Late 1980s popular act was Boris Novković and his band '' Noćna straža '' . He is a son of the prominent Croatian composer of popular music Đorđe Novković . During the existence of the former Yugoslavia with SR Croatia as its constituent country , the Croatian music scene contributed a lot to the federal Yugoslav pop and rock . The Croatian candidates were very successful in the former Yugoslav national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest called Jugovizija . For several consecutive years , Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest was represented solely by Croatian artists : Doris Dragović in 1986 ; Novi fosili in 1987 ; Srebrna krila in 1988 , and finally the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 - the Croatian group Riva
Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Popular music in Croatia