Robert in front of Elvis’s home Graceland, Memphis

Robert Mareković – BIOGRAPHY

• born on 22 October in the Clinical Hospital Centre, Petrova in Zagreb.
• he grew up in Novi Zagreb and attended primary school in the neighbourhood of Travno
• through his parents’ record collection he grew to love the music performed by Fats Domino, Hollies, the Beatles and of course Elvis Presley
• he attended the Administrative High School in Zagreb
• his first performance was at his Christmas school show in 1986 where he sang Fever, Blue Moon and Maybe Baby
• his first public performance was with his original band Rockin’ kids on 13 December 1987 at KSET club
• in the spring of 1988 he co-founded the band Voodoo cats with Krešimir Mišak
• in 1989 the Vodoo cats became Fantomi
• that same year he worked as a DJ on legendary Blue Moon nights in Kulušić
• in 1989 Fantomi released their first promo single Beba, bebica
• on 8 March 1990 their debut album Veliki odmor was released, featuring hits like Dudica, Pivo- konjak- štok, Kraljica, Bijeli cadillac
• that same year Mareković became a host of a popular children’s show on the Croatian Radiotelevision
• the show was cancelled after one season due to the outbreak of war
• during the war Fantomi took part in more than 200 charity events
• the second album Sretan rođendan came out in 1992, with hits likeSretan rođendan, Slomit ću ti srce, Ritam kiše and Pepermint
• near the end of that year they recorded Sretan Božić svakome, a huge airplay hit and one of the most popular Christmas songs to be covered
• 1993-1994 Robert Mareković retook the hosting of the TV children’s show Hrtić-hitić
• the third album Planet majmuna was released in 1993
• in October 1994, after their last single together Ima nešto u tvojim očima, Robert left the band
• in 1995 he worked as a radio host on Radio Sljeme
• between 1995-1997 he released four independent singles
• in 1997 he appeared at the first Croatian Radio Festival
• that year he reformed the band with new members in order to make the album Iza zatvorenih vrata
• in 1998 he started producing the radio show Povratak u budućnost(Back to the future) on the second Croatian radio channel HR2
• in 1999 he founded the band Swingers (see band biography for more information)
• in the new millennium he writes about music and contributes to Polet, Koox, Večernji list and Aquarius Records
• in 2005 he gathered the band Fantomi for a short while, so as to give two performances and record a single after 11 years, which was calledStari saxofon and appeared on the compilation album – Fantomi – Zlatna kolekcija (Golden collection)
• at the moment he produces three radio shows aired on the second Croatian radio channel HR2, the already mentioned Povratak u budućnost, Dolcevita and Noć plavog mjeseca (Night of the Blue Moon)