Sladana Milosevic(1955-2024)

Aleksandra Milosevic Hagadone, better known as Sladjana Milosevic, was a Serbian singer, songwriter, record producer, and writer. She started education in classical music at the age of five, playing piano and later switching to violin. As a teenager, she played bass guitar in several bands, including one of the last lineups of Dzentlmeni. After performing and recording with the Radio Television Belgrade Orchestra and Sasa Subota's Orchestra during early and mid-1970s and performing with the disco group Zdravo, she started her solo career in 1977 with the single "Au-au". Her following singles and her erotic image brought her large media attention. She released her debut album, "Gorim od zelje da ubijem noc", in 1979, joining in on the Yugoslav new wave scene and gaining nationwide popularity. In 1983, she formed the band Neutral Design with a group of West German musicians, recording the album "Neutral Design" with them to good reception in Yugoslavia and several other European countries. During early and mid-1980s she was one of the most popular female vocalists and one of the biggest sex symbols of the Yugoslav rock scene. At the end of the decade, she turned towards jazz and experimental music, moving to United States in 1989. She returned to Serbia in 1995, releasing her comeback metal-oriented album "Animal Tested" in 2000. Since the late 2000s, she has been performing occasionally only, dedicating herself to work in other fields of culture. She died at the age of 68. She struggled with Sjögren syndrome.