Dino Merlin

Dino Merlin
Background information
Birth name	Edin Dervišhalidović
Also known as	Dino Merlin
Born	12 September 1962 (1962-09-12) (age 49)
Origin	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	1983–present
Associated acts	Merlin
Website	http://www.dinomerlin.net

Edin Dervišhalidović (pronounced [ě̞di̞n de̞rv̞i̞ʃxalǐːdɔ̝v̞i̞ʨ]; born 12 September 1962), stage name Dino Merlin, pronounced [dǐ̞ːnɔ̝ mě̞rli̞n], is a prominent Bosnian singer-songwriter and musician. He is a popular singer/songwriter in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is also popular in the other countries of the former Yugoslavia such as Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia.^[1] He was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[2]

Music career

Merlin Band

Edin Dervišhalidović founded the band Merlin in 1983 and has been its singer and songwriter since. With the band, he has recorded 5 studio albums: Kokuzna vremena in 1985, Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe) in 1986, Merlin in 1987, Nešto lijepo treba da se desi in 1989, and Peta strana svijeta in 1990.

Solo career

Dervišhalidović began his solo career under the name Dino Merlin in 1991, and recorded five studio albums: Moja bogda sna in 1993, Fotografija in 1995, Sredinom in 2000, Burek in 2004, Ispočetka in 2008 and 2 live albums, Vječna vatra in 1999 and Live Koševo 2004 in 2005.

Dino Merlin wrote the first national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina called Jedna si, jedina^{[citation needed]}. He has also taken part in Eurovision Song Contests, in Millstreet in 1993 (Dino is the author of Sva bol svijeta) and in Jerusalem in 1999 (singing Putnici with Béatrice, a French singer). Dino Merlin has also taken part in other big European festivals, such as Copenhagen in 1996 and Turkovision in 1997^{[citation needed]}. His tour promoting his Sredinom album, which was released in 2000, included over 200 concerts, with a spectacular performance at the Koševo Olympic Stadium in Sarajevo, in front of an audience of about 80,000^{[citation needed]}. The Sredinom-album was the top-selling album in Bosnia and Herzegovina and sold in all of the countries that were once part of Yugoslavia.^{[citation needed]}

Dino Merlin's next album, Burek, was released in 2004. Three songs were featured as singles: Burek, Supermen and Ako Nastaviš Ovako. The album includes 15 tracks, many of which are new. The song Supermen is sung by Dino Merlin with a guest appearance by Željko Joksimović, who is also the composer of the song.

Many of the songs on this album have also appeared on his Live Koševo 2004 album released in 2005. The other guest appearances on the Burek album include Nina Badrić on "Ti si mene", Željko Joksimović on "Supermen" Edo Zanki on "Verletzt" and many others.

Dino Merlin's tenth album titled Ispočetka (English Translation: From the Beginning) was released in 2008.

On 1 December 2010 it was revealed that Merlin will represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany.^[3][4] He came sixth in the final singing Love in Rewind.

Discography

Albums

with Merlin band

• Kokuzna vremena (1985)
• Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe) (1986)
• Merlin (1987)
• Nešto lijepo treba da se desi (1989)
• Peta strana svijeta (1990)

Solo career

• Moja bogda sna (1993)
• Fotografija (1995)
• Live: Vječna vatra (1999)
• Sredinom (2000)
• Burek (2004)
• Live Koševo 2004 (2005)
• Ispočetka (2008)

Compilations

• Merlin (1990) - with the Merlin band
• Balade (1995) - with the Merlin band
• Rest of the Best (1995) - with the Merlin band
• Najljepše pjesme (1995) - with the Merlin band
• The Best of Dino Merlin (2001)
• The Platinum Collection (2006)
• The Ultimate Collection (2009)

DVDs

• Live Koševo (2005)
• Koševo 19. Juli (2009)

Singles

• 2007: "Otkrit ću ti tajnu"
• 2008: "Dabogda"
• 2008: "Da šutiš (Indigo)"
• 2008; "Deset Mlađa"
• 2009: "Nedostaješ"
• 2011: "Love in Rewind"

Songs produced by Dino Merlin

Year	Song	Performer	Album
1989	Jablane	Lepa Brena	Cetiri godine
1990	Sto Života	Vesna Zmijanac	Svatovi
1993	Sva bol svijeta	Fazla	Eurovosion 1993
1994	Beograd	Ceca	Fatalna ljubav
2001	Predaleko	Ivana Banfić	Ona Zna
2001	Ja Nikad Neću Znati	Ivana Banfić	Ona Zna
2001	Sretan Ti Stoti Rođendan*	Ivana Banfić	Ona Zna
2002	Tačka	Emina Jahović	Tačka
2009	Zver	Emina Jahović	Vila
2009	Sreća	Hari Mata Hari	Sreća
2009	U znaku djevice	Hari Mata Hari	Sreća
2010	Adı İntikamdı	Mustafa Sandal	Karizma

Sampled Song

Year	Song	Origina Year	Artist	Original Song
1989.	Mjesečina	1988.	UB40	Where Did I Go Wrong
1993.	Ostat će istine dvije	1984.	Prince	When Doves Cry
1995.	Kad sve ovo bude juče	1995.	Michael Jackson	They Don't Care About Us
1995.	Paša moj solidni	1987.	Luca Carboni	Farfallina
1995.	Ne daj me nikome	1994.	Marius Müller-Westernhagen	Es Geht Mir Gut
2000.	Godinama	1989.	Youssou N'Dour	My Daughter
2000.	Kad si rekla da me voliš	1997.	Tonic	If You Could Only See

References

1. ^ http://www.dinomerlin.net/dino-merlin
2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489365/bio
3. ^ http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16293
4. ^ http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/dino-merlin-for-bosnia-herzegovina/

External links

• Official Website

Preceded by Alma Čardžić with "Goodbye"	Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest (with Béatrice Poulot) 1999	Succeeded by Nino Pršeš with "Hano"
Preceded by Vukašin Brajić with "Thunder and Lightning"	Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011	Succeeded by

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Name	Merlin, Dino
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Date of birth	12 September 1962
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