{{Short description|Yugoslav state-owned record label managed by Refik Skudrinja}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Diskos | image = Македонски песни - Никола Бадев и ансамблот на Кочо Петровски (задна страна).JPG | image_name = | image_size = 500px | image_bg = | parent = | founded = 1962 | founder = | status = | distributor = | genre = Various | country = [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]] | location = [[Aleksandrovac]] | url = }}
'''Diskos''' was a [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] [[state-owned]] [[record label]], founded in 1962 and based in [[Aleksandrovac]], [[SR Serbia]].<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/label/49260-Diskos?sort=year&sort_order=asc Discos at Discogs]</ref>
Initially, Diskos published [[pop music|pop]] and [[rock music]], publishing records by some of the pioneers of the [[yu rock|Yugoslav rock scene]], like [[Iskre]], [[Siluete]], [[Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete]], [[Sanjalice]] and [[Novi Fosili]], and later moved mostly towards [[folk music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1161559|title=Srpski Nišvil|publisher=Vreme|date=26 December 2013|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref>
==Artists== Some of the artists that had been signed to Diskos include: {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Jašar Ahmedovski]] * [[Kraljevski Apartman|Apartman 69]] * [[Silvana Armenulić]] * [[Aska (group)|Aska]] * [[Nedeljko Bajić Baja]] * [[Šaban Bajramović]] * [[Ana Bekuta]] * [[Zorica Brunclik]] * [[Crni Biseri]] * [[Dah (band)|Dah]] * [[Zekerijah Đezić]] * [[Iskre]] * [[Južni Vetar (band)|Južni Vetar]] * [[Jelena Karleuša]] * [[Mile Kitić]] * [[Šerif Konjević]] * [[Lepa Lukić]] * [[Maja Marijana]] * [[Kemal Malovčić]] * [[Zlatko Manojlović]] * [[Srđan Marjanović]] * [[Vera Matović]] * [[Seid Memić Vajta]] * [[Mitar Mirić]] * [[Dragana Mirković]] * [[Jasmin Muharemović]] * [[Dušan Nikolić]] * [[Lola Novaković]] * [[Novi fosili]] * [[Opus (Yugoslav band)|Opus]] * [[Himzo Polovina]] * [[Šako Polumenta]] * [[Džej Ramadanovski]] * [[Nino Rešić]] * [[Sinan Sakić]] * [[Beba Selimović]] * [[Siluete]] * [[Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete]] * [[Mira Stupica]] * [[Šemsa Suljaković]] * [[Suncokret]] * [[Mira Škorić]] * [[Teška Industrija]] * [[Novica Urošević]] * [[Vatreni Poljubac]] * [[Milić Vukašinović]] * [[Zebra (Yugoslav band)|Zebra]] * [[Zlatni Prsti]] * [[Toma Zdravković]] {{div col end}} During its initial years, Diskos also published [[comedy record]]s by actors [[Mija Aleksić]] and [[Miodrag Petrović Čkalja]], records of Italian pop singers, like [[Adriano Celentano]], [[Tony Dallara]] and [[Gino Volpe]], for the Yugoslav market, as well as several records of [[spiritual music]].<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/label/49260-Diskos?sort=year&sort_order=asc Discos releases at Discogs]</ref>
Like other former Yugoslav labels, Diskos was also licensed to release foreign titles for the Yugoslav market which included certain albums by: [[America (band)|America]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[The Band]], [[Count Basie]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Pat Benatar]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[The Byrds]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Fats Domino]], [[The Doors]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Duke Ellington]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Roberta Flack]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], [[Carole King]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Little Feat]], [[Madness (band)|Madness]], [[The Manhattan Transfer]], [[Matchbox (band)|Matchbox]], [[Men Without Hats]], [[Liza Minnelli]], [[Osibisa]], [[Ram Jam]], [[Redbone (band)|Redbone]], [[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Boz Scaggs]], [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]], [[Simon & Garfunkel]], [[Spandau Ballet]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[James Taylor]], [[Van Halen]], [[Weather Report]], [[Wild Cherry (band)|Wild Cherry]], [[Teddy Wilson]], [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]] and [[Yes (band)|Yes]].<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/label/49260-Diskos?sort=year&sort_order=asc Discos releases at Discogs]</ref>
==Competition== Other [[major label]]s in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were: [[PGP-RTB]] and [[Jugodisk]] from [[Belgrade]], [[Jugoton]] and [[Suzy (record label)|Suzy]] from Zagreb, [[Diskoton]] from [[Sarajevo]], [[ZKP RTLJ]] from [[Ljubljana]], and others.
==See also== * [[List of record labels]]
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[https://www.discogs.com/label/49260-Diskos Diskos] on [[Discogs]]
{{Music of Yugoslavia}} {{Eastern Bloc state-owned record labels}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Serbian record labels]] [[Category:Yugoslav record labels]] [[Category:Serbian rock music]] [[Category:Yugoslav rock music]] [[Category:Music history of Serbia]] [[Category:Record labels established in 1962]] [[Category:1962 establishments in Serbia]] [[Category:State-owned record labels]] [[Category:Aleksandrovac]]