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the finals. Their songs "Halo taxi" ("Hello Taxi"), "Sunce sja za nas" ("The Sun Shines for Us") and "Lopov" ("The Thief") gained some local popularity, although they would remain unrecorded during the band's activity. The
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O'Hara gained the attention of the public soon after their formation with their performance on the competition of bands held in Zagreb club Kruge. In the autumn of 1966, they performed on the First
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