijeme" | ||
| "Oluja" / "Osamljenost" | ||
| "Samujem u samoći sama" / "Sve majke svijeta uz more" | 1971 | |
| "Dok razmišljam o nama" / "Bez tebe" | 1972 | |
| "Raduj se srce moje" / "Još te čekam" | ||
| "Na, na, na, na" / "Veče u luna parku" | 1973 | |
| "Omer beže" / "Niz polje idu babo" | 1974 | |
| "Ostaješ mi samo ti" / "Ležaj od suza"[A] | ||
| "Ljubavna pjesma" (with Miro Ungar) |
1975 | |
| "Činim sve u krivi čas" / "Čovjek" | 1976 | |
| "Danas sam luda" / "Lažeš da si moj" | 1987 | Boginja |
| "Ja bolujem" | Balade | |
| "Samo iluzija" | 1991 | Split '91 |
| "1000 razloga" | 2007 | Živim po svome |
| "Tu" | 2015 | non-album singles |
| "Daleko" | 2020 | |
| "Lijepa naša domovino" | ||
| "A gdje si ti" | 2023 |
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Moja domovina" (as part of Hrvatski Band Aid) |
1991 | Moja domovina |
| "O jednoj mladosti" (Flyer featuring Josipa Lisac) |
2004 | Epopeja |
| "Put ka sreći" (as part of Hrvatski glazbenici za Ivu Josipovića) |
2010 | non-album single |
| "Ljubav" (Quasarr featuring Josipa Lisac) |
2013 | Sjene |
| "Tebi putujem" (Chui featuring Josipa Lisac) |
2017 | Chui ovu glazbu |
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
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| "Što me čini sretnom" | 1968 | none | Opatija 68 |
| "Ljubav što se gasi" | 1969 | 15. jubilarni festival zabavnih melodija Zagreb 69 | |
| "Krenule su lađe" | IX internacionalni festival zabavne muzike Split '69 | ||
| "Večernja elegija" | 1970 | IX festival vojničkih pesama | |
| "Mreže ljubavi" | 1971 | 17. festival zabavne glazbe Zagreb 71 | |
| "Zaboravi sve" | 1973 | Zagreb 73 | |
| "Ostavi trag" | 1974 | Tihomir Pop Asanović | Majko Zemljo |
| "Djevojčici mjesto igračke (Ljerka)" | Rade Šerbedžija | Ne daj se Ines | |
| "Dvanaesta je majka Slavonije" | 1975 | Ladarice | Festival revolucionarne i rodoljubne pjesme 1975 |
| "Janino ludilo" | Marijan Kašaj, Branko Blaće, Zbor Kazališta Komedija | Gubec-beg rock opera | |
| "Ave Maria" | Zbor Kazališta Komedija | ||
| "Čudno, vrlo čudno" | 1977 | none | Koncert za stare prijatelje |
| "Jugend" | 1980 | Internationales Schlagerfestival Dresden 1980 | |
| "Krivo je sve" | 26. festival Zagreb – večer zabavne glazbe | ||
| "Lice mladosti" | 1983 | Titovo doba – Dan mladosti 83. | |
| "Ja mislim trista na sat" | 1986 | Bajaga i Instruktori | Jahači magle |
| "Welcome My Friend" | 1987 | none | Welcome My Friend – Welcome to Yugoslavia |
| "Sloboda i mir" | 1991 | Guido Mineo | Moja domovina |
| "Rušila sam mostove od sna" | 1993 | Dino Dvornik | Priroda & društvo |
| "Vjernost" | none | Koktel melodija 2 | |
| "Kao mir" | 1994 | Boa | Kraj djetinjstva |
| "Dynamo" | Montažstroj | Dynamo | |
| "Radical Cathedral" | |||
| "Vila Velebita" | 1996 | none | Cro Etno Neum '96 Volume 1 |
| "Dođi sada Gospode" | 1997 | Prljavo kazalište | 20 godina |
| "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" | 1998 | none | 1. hrvatski jazz sabor Vol 2 |
| "Over the Rainbow" | Ante Mažuran | ||
| "Na na na na" | Cubismo | Viva la Habana! | |
| "Dalmatino, povišću pritrujena" | 2000 | Tedi Spalato | Live in Lisinski |
| "Paučina" | 2001 | none | Melodije Kvarnera 2001 |
| "Još uvik slipo virujen" (Live) | 2005 | Petar Grašo | Uvertira 1995–2005 Best of |
| "La passion c'est trop court terme" | Elvis Stanić Group | Bolja strana svijeta / La meileure parte du monde | |
| "Posve slobodna" | |||
| "Sexy Cool" | Divas | Tulum u Big Brother kući | |
| "S tobom pristajem na sve" | Ivana Husar | Divas & Dive (Live) | |
| "Danas sam luda" | |||
| "Đelem đelem" | Cubismo, Šaban Bajramović | A Night with Cubismo Live in Lisinski | |
| "Ritam grada" | 2006 | Stoka | Kravlje ludilo |
| "Omer beže, na kuli sjedaše" | Hanka Paldum | Hanka Paldum i prijatelji | |
| "Nek' se dijete zove kao ja" | 2007 | Gibonni | Koncert |
| "Amazing Grace" | 2008 | none | Gospel u Komediji |
| "Ljubavna pjesma (Gubec-beg)" | Đani Stipaničev | Live in Komedija | |
| "Kalino mome" | 2010 | Garo, Tavitjan Brothers | Makedonskoto srce čuka vo 7/8 |
| "Rušila sam mostove od sna" | Gibonni | Kontra regule – Tribute to Dino Dvornik | |
| "Neon (Shusuglao)" | 2011 | Siddharta | Stadion Stožice 18.6.2011 |
| "Moja magija" | 2016 | none | The Best of 2016 – Pop Rock |
| "Vino noći" (Live) | Neno Belan & Fiumens | Sanjaj! | |
| "Soundtrack za život" | 2017 | Hladno pivo | 30 godina (Greatest Hits) |
| "Jano mori" | 2019 | Vlatko Stefanovski | Live at Lisinski |
| "YSL" | 2020 | Full Ferry, Bruns Lay | House vibra |