Mladen Kozjak

Mladen Kozjak was a Croatian pop singer, born in Osijek in 1947, who was at his most popular in the 1970s. He sang the light entertainment music of the time, mostly on singles and on the records of the Yugoslav song festivals.

His records came out on Jugoton in the early 1970s, with the label's Zabavni orkestar and the arranger and conductor Ivan Kelemen. In 1971 he sang "Dočekaj me" at the Slavonija festival, and in 1972 Jugoton released two singles: "Bila si daleko", written by Zdenko Runjić, with "Svi nađu put" on the other side, and "Što vrijedi plakati", with lyrics by Arsen Dedić and music by Kelemen, backed with "Kad je srce slomljeno". That year he also sang "Čežnja za ravnicom" on the Zvuci Panonije record.

1973 was his busiest festival year. He sang Runjić's "Oproštaj s Laurom" at the Zagreb festival and released it as a single with "Ti si bila moja", sang "Moj brod već dolazi" in Split and "Neka nas ne išču" at MIK, the festival of the melodies of Istria and Kvarner. Another 1973 single paired "Daj mi samo malo ljubavi" with "Pogledaj u moje oči".

Later in the decade Mladen Kozjak recorded for Suzy, with "U snovima si samo ti" in 1977 and "Naša ljubav još je živa" in 1979, both arranged by Rajmond Ruić. He went back to the Slavonija festival in 1980, singing "Juliška" with Ljiljana Petrović, and in 1981 with "Šuma". He died in Zagreb on 2 May 2009.