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Dado Topić

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) 4 September 1949 (age 75)
Siverić, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
OriginCroatia
GenresPop music, jazz, rap rock, pop rock, disco, hip hop, rock, funk rock, progressive rock
OccupationSinger
Years active1969–present

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

Career

Topić has performed at Etnofest Neum twice: in 1997 with "Na te mislim" and in 2008 with "Nema prodaje".[2]

He collaborated (singing and producing albums) with Smak.

Discography

  • 1972 - Time
  • 1975 - Time II
  • 1976 - Život u Čizmama s visokom petom
  • 1979 - Neosedlani
  • 1980 - Šaputanje na jastuku
  • 2001 - Otok u moru tišine
  • 2004 - Apsolutno sve
  • 2007 - Ultimate collection
  • 2009 - Live in Kerempuh

References

  1. ^ "Zašto je Dado '49. dobio ime Adolf?". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 6 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  2. ^ "'Nema prodaje' za Dadu Topića" [No sale for Dado Topić] (in Croatian). 14 August 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest
(with Dragonfly)

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

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

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

2010
Succeeded by