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Dado Topić
Dragonfly & Dado Topić perform at Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Dragonfly & Dado Topić perform at Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Background information
Birth nameAdolf Topić
Also known asDado
Born (1949-09-04) September 4, 1949 (age 75)
Siverić, SR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
OriginCroatia
GenresPop-folk, jazz, folk, rap rock, pop rock, disco, hip hop, rock, funk rock
OccupationSinger
Years active1969–present

Adolf "Dado" Topić[1] (born September 4, 1949 in Siverić, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia[2]) is a singer who sang the entry from Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with the band Dragonfly. He is one of the rock musicians of Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer of Time, a 1970s progressive rock band. From 1970 to late 1971, he was also the lead singer of the popular prog-rock band Korni Grupa (also known as The Kornelyans).

Topić has performed at Etnofest Neum twice: in 1997 with "Na te mislim" and in 2008 with "Nema prodaje".[3]

Discography

  • 1972 - Time
  • 1974 - Time 2
  • 1976 - Zivot u cizmama s visokom petom
  • 1979 - Neosedlani
  • 1980 - Šaputanje na jastuku
  • 2001 - Otok u moru tisine
  • 2004 - Apsolutno sve
  • 2007 - Ultimate collection
  • 2009 - Live in Kerempuh

References

  1. ^ http://www.jutarnji.hr/zasto-je-dado--49--dobio-ime-adolf-/215672/
  2. ^ "Dado Topić". crorec.hr (in Croatian). Croatia Records. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ "'Nema prodaje' za Dadu Topića" (in Croatian). 14 August 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
(with Dragonfly)

2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Music Festival Budva winner
(tied with Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Matić)

2003
Succeeded by
Preceded by Pjesma Mediterana winner
(with Serbia Slađana Milošević)

2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Sunčane Skale winner
(with Montenegro Anita Popović)

2010
Succeeded by