Name Zdenko Runjic Role Songwriter | Children Ivana Runjic | |
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Died October 27, 2004, Split, Croatia Awards Porin Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations Porin Award for Song of the Year Similar People Oliver Dragojevic, Stipica Kalogjera, Goran Karan, Niksa Bratos, Krste Juras | ||
Music director Servantes iz Malog Mista |
San leptira oliver dragojevi zdenko runji
Zdenko Runjić (26 October 1942 – 27 October 2004) was a Croatian songwriter based in Split. In his long career, he established himself as one of the most prolific and most popular songwriters of the former Yugoslavia and Croatia.
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Runjić was born in Slavonski Brod. Many of his songs were inspired by the folk traditions of Dalmatia. The songs became classics and Runjić helped the careers of many notable Croatian musicians such as Oliver Dragojević, Doris Dragović and Meri Cetinić. He was especially successful at the prestigious Split Music Festival. He wrote almost 700 songs which sold several million copies in both albums and singles. More than 200 songs were written for Dragojević alone. He was also a successful businessman and music producer. He owned a record company called Skalinada which became one of the most prominent record companies of Croatia.

In 1993, following the dispute with the Split Music Festival organisers, he founded the rival music festival called Melodije Hrvatskog Jadrana (Melodies of the Croatian Adriatic) and it soon became the key music festival of the country. On 27 October 2004, Runjić died in Krapinske Toplice from a stroke while recovering from a heart attack.

Boris dvornik o tarija 1986



Songs
Galeb I JaSkalinada
Sunčane FontaneSkalinada
DiridondaSkalinada