Early life Josipa Lisac was born in
Zagreb on 14 February 1950. She started her singing career in 1961, as a member of
RTV Zagreb's
children choir. With the arrival of Lisac, the band started to turn away from their trademark
polyphonic singing and to emphasize Lisac's vocals. During this period, Lisac made one of her earliest TV appearances, performing with O'Hara in the popular
TV Belgrade show
Koncert za ludi mladi svet (
Concert for the Crazy Young World), performing covers of the songs "
One Day" and "
I Can't See Nobody". In 1968, Lisac and O'Hara
organist and leader Frano Parać moved to the band
Zlatni Akordi, O'Hara thus disbanding. During the same year, Lisac made her discographic debut, on Zlatni Akordi's second
EP Halo taxi, the title track originally performed on the 1968 edition of the festival Vaš šlager sezone (
Your Schlager of the Season). The song was polled the third best song by the festival audience. For her second single, released during the same year, she recorded the songs "Živim samo za tebe" ("I Live Only for You") and "Prijatelji" ("Friends"), Metikoš had already gained fame in Yugoslavia and
France as a
rock and roll singer. The album artwork was designed by Krajač, In 1974, Lisac released her second album, ''
Najveći uspjesi '68./ '73. (Greatest Hits '68 / '73
), the compilation of hit songs from her 7-inch singles. and released on the album Gubec-beg
. and was more mainstream-oriented than her previous releases. She also appeared on the 1987 MESAM festival, wearing a dress with a 100m2 gown. A criminal complaint was submitted against her by attorney Boško Županović for "performing and intoning the Croatian national anthem in a derogatory way" during the inauguration. In 2022, another four-piece box set was released, entitled Original Album Collection Live
and featuring live albums Koncert u čast Karla Metikoša
, Live
, Koncert ljubavi u čast Karla Metikoša
(originally released as a video album only) and ...tu u mojoj duši stanuješ...''.
Collaborations and guest appearances During her career, Lisac has collaborated with a number of prominent acts, making guest appearances on a number of records. In 1971, she appeared as guest vocalist in the rock epic "1941." by
progressive rock band
Korni Grupa. "1941." was written on the lyrics of
Branko Ćopić and originally recorded as a soundtrack for the
Jedan čovek jedna pesma (
One Man – One Song) television series, directed by Jovan Ristić and with
mise-en-scène written by
Momo Kapor. The composition was released in 1979 as Korni Grupa's studio album
1941. receiving the Porin Award for Best Female Vocalist for the album song "Po prvi put" ("For the First Time"). She made a guest appearance on the song "Kralj ulice" ("King of the Street") by the band Roderick Novy, released on their 2001 album
O čemu pjevamo kada pjevamo o ljubavi (
What Do We Sing About When We Sing About Love). She recorded vocals for the song "Posve slobodna" ("Completely Free"), released on Elvis Stanić's 2005 album
Bolja strana svijeta (
Better Side of the World). On the 2010 album
Makedonsko srce kuca u 7/8 (
Macedonian Heart Beats in the 7/8 Rhythm) by
Garo & Tavitjan Brothers she made a guest appearance in the cover of the traditional song "Kalino mome". She appeared on the album 2014 album
Sjene (
Shadows) by the band Quasarr, in the song "Ljubav" ("Love"). She made a guest appearance on the re-recording of
Hladno Pivo's song "Soundtrack za život" ("Soundtrack for Life"), released on the band's 2017 compilation
30 godina Greatest Hits (
30 Years Greatest Hits). In 1994, she took part in the recording of the album
Dynamo by the theatre troupe
Montažstroj, the album featuring the music from their play
Everybody Goes to Disco from Moscow to San Francisco. She made a guest appearance on the 1998 live album
Viva la Habana! by the
Latin music band
Cubismo, singing in their version of her song "Na, na, na, na". ==Legacy==