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Moni Kovačič

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Moni Kovačič
Birth nameMonique De Haviland
Born (1960-06-21) June 21, 1960 (age 64)
Wiesbaden, Germany
OriginConnecticut, United States
Occupation(s)pop singer, entrepreneur

Moni Kovačič (born Monique De Haviland) is a US-based Slovenian former pop singer,[1][2] especially well known in SFR Yugoslavia during the late 1970s and early 1980s[3] due to her hit single "Brez ljubezni mi živeti ni" (No use living without love), released in 1978 by the label ZKP RTVLj. Album releases were Zagonetka (Puzzle) and Može i jače (Can do it stronger).

Born in 1960 to an American father Bill De Haviland and a Slovenian mother Brigita Kovačič, Monique grew up in Connecticut and took up performing from an early age.[3][4]

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  1. ^ NOVAČIĆ, DEJAN (February 17, 2006). "Tednik, številka 7, Tako mlada, pa že Slovenka". Mladina (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Video: Z morjem obdane in soncem obsijane melodije". RTV Slovenija. June 20, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Moni Kovačič, nova pop zvezda – Naša devojka za evropsku scenu!;RTV Revija, May 1978
  4. ^ Pfeiffer, Vesna. "Rada živim v Ameriki (intervju)" [I like living in America (interview)]. Avenija (in Slovenian). Retrieved December 1, 2016. My dad was a colonel in the US army. He was high-ranked and was, when I was born, working in Frankfurt, while I was born in Wiesbaden in Germany.
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