High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Radovan Jovi evi is a Serbian pop-rock/folk music composer, producer and band leader. He was born in Belgrade on January 31, 1956. He has lived in New York City since 1999. Radovan's career began at the end of the seventies, when he established Zana, the first Balkan band that successfully combined new wave sound with commercial pop. Helped by keyboardist Zoran ivanovi , singer Zana Nimani (his high school girlfriend) and Marina Tucakovi (the most successful lyricist in Yugoslav pop/folk music), Radovan paved the way of commercial success for many other young new wave bands in Yugoslavia. Although Zana's first album Lo e vesti uz rege za pivsku fla u was experimental with sound, the second, Dodirni mi kolena, was pop-oriented and sold in over 500,000 copies. Songs from this album are still being covered by contemporary pop-rock bands in the Balkans.