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Fact Sheet
| Musical genre: | Pop |
| Birthday | 29 January 1923 |
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Birthplace | Bjelovar, Croatia |
| Date of death | March 9, 2000 (age 77) |
Domestic career
Robic was born in Bjelovar. He began his career as a soloist with the Radio Zagreb Orchestra, studying at the same time in Zagreb.During his career, which started in 1948 in what was then Yugoslavia, he made more than one hundred records, mostly single-play. In his own country, the most memorable of his many songs might be Vracam se Zagrebe tebi (Coming Back to You, My Zagreb), Ta tvoja ruka mala (That Little Hand of Yours), and Tiho plove moje cežnje (Silent Sail of My Yearnings).
International achievements
A pioneer of popular music starting in the early 1950s, Robic was an artist who successfully pursued both domestic and international careers for almost half a century. When he began, he was the only artist from Yugoslavia whose records were available in the record shops of Europe and the rest of the world.Robic was nicknamed "Mister Morgen" after his first international hit, Morgen, in 1959, considered today to be the true evergreen and it has been performed by numerous artists. That legendary song was the first collaboration for Ivo Robic and Bert Kaempfert. Following its success in Germany, the single was a sensation in the US and earned both artists a Gold Record.
Robic was actively recording for German Polydor, selling millions of albums and singles. He performed and collaborated with known artists such as Bert Kaempfert, Fredie Queen, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra.
His other international hits are Muli-Song (1960), Mit 17 fängt das Leben erst an (1960), Ein ganzes Leben lang (1962), Rot ist der Wein (1966), and Ich zeig' dir den Sonnenschein (1971). Less known is the fact that he was the writer of the song which later became -- Strangers in the Night.