Dušan Velkaverh was born on 12 September 1943 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana) to a Slovene sailor and an English nurse.
In 1942, during World War II, his father joined the crew of an alliance ship, torpedoed off the coast of South America.
At first, they lived in Belgrade, where his father got the job as a deputy of the minister of shipping, then they relocated to Rijeka.
[1] He is considered a legend of the Slovenian song festival history since about thirty of his 600 lyrics became major hits in Slovenia.
[2][3] In 2011 a concert was held in Križanke Summer Theatre, Ljubljana, with him as an honorary guest, where his greatest hits were interpreted by the Slovenian National TV's Symphony Orchestra and RTV Slovenia Big Band with many singers who sung them originally, as well as younger ones.