Grupa 220

Grupa 220
Origin	Zagreb, SR Croatia
Genres	Progressive rock, Pop music
Years active	1966-1975
Labels	Jugoton, Suzy Records
Members	Drago Mlinarec, Branimir "Brane Lambert" Živković, Vojko Sabolović, Vojislav "Mišo" Tatalović, Ranko Balen

Grupa 220 was a Yugoslav rock band from Zagreb founded in 1966. It was formed through merging previous instrumental rock groups Ehos and Jutarnje zvijezde. They are notable for publishing the first authored works in the local field of rock n' roll and the first hit in the genre,^[1][2] which made them popular across the country. They were one of the pioneers of Yugoslav rock music.^[3] They published their first EPs in 1967, "Osmijeh" and "Kad bih bio Petar Pan",^[4] with their first full album "Naši dani" releasing in 1968.^[5][6]

Discography

EP

• 1967, Osmijeh (Jugoton)
• 1967, Kad bih bio Petar Pan (Jugoton)

LP

• 1968, Naši dani (Jugoton)
• 1975, Slike (Suzy)

References

1. "Pop goes Yugoslavia: 11 wonderfully jubilant vintage hits".
2. "PRIJE TOČNO 50 GODINA OBJAVLJEN JE PRVI DOMAĆI AUTORSKI ROCK-ALBUM Tako je, zapravo, počeo rock'n'roll u Hrvatskoj". 17 March 2018.
3. komunikacije, NEOMEDIA (3 January 2018). "GRUPA 220 Pola stoljeća od prvog singla pionira autorskog rocka u Hrvatskoj i bivšoj Jugi".
4. "Gospodin hrvatskog rocka ⋆ Muzika.hr".
5. "50 GODINA OD PRVOG ROCK ALBUMA U NAS Drago Mlinarec i Grupa 220 napravili su 1968. revoluciju". 19 October 2018.
6. "Prvi autorski rock-album u nekadašnjoj SFRJ - XXZ Portal". 28 March 2018.

External links

• Discogs
• Enciklopedija.hr