Diskos was a Yugoslav state-owned record label, founded in 1962 and based in Aleksandrovac, SR Serbia.Discos at Discogs
Initially, Diskos published pop and rock music, publishing records by some of the pioneers of the Yugoslav rock scene, like Iskre, Kameleoni, Siluete, Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete, Sanjalice and Novi Fosili, and later moved mostly towards folk music.
Artists Some of the artists that had been signed to Diskos include:
Jašar Ahmedovski Apartman 69 Silvana Armenulić Aska Nedeljko Bajić Baja Šaban Bajramović Ana Bekuta Zorica Brunclik Crni Biseri Dah Zekerijah Đezić Iskre Južni Vetar Kameleoni Jelena Karleuša Mile Kitić Šerif Konjević Lepa Lukić Maja Marijana Kemal Malovčić Zlatko Manojlović Srđan Marjanović Vera Matović Seid Memić Vajta Mitar Mirić Dragana Mirković Jasmin Muharemović Dušan Nikolić Lola Novaković Novi fosili Opus Himzo Polovina Šako Polumenta Džej Ramadanovski Nino Rešić Sinan Sakić Sanjalice Beba Selimović Siluete Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete Perica Stojančić Mira Stupica Šemsa Suljaković Suncokret Mira Škorić Teška Industrija Novica Urošević Vatreni Poljubac Milić Vukašinović Zebra Zlatni Prsti Toma Zdravković
During its initial years, Diskos also published comedy records by actors Mija Aleksić and Miodrag Petrović Čkalja, records of Italian pop singers, like Adriano Celentano, Tony Dallara and Gino Volpe, for the Yugoslav market, as well as several records of spiritual music.Discos releases at Discogs
Like other former Yugoslav labels, Diskos was also licensed to release foreign titles for the Yugoslav market which included certain albums by: America, Louis Armstrong, The Band, Count Basie, Jeff Beck, Pat Benatar, Chuck Berry, Blondie, The Byrds, Chicago, Miles Davis, Fats Domino, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Jethro Tull, Carole King, Kiss, Kris Kristofferson, Led Zeppelin, Little Feat, Madness, The Manhattan Transfer, Matchbox, Men Without Hats, Liza Minnelli, Osibisa, Ram Jam, Redbone, Santana, Boz Scaggs, Sherbet, Simon & Garfunkel, Spandau Ballet, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Van Halen, Weather Report, Wild Cherry, Teddy Wilson, Yazoo and Yes.Discos releases at Discogs
Competition Other major labels in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were: PGP-RTB and Jugodisk from Belgrade, Jugoton and Suzy from Zagreb, Diskoton from Sarajevo, ZKP RTLJ from Ljubljana, and others.
See also List of record labels
References
External links Diskos on Discogs