Moni Kovačič (born Monique De Haviland) is a US-based Slovenian former pop singer,[1][2] especially well known in SFR Yugoslavia during the late 1970s and early 1980s[3] due to her hit single "Brez ljubezni mi živeti ni" (No use living without love), released in 1978 by the label ZKP RTVLj. Album releases were Zagonetka (Puzzle) and Može i jače (Can do it stronger).
Born in 1960 to an American father Bill De Haviland and a Slovenian mother Brigita Kovačič, Monique grew up in Connecticut and took up performing from an early age.[3][4]
^Pfeiffer, Vesna. "Rada živim v Ameriki (intervju)" [I like living in America (interview)]. Avenija (in Slovenian). Retrieved December 1, 2016. My dad was a colonel in the US army. He was high-ranked and was, when I was born, working in Frankfurt, while I was born in Wiesbaden in Germany.
