| Dragoljub Ilić | |
| Background: | non_performing_personnel |
| Birth Date: | 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Instrument: | Keyboards |
| Years Active: | Mid-1970s–present |
| Label: | PGP-RTB, PGP-RTS, Active Time |
| Associated Acts: | Generacija 5 |
Dragoljub "Dragan" Ilić (Serbian: Драгољуб-Драган Илић; born 1956) is a Serbian and Yugoslav musician, songwriter, and composer, best known as the leader of the rock band Generacija 5 and for his pivotal role in YU Rock Misija, the Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid campaign. In addition to his career as a rock musician and songwriter, Ilić is know for his work as composer of classical, popular and soundtrack music. He is the brother of late composer Aleksandar "Sanja" Ilić.[1]
Ilić started his career in the mid-1970s. Prior to forming Generacija 5, he performed with the band Korak (Step).[2]
See main article: Generacija 5. Ilić formed Generacija in July 1977 with vocalist Jovan Rašić, guitarist Dragan "Krle" Jovanović, bass guitarist Dušan "Duda" Petrović and drummer Boban Đorđević.[2] Initially a jazz rock group, Generacija 5 gained nationwide popularity with their switch to arena rock sound with the arrival of vocalist Goran Milošević in 1979.[2] The band released two studio albums and a number of 7-inch singles before disbanding in 1982.[2] The group reunited in 1992, releasing two studio albums, a live album and several new songs on different compilation albums since.[2]
See main article: YU Rock Misija. Ilić played a pivotal role in YU Rock Misija, the Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid. He co-wrote the charity song "Za milion godina" ("For a Million Years") with lyricist Mladen Popović.[3] The song was recorded by a group of prominent musicians of the Yugoslav rock scene, Generacija 5 members reuniting for the song recording.[3]
As a songwriter, Ilić has cooperated with a number of prominent acts of the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav scenes, including Slađana Milošević, Željko Bebek and others.[2]
Ilić has written over 100 pieces of classical music and theatre, film, and television music.[2] The music he wrote for the TV series was released in 2017 on a soundtrack album.[2] He has performed in Prague, Stockholm, Munich and Berlin.[2]
Ilić worked as a music editor at TV Belgrade and for PGP-RTB and PGP-RTS record labels.[2]
In 2000, Generacija 5 song "Dolazim za pet minuta" was polled No.53 on Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list.[4] In 2011, the same song was polled, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS during the sixty years of the label's existence.[5]