Srebrna krila

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Srebrna Krila
Also known asSilver Wings
Genres Pop, pop rock, soft rock, new wave
Years active1978-present
Labels Jugoton, Croatia Records

Srebrna krila (English: Silver Wings) are a Croatian pop-rock band from Zagreb that are popular across the ex-Yugoslav states.

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The band was created in 1978, with Vlado Kalember as the lead singer. Most of their Kalember-era hits were written by Đorđe Novković.

In 1988 the band represented Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Mangup", placing at number 6.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the band went through a series of different incarnations. Kalember left the band after their 1986 album 30 u hladu. The band disappeared for several years after the death of its leader Muc in 2000.

Srebrna krila reunited on 1 June 2012 and announced the return to the scene.

At the end of August 2012 they announced a new comeback album called "Srebrna Krila 2012".

Members of the group

Discography

Preceded by Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
1988
Succeeded by


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