Ivo Fabijan (born Andrija Ivo Mrvelj; 25 August 1950 – 16 July 2006) was a

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n musician, singer and composer, and produced pop music and patriotic songs. Fabijan was born in Vrbovac,

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(then part of

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). He is well known for singing patriotic Croatian music beginning in the early 1980s, when Croatia was still part of

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and was active musically through the

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. His origin is from

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. He died in

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in 2006.

Discography

* ''Ja sam takav čovjek'' (Croatia Records, 2000)JA SAM TAKAV ČOVJEK
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Selected singles

* "Otvori, Marija, vrata" * "Nemojte mi spominjati nju" * "Kad sklopim oči, ja Hrvatsku sanjam" * "Hercegovino" * "Od Duvna do Međugorja" * "Zov Hercegovine" * "Himna Posusje" * "Kreni Gardo" * "Moj stric je bio Ustaša" * "Striče Ivane"

References

External links

Ivo Fabijan at Diskografija.com
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