Đorđi Peruzović is a popular Croatian pop singer. He has been prolific in his recording from the late 1960s through to the 2010s. He had chart success with the song "Where Were You During Thundering".
Background He spent his young years in Vrboska on the island of Hvar. He got his start at high school in 1958 performing behind the microphone.
He first performed at the Split Prokurative Festival in 1963 with "Balada o tovaru" which was written by Zdenko Runjić. Since then, he has been a regular. By 2014, he had recorded approximately fifty singles and five solo albums.Apoliticni, 13. kolovoza 2014. - Đorđi Peruzović – život uz pjevanje Đorđi Peruzović – život uz pjevanje
Career 1960s - 1980s Đorđi Peruzović recorded the Viva Maria EP that was released on PGP RTB EP 50157 in 1966. The other three songs on the EP were, "Jedan Čovjek ... Jedna Priča" ("A Man... A Story"), "Svako Nekog Ponekad Zavol" ("Everybody Loves Somebody"), and "Još Samo Danas ("E Solo Un Giorno").Diskografija - Album Viva Maria Đorđi Peruzović - 1966Cover.info - Svako nekog ponekad zavoli (1966) Đorđi Peruzović Also that year, he had his Hello Dolly EP released on PGP RTB EP 50288. Besides the title song, the EP contained "Dan Bez Tebe" ("My Wonderful Bambina"), "Moje Je Srce U San Francisku" ("I Left My Heart In San Francisco"), and "Djudjola" ("Giuggiola").45Cat - Đorđi Peruzović - Discography, Yugoslavia, A1: Hello Dolly, Radio-Televizija Beograd Yugoslavia EP 50288 1966
It was reported by Billboard in the magazine's 29 August 1970 issue that Peruzović won the first prize in the 10th international festival of pop music held in first prize in the 10th international festival of pop music held in Yugoslavia from the 5th to the 9th.Billboard, August 29, 1970 - Page 51 International News Reports, Cliff Tune Captures Top Prize at Yugo Festival
Competing in Split '72 twelfth international sing contest, Peruzović was a winner with his cover of the Nenad Vilovic song, "Where Were You During Thundering" ().Billboard, August 5, 1972 - Page 71 International News Reports, Hungarian Singer Wins Split It made the top ten in Yugoslavia and according to the 16 September 1972 issue of Billboard, the single was at no. 2.Billboard, September 16, 1972 - Page 52 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, YUGOSLAVIA, This Week, 2 DI SI BIJA KAD JE GRMILO- (Where were you during thundering-Djordi Peruzovic (Jugoton)
He recorded the songs "Ljubavi ruku mi daj" and "Danas opet slušao sam pjesmu" which were released on single, Jugoton SY-22063 in 1972.Ultratop - Đorđi Peruzović – Ljubavi ruku mi daj
He was a performer in the thirteenth Sopot Festival which was held at the Baltic seaside resort in Poland from 21–25 August 1973.Billboard, September 15, 1973 - Page 42 Sopot Festival Establishes, International News, New Format, Includes Disks * Continued from page l, Festival Singers, Diordi Peruzovic Also that year, his album Mojoj jedinoj ljubavi was released on Jugoton LPY-S-60998. It contained the songs, "Tvoje su usne ostavile trag", "Volim, volim samo nju" and "Balada o tovaru".Diskografija - Album Mojoj jedinoj ljubavi, Đorđi Peruzović - 1973Primož Črnčec (Gramofon) channel, Apr 16, 2021 - Đorđi Peruzović – Mojoj Jedinoj Ljubavi (Concierto de Aranjuez) *1973* /// *vinyl* /ALBUM/ /A6/
He recorded the disco song "Banana Cafe" which was written by Mirko Krstičević. It was backed with Ti živiš samo u mom snu and released on a single in 1977.Disco Savvy - Disco Music released during 1977:, Đorđi Peruzović - "Banana Cafè" - Croatian electro-country-disco from YugoslaviaDiskografija - Banana cafeĐorđi Peruzović - 1977
He recorded the single, "Opet skupa ti i ja" bw "Tri mice mace" which was released on Jugoton SY 2354 in 1979.Diskografija - skupa ti i ja Đorđi Peruzović - 1979 The A side was a cover of Benny's hit, "Skateboard (Uh-Ah-Ah)".Who Sampled - Benny Skateboard (Uh-Ah-Ah), Covers of Skateboard (Uh-Ah-Ah)
1990s - 2020s In 2023, Đorđi Peruzović at age 83 was the winner of the 2023 Split Festival. It was also his 60th performance.Net.hr, 3 July 2023 - 'LETIM U SVEMIR' / Đorđi Peruzović pobjednik je Splitskog festivala, a oduševili su i sestra Danijele Martinović te Boris Rogoznica
Along with Darko Domijan, Policijska klapa Sveti Mihovil, and Dženan Lončarević, Peruzović was scheduled to perform on 6 July at the 2024 Split Festival.Glazba.hr, 24 Apr 2024 - Održana konferencija za novinare povodom Splitskog festivala 2024.
Further reading Dalmacija Danas, 8. lipnja 2020 - ZAPISI I SJEĆANJA GORANA PELAIĆA (32) JURAJ ĐORĐI PERUZOVIĆ: Splitska priča u nekoliko slika - GORAN PELAIĆ
References
External links Discogs - Đorđi Peruzović ponocnosunce channel - ĐORĐI PERUZOVIĆ - Opet skupa ti i ja (audio) (Skateboard) Đorđi Peruzović - Topic channel, Dec 13, 2019 - Banana Cafe (audio) ponocnosunce channel, Apr 3, 2014 - ĐORĐI PERUZOVIĆ - Volim, volim samo nju (audio)