Emilija Kokić

One of Croatia's best loved singers, Emilija Kokic was born on May 10, 1968, in Zadar, in what was then unified Yugoslavia. She first came to national attention in 1988, as a member of Riva, a band she formed with Zvonimir Zrilic (guitar) Bosko Colic (drums), Nenad Nakic (bass) and Dalibor Musa (keyboards). They made an immediate splash at that year's Zagrebfest song contest and, the following year, "Rock Me" took Eurovision by storm. International attention followed, with the band even appearing at the Distant Accord awards in Nashville, later in the year. But Riva were never...