Moni Kovačič

Moni Kovačič
Born Monique De Haviland
(1960-06-21) June 21, 1960
Wiesbaden, Germany
Citizenship United States
Occupation pop singer, entrepreneur

Moni Kovačič (born Monique De Haviland) is a U.S.-based Slovenian former pop singer,[1][2] especially well known in SFR Yugoslavia during the late 1970s and early 1980s[3] due to her hit single "Brez ljubezni mi živeti ni" (No use living without love), released in 1978 by the label ZKP RTVLj. Album releases were Zagonetka (Puzzle) and Može i jače (Can do it stronger). She was featured as a playmate in the Yugoslavian men's magazine Start.

Born in Wiesbaden (Germany) in 1960 to an American father Bill De Haviland and a Slovenian mother Brigita Kovačič, Monique grew up in Connecticut and took up performing from an early age.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ NOVAČIĆ, DEJAN (17 February 2006). "Tednik, številka 7, Tako mlada, pa že Slovenka". Mladina (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Video: Z morjem obdane in soncem obsijane melodije". RTV Slovenija. 2009-06-20. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 Moni Kovačič, nova pop zvezda - Naša devojka za evropsku scenu!;RTV Revija, May 1978
  4. ↑ Pfeiffer, Vesna. "Rada živim v Ameriki (intervju)" [I like living in America (interview)]. Avenija (in Slovenian). Retrieved 1 December 2016. My dad was a colonel in the US army. He was high-ranked and was, when I was born, working in Frankfurt, while I was born in Wiesbaden in Germany.
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