Pavlović graduated from Belgrade Law School and practiced the legal profession, but music was his first and true love.

He was conductor of the KUD "Abrašević" and one of the first performers of folk music in the programs of Radio Belgrade.

He performed with great singers: Vule Jevtić, Danica Obrenić, Mile Bogdanović, Dobrivoje Vidosavljević, Miodrag Popović, Anđelija Milić, Ksenija Cicvarić, Saveta Sudar and many others.

He played violin on the Jugoton recording of "March on the Drina" by Stanislav Binicki which was released in Yugoslavia and internationally.

In his memory, a music festival and violin contest called "Carevac's Days" has been held since 1995 in Veliko Gradište.