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- Ivo Robic was born on January 29, 1923 in Bjelovar, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He was an actor and composer, known for The Weekend Away (2022), Melancholia (2011) and Love and Fashion (1960). He died on March 10, 2000 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Robic was nicknamed "Mister Morgen" following the success of his first international hit, "Morgen" (which means "tomorrow"), in 1959. The optimistic song was the first collaboration between Robic and Bert Kaempfert.
- During his career in what was then Socialist Republic of Croatia within Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, he made more than one hundred records, mostly singles and schlagers. In his own country, the most memorable of his many schlagers might be "Vracam se Zagrebe tebi" (Coming Back to You, My Zagreb), "Ta tvoja ruka mala" (That Little Hand of Yours), and "Tiho plove moje ceznje" (Silent Sail of My Yearnings).
- Robic was active in recording for Germany's Polydor label and had other international hits as "Muli-Song" (1960), "Mit 17 fängt das Leben erst an" (1960), "Ein ganzes Leben lang" (1962), "Rot ist der Wein" (1966), and "Ich zeig' dir den Sonnenschein" (1971).
- Following its success in Germany, the German-language version of "Morgen" became a #13 hit on the pop chart (Billboard Hot 100) in the United States, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. An English set of lyrics, "One More Sunrise", bearing no resemblance to the German lyrics, sung by Leslie Uggams, reached #98 on the same charts. It has also been performed by many other artists.
- A pioneer of popular Yugoslav music from the early 1950s on, Robic was an artist who successfully pursued both domestic and international careers for almost half a century.
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