- Gil Dobrică
Gil Dobrică (
February 14 ,1946 –April 17 ,2007 ) was aRomania n singer.Born in
Dăbuleni ,Dolj County , Gil Dobrică moved toCraiova when he was 14, where he went to a vocational school and became alathe operator. When he was 17, he started singing at the workers' club in the "November 7 " Factory in Craiova, with a repertoire ranging fromjazz , soul, rock to swing.In the 1970s he came to
Bucharest and started collaborating with the band Sfinx. During the same period he recorded his most famous song "Hai acasă" ("Let's Go Home"), a Romanian verse transposition ofJohn Denver 's popularTake Me Home, Country Roads . Gil Dobrica made his impact in Romanian music history by transposing into Romanian many famous rock and roll, blues and soul songs, including songs byRay Charles ,Bill Monroe ,Otis Redding ,Little Richard and others.He also made a memorable cameo in the popular "Nea Mărin miliardar" movie (released in 1979 and starring
Amza Pellea ).Gil Dobrică died in Craiova due to severe
gout complications on April 17, 2007.External links
*http://www.supliment.polirom.ro/george/NuMaiEGilDobrica.aspx
*http://www.azi.ro/arhive/2006/02/14/calendar.htm
*http://www.formula-as.ro/reviste_339__233__povestea-lui-gil-dobrica%22nu-mi-vine-sa-cred-ca-mai-exist%22...-.html
*http://www.jurnalul.ro/articol_39110/gil_dobrica__in_renovare_dupa_sapte_vieti.html
*http://www.ziare.com/A_murit_Gil_Dobrica-82003.html
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