Louis Biography

Musical artist

Ljubiša Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубиша Стојановић; 25 June 1952 – 31 July 2011), better known by his stage name Louis, was a Serbian singer. He was known for his unique musical style and was in the music business from 1970 until his death.

Biography

Born in Leskovac, Louis graduated from the music high school in Niš. He got his B.A. in Music from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, majoring in voice and composing with arrangement and folklore.

His stage name Louis originated from when he was nine and successfully performed Louis Armstrong's songs. He was among the first to combine jazz with Serbia's folklore. In 1982, he recorded his first record *led Ne kuni me, ne ruži me, majko (Do Not Curse me ,Do Not Scold Me, Mother), gaining high sales. Together with the Serbian band Flamingosi, he almost won the Beovizija 2006 festival for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.

At the beginning of 2011, he recorded for the Dutch record label Snail Records the album "The Last King Of Balkans" but just before the release of the album, Louis died in a car accident on 31 July 2011, on the road between Feketić and Vrbas. His last show was on 22 July 2011 at Club Jez in Sarajevo.

Discography

• 1982: Ne kuni me, ne ruži me, majko
• 1984: Dudi, s puno ljubavi
• 1985: Srcem i dušom
• 1986: My way I
• 1987: My way II
• 1988: Kamerav
• 1989: Hajde da se pomirimo
• 1990: Dunjo moja
• 1999: Louis (uživo)
• 2000: Louis (leptir)
• 2000: The Best of Louis
• 2001: Pogled iznutra
• 2005: Čarobnjak
• 2008: Ciganski san
• 2011: The Last King of Balkans

References

External links

• Official website
• Biography at Snail Records

By country
and ethnicity

• Albania (performers)
• Aromanians (stateless)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (performers)
• Bulgaria (performers)
• Croatia (performers)
• Cyprus (performers)
• Greece (performers)
• Kosovo (performers)
• Moldova (performers)
• Montenegro (performers)
• North Macedonia (performers)
• Romania (performers)
• Serbia (performers)
• Slovenia (performers)
• Turkey (performers)
• Yugoslavia (performers)

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• Aki Rahimovski
• Al' Dino
• Alban Skënderaj
• Alen Islamović
• Alexandra Stan
• Alka Vuica
• Ana Bekuta
• Ana Kokić
• Ana Nikolić
• Andreea Bănică
• Andrea
• Anna Odobescu
• Anna Vissi
• Anxhela Peristeri
• Ardian Bujupi
• Arsen Dedić
• Aurela Gaçe
• Avni Mula
• Azis
• Bajaga
• Beba Selimović
• Bebe Rexha
• Bebi Dol
• Bleona
• Boban Rajović
• Bora Đorđević
• Bora Spužić Kvaka
• Boris Novković
• Božo Vrećo
• Branimir Štulić
• Capital T
• Ceca
• Coby
• Costas Andreou
• Dado Polumenta
• Dado Topić
• Dafina Zeqiri
• Daniel Popović
• Danijela Martinović
• Dara Bubamara
• Darko Rundek
• Davorin Popović
• Deen
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• Despina Vandi
• Dino Dvornik
• Dino Merlin
• Doris Dragović
• Dr Iggy
• Dragan Kojić Keba
• Dragana Mirković
• Dua Lipa
• Duško Kuliš
• Đorđe Balašević
• Džej Ramadanovski
• Edo Maajka
• Eleftheria Eleftheriou
• Elena Risteska
• Eleni Foureira
• Elhaida Dani
• Elvana Gjata
• Elvir Laković Laka
• Emanuela
• Emina Jahović
• Era Istrefi
• Esma Redžepova
• Fazla
• Fiki
• Flori Mumajesi
• Frenkie
• Galena
• Gashi
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• Gloria
• Goca Tržan
• Goran Bregović
• Gru
• Hadise
• Halid Bešlić
• Hari Varešanović
• Haris Džinović
• Hasiba Agić
• Helena Paparizou
• Himzo Polovina
• Hurricane
• Ilira
• Indira Levak
• Indira Radić
• Inna
• Inva Mula
• Ivan Zajc
• Ivana Peters
• Ivo Pogorelić
• Jacques Houdek
• Jana
• Jelena Karleuša
• Jelena Rozga
• Jelena Tomašević
• Josipa Lisac
• Jura Stublić
• Jurica Pađen
• Kaliopi
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• Kamelia
• Karolina Gočeva
• Kemal Monteno
• Kenan Doğulu
• Kićo Slabinac
• Kir Joakim
• Knez
• Konstrakta
• Koke
• Kornelije Kovač
• Lepa Brena
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• Louis
• Luke Black
• Magnifico
• Maksim Mrvica
• Maria Elena Kyriakou
• Marija Šerifović
• Marinella
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• Marta Savić
• M*imo Savić
• Maja Šuput
• Maya Berović
• Maya Sar
• Merima Njegomir
• Miladin Šobić
• Milan Stanković
• Mile Kitić
• Milica Pavlović
• Miloš Bojanić
• Miroslav Ilić
• Mitar Mirić
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• Mišo Kovač
• Muharem Serbezovski
• Mustafa Sandal
• Nada Mamula
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• Nataša Bekvalac
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• Nedeljko Bajić Baja
• Nele Karajlić
• Neno Belan
• Nevena Božović
• Nexhmije Pagarusha
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• Nikolija
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• Nina Badrić
• Nino Pršeš
• Nino Rešić
• Noizy
• Nora Istrefi
• Oliver Dragojević
• Osman Hadžić
• Poli Genova
• Predrag Gojković-Cune
• Predrag Živković Tozovac
• Preslava
• Rambo Amadeus
• Rasta
• Rita Ora
• Safet Isović
• Sakis Rouvas
• Sanja Vučić
• Sara Jo
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• Saša Lošić
• Saša Matić
• Sead Lipovača
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• Selma Bajrami
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• Sinan Sakić
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• Sofi Marinova
• Stoja
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• Tamara Todevska
• Tanja Ribič
• Tanja Savić
• Tereza Kesovija
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• Tony Cetinski
• Tonči Huljić
• Toše Proeski
• Vasilis Karras
• Vesna Pisarović
• Vesna Zmijanac
• Viki
• Vlado Georgiev
• Yiannis Parios
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• Zdravko Čolić
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• Ljuba Aličić
• Šaban Šaulić
• Şebnem Paker
• Šemsa Suljaković
• Šerif Konjević
• Željko Bebek
• Željko Joksimović
• Željko Samardžić
• Željko Šašić