Arsen Dedić is a Croatian singer-songwriter, musician and composer, a poet. A native of Šibenik, Arsen Dedić was born to a mixed marriage of a Serbian father and Orthodox Croatian mother. Arsen became a household name in the 1960s, thanks to pop music festivals and his brand of music, which was at first influenced by Dalmatian folklore. Throughout the decades Dedić became one of the most respected musicians in former Yugoslavia and maintained this reputation to this day.