Diskoton was a major record label based in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Serbo-Croat: Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina/Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: It should not be confused with another former Yugoslav record company with a similar name called Diskos.
Diskoton released numerous records of many former Yugoslav artists including certain albums of the cult band Bijelo Dugme, Zabranjeno Pušenje, the heavy metal group Divlje Jagode, the 1960s rock bands Indexi and Ambasadori and the solo artist Sead Memić-Vajta, who represented SFR Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. Bijelo dugme ("White Button" were a highly influential Rock band stationed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally when in Yugoslavia Zabranjeno Pušenje (meaning "No Smoking" was a Yugoslavian Garage rock band from Sarajevo, closely associated with the New primitivism Divlje Jagode (trans "Wild Strawberries" is a Bosnian / Croatian and former Yugoslav Hard rock and Heavy metal band The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Indexi was a rock band popular in the former Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ambasadori were a Yugoslav pop band from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina active from 1968 until 1980 Seid Memić "Vajta" is a Bosnian singer and the vocalist for the Yugoslavian rock band Teška industrija. The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 4, 1981 at the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal One of the best known Diskoton releases was also the soundtrack album for the film Dom za vešanje (translated as Time of the Gypsies). A soundtrack album is any Album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular Feature film. Time of the Gypsies ( Serbian: Дом за вешање Dom za vešanje, literally "Home for Hanging" is a 1988 Yugoslav Time of the Gypsies ( Serbian: Дом за вешање Dom za vešanje, literally "Home for Hanging" is a 1988 Yugoslav The label also released records by foreign artists, such as Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Commodores, Roy Harper and Diana Ross for the former Yugoslav market. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful The Commodores were a highly successful Funk / soul band of the 1970s and 1980s For the comic book character see Roy Harper (comics Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941) is an English Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire
Its competitors were the bigger record companies such as Jugoton from Zagreb, the largest in former Yugoslavia, and PGP-RTB from Belgrade. Jugoton was the largest Record label and chain Record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb Zagreb (ˈzɑːgrɛb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. PGP-RTB (Full Serbian name Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Beograd) was a major Record label and chain Record store Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia.
With the outbreak of the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the company ceased to exist. The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an international armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995
An unrelated online shop currently operates with the same name.
| Pop and rock music of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Music of Yugoslavia - SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene - Yugoslav Band Aid (YU Rock Misija) - Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest |
| Record labels |
| Jugoton - PGP RTB - Suzy Records - Diskoton - ZKP RTLJ - Jugodisk |