Widely known as Čobi (after Chubby Checker), he was most prominent as the singer of a popular band Pro arte during the late 1960s and 1970s.
One of his best known solo hits was "Gdje ste noćas prijatelji" from 1999.
He died on March 20, 2009, of colon cancer after struggles with obesity.
Born in the family of a Yugoslav People's Army officer from Sokolac.
Young Vladimir moved around Yugoslavia a lot wherever it was that his father was stationed.