Zorana "Lola" Novaković (25 April 1935 – 3 April 2016) was a Serbian singer, hugely popular during the 1960s and to a lesser degree the 1970s. She was born in
Belgrade,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...
. She represented
FPR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yugo ...
at the
Eurovision Song Contest in
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
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, where she finished fourth.
In 1962, she starred in ''
Šeki snima, pazi se
''Šeki snima, pazi se'' (English: ''Šeki is Filming, Watch Out!'') is a Yugoslav comedy film directed by Marijan Vajda. It was released in 1962.
Considering football sensation Dragoslav Šekularac (nicknamed Šeki, hence the film's title) was ...
'', a full-length comedy inspired by the public persona of football sensation
Dragoslav Šekularac
Dragoslav Šekularac ( sr-Cyrl, Драгослав Шекуларац, ; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Serbian professional footballer and coach.
Nicknamed Šeki, he was quick and crafty with the ball, displaying creative skills which ...
.
She died on 3 April 2016, a few weeks before her 81st birthday.
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1935 births
2016 deaths
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1962
Singers from Belgrade
Yugoslav women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Yugoslavia
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