Milan "Mile" Lojpur (
Serbian Cyrillic: Милан-Миле Лојпур) (March 4, 1930 - July 29, 2005) was a
former Yugoslav and
Serbian
rock musician, arguably the first Serbian, Yugoslav (or even
Balkan)
rock and roll musician.
Biography
Although Lojpur was born in
Zrenjanin, he performed mostly in
Belgrade. He was one of the first performers of the so-called "električna muzika" ("electrical music", a former Yugoslav
slang for
rock and roll in the late 1950s and early 1960s). In 1958 he started performing with Sekstet M (trans. "
Sextet M") led by
trumpeter Mile Nedeljković. In 1959 they changed their name to Septet M (trans. "
Septet
M"), and performed under that name until 1965. Septet M performed at
the dances in Belgrade and during the summer they performed mostly at
Rovinj. They rose to fame at the performances they organized at
Red Star basketball courts at
Kalemegdan. These performances were entitled "Zvezdane noći" ("Starry Nights"). Their act consisted of classics'
covers: "
Rock Around the Clock" by
Bill Haley & His Comets, "
Blue Suede Shoes" by
Carl Perkins and others. At the time Lojpur got his nickname Mile Najlon ("Mile
Nylon") as being one of the first in Belgrade who wore nylon shirts. He was famous for his spectacular appearance and
microphone attached to his
guitar. The spirit of the era was revived in 1975 TV series
Grlom u jagode by
Srđan Karanović, in which Lojpur appeared as himself.
He died in Belgrade in 2005.
Source | Wikipedia
