Daniela
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Daniela released two EPs in former Yugoslavia singing in Serbian. She made the one with the band Plamenih Pet (The Flaming Five) around 1967. This low-fi EP has competent covers of "I Got You Babe" and "These Boots Are Made for Walking" sung in English.

The real gems are on the b-side, "Danas je divan dan" (on web translators the title comes up as "Presently Had Wondrous Light"!), written by G. Aber and V. Olear, and "Ja nekog µelim" ("I Someone Desires"), written by V. Olear and Daniela herself.

Her another Yugoslavian EP was with track list: " Hippy Hippy Shake", "Things We Said Today", "Detroit City" and " O Flamingo".

Daniela's real name was Danica Milatovic. She was born in Munich, Germany on December 13th, 1949, and her parents had come from former Yugoslavia some years before. In 1960 she recorded her first 45. Between 1965 and 1973 there were 12 more 45s and two LPs with German songs. Her biggest hit was "Im Jahre 2002" ("In the Year 2002").

Most of her German work was very pop oriented (visual example here) like the more uptempo numbers "Sag mir nicht Good Night" ("Don't Say Good Night") and "Ich bin wie Wachs in deiner Handen" ("I'm Like Putty in Your Hands").

Songs of Daniela availabble for download from: www.garagehangover.com/?q=taxonomy/term/57/9 :

Daniela - "Danas je divan dan" / Daniela - "Ja nekog µelim" / Daniela - "These Boots Are Made for Walking" / Daniela - "I Got You Babe" / Daniela - "Sag mir nicht Good Night" / Daniela - "Ich bin wie Wachs in deiner Handen"

If you like music of 60-ties - recommended web site for visit is: www.garagehangover.com . Text by: Chas Kit (chas_kit@garagehangover.com)