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Riva (band)

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Genres
  
Pop music

Active until
  
1991

Origin
  
Zadar, Croatia (1986)

Awards
  
Eurovision Song Contest

Years active
  
1986–1991

Genre
  
Pop music

Record label
  
Jugoton

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Past members
  
Emilija Kokić Dalibor Musap Nenad Nakić Zvonimir Zrilić Boško Colić

Members
  
Emilija Kokić, Zvonimir Zrilić, Nenad Nakić, Dalibor Musap, Boško Colić

Similar
  
Paul Harrington, Teddy Scholten, Soul Militia, Charlie McGettigan, Milk and Honey

Riva was a pop rock band from Zadar, Croatia, then Yugoslavia, in the late 1980s.

After forming in 1986, the band appeared on Zagrebfest 1988. Their song "Rock Me" won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Switzerland, with a score of 137 points. According to author John Kennedy O'Connor in The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History it was an unexpected win. The band proved sceptics wrong bringing the first and only victory for Yugoslavia. The contest was organised in Zagreb in 1990. The group members parted ways in 1991.

Lineup

  • Emilija Kokić (vocals)
  • Dalibor Musap (keyboards, vocals, founder and leader)
  • Nenad Nakić (bass, vocals)
  • Zvonimir Zrilić (guitar, vocals)
  • Boško Colić (drums)

    • References

    Riva (band) Wikipedia
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