Oktobar 1864

Oktobar 1864
Oktobar 1864
	jazz rock pop rock;
Years active	1984–1992
Labels	Jugodisk, PGP-RTB
Past members	Tanja Jovićević; Goran Tomanović; Zoran Karapandža; Željko Mitrović; Marko Lalić; Dean Krmpotić; Ivan Zečević; Branko Baćović; Dejan Abadić; Vuk Dinić; Ljubinko Tomanović; Slobodan Andrić; Deže Molnar

Oktobar 1864 (

former Yugoslav rock

band.

Biography

1984 – 1992

Oktobar 1864 was formed in 1984 in

backing vocals. This album featured hits "Nađi me" ("Find Me", a cover of the Four Tops' "Reach Out I'll Be There

") and "Carte blanche". Minor hits were "Muzika noći" ("Music of the Night") and "Grad" ("The City").

The second album Igra bojama (Play with Colors) was recorded in February and March 1988 in O Studio in the new line-up, with Dejan Abadić (keyboards) and Vuk Dinić (trombone). The guests on the album were

Rex Ilusivii on emulator, Dragan Kozarčic on trumpet, Josip Kovač Jr. on saxophone, Theodor Yanni on guitar, Sanja Čičanović and Milan Mladenović on backing vocals. The album was produced by Rex Ilusivii and Theodor Yanni and released through PGP-RTB

. The major hit on the album was "Sam" ("Alone") and other notable songs were "Pratiš trag" ("You're Following the Trace") and "Senke 2" ("Shadows 2").

During 1989 Ljubinko Tomanović (bass guitar) and Slobodan Andrić (saxophone) joined the band. During the same year, Tanja Jovićević was voted the Best Singer of the Year by the readers of Pop rock magazine.

RTV Titograd. The band was accompanied by Deže Molnar on tenor and alto saxophone and keyboards, Dragan Kozarčić on trumpet, Anton Horvat on baritone saxophone, Milan Mladenović on backing vocals, Blagoje Nedeljković on drums (in "Denis") and Ted Yanni on guitar (guitar solo in "Crni ples"). The album was produced by the band and Theodor Yanni and released by PGP-RTB. This album featured hits "Crni ples" and "Denis". Minor hits were "E7/9" and "Osećam za tebe" ("I Feel for You"). In 1990, Oktobar 1864 also recorded the soundtrack for the documentary film Izlazak u Javnost (Coming out), about the comic strip artist Emir Mesić from Zagreb. During the same year, the TV station SA 3 from Sarajevo

recorded the documentary film Oktobar 1864 about the band.

Despite the fact they were praised by both fans and critics, due to the outbreak of the

SKC in January 1992.^[3]

Post breakup

After the split up, Tanja Jovićević pursued solo career as a

Pink television and City Records

label.

In 1997, City Records released the compilation album Najbolje with 12 songs. The editor for the album was Goran Tomanović.

Legacy

In 2011, the song "Crni ples" was polled, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS during the sixty years of the label's existence.^[4]