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Bata Illic

Bata Illic – born on September 30, 1939, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) – is a pop crooner and schlager singer. While employed as a teacher, he and musician friend Andreas Triphan formed a band and began playing local live shows. The group split in 1961 when most member chose to relocate to France to pursue a musical career in that country. Bata Illic continued to perform in Belgrade, eventually performing for the American Embassy. This months-long engagement led to Bata Illic performing in Germany, where he recorded his first single “Die Welt Ist voller Liebe” (1966). He a...