First Croatian to break into American music charts remembered on anniversary

First Croatian to break into American music charts remembered on anniversary

• by croatiaweek
  
• March 9, 2019
  

Ivo Robić (Photo: prvitv)
9 March 2019 – Today marks the anniversary of the death of the first Croatian music star to forge out an international career and the first to break into the Top 20 on the American music charts. 
Croatian singer and songwriter Ivo Robić, famed for making the German song ‘Morgen’ a hit in Europe and America, passed away on 9 March 2000 in Rijeka aged 77. 
Born on 28 January, 1923 in the town of Garesnica in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Robić began his career as a soloist with the Radio Zagreb Orchestra while studying at the same time in Zagreb. He made over 100 records, mostly singles during his long career.
A pioneer in the 1950s of local pop music, he was the only artist from the country whose records were available in the record shops of Europe and the rest of the world.
He had hits like “Vracam se Zagrebe tebi” (Coming Back to You, My Zagreb), “Ta tvoja ruka mala” (That Little Hand of Yours), and “Tiho plove moje ceznje” (Silent Sail of My Yearnings), but it was the success of his first international hit ‘Morgen’ in 1959 which propelled him to stardom.
Ivo Robić
The song was the first collaboration between Robić and Bert Kaempfert. Following its success in Germany, the German-language version became a No.13 hit on the pop chart (Billboard Hot 100) in the United States.
Robić had left artists such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Dean Martin in his wake on the charts and this led to numerous appearances on shows in America like the Perry Como Show on NBC, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dick Clark Show and others.
‘Morgen’ sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
Robić, who collaborated with Dean Martin, had other international hits, including ‘Muli-Song’ (1960), ‘Mit 17 fängt das Leben erst an’ (1960), ‘Ein ganzes Leben lang’ (1962), and ‘Rot ist der Wein’ (1966), but none reached the heights of ‘Morgen’.

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• by croatiaweek
  
• March 9, 2019
  

Ivo Robić (Photo: prvitv)
9 March 2019 – Today marks the anniversary of the death of the first Croatian music star to forge out an international career and the first to break into the Top 20 on the American music charts. 
Croatian singer and songwriter Ivo Robić, famed for making the German song ‘Morgen’ a hit in Europe and America, passed away on 9 March 2000 in Rijeka aged 77. 
Born on 28 January, 1923 in the town of Garesnica in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Robić began his career as a soloist with the Radio Zagreb Orchestra while studying at the same time in Zagreb. He made over 100 records, mostly singles during his long career.
A pioneer in the 1950s of local pop music, he was the only artist from the country whose records were available in the record shops of Europe and the rest of the world.
He had hits like “Vracam se Zagrebe tebi” (Coming Back to You, My Zagreb), “Ta tvoja ruka mala” (That Little Hand of Yours), and “Tiho plove moje ceznje” (Silent Sail of My Yearnings), but it was the success of his first international hit ‘Morgen’ in 1959 which propelled him to stardom.
Ivo Robić
The song was the first collaboration between Robić and Bert Kaempfert. Following its success in Germany, the German-language version became a No.13 hit on the pop chart (Billboard Hot 100) in the United States.
Robić had left artists such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Dean Martin in his wake on the charts and this led to numerous appearances on shows in America like the Perry Como Show on NBC, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dick Clark Show and others.
‘Morgen’ sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
Robić, who collaborated with Dean Martin, had other international hits, including ‘Muli-Song’ (1960), ‘Mit 17 fängt das Leben erst an’ (1960), ‘Ein ganzes Leben lang’ (1962), and ‘Rot ist der Wein’ (1966), but none reached the heights of ‘Morgen’.