In 1964, he moved with his band to West Germany to play jazz covers in night clubs.

In 1968, while in Germany, he started his solo career by recording an album of pop music in the English language, which made him popular throughout Europe.

Martin was born Miloš Jović (Милош Јовић) on 6 March 1942 in the village of Rašica near Blace, Serbia.

[3] In early 60s, Jović formed a dixieland band called "Veseli bendžo" (Serbian for 'Happy Banjo') that played jazz covers in Belgrade clubs.

[2] He toured Europe together with Mireille Mathieu, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck and Salvatore Adamo.

[2] In 1997, PGP-RTS released his greatest hits album titled Pesme mog života[4] ('Songs of My Life') which sold well.