Lutajuća Srca were formed in Niš in the summer of 1970. The band was formed by Spomenka Đokić, Milan Marković, Miroljub Jovanović, Vladimir Stojanović, Žarko Aćimović and Ljubomir Ignjatović. Initially, the band performed covers of foreign songs by The Who, Free and Creedence Clearwater Revival and other bands, as well as their own songs. Several months after the formation, Aćimović was replaced by Vladan Stanojević. The band got the media attention, thanks to their songs, written by Jovanović and Marković, and Đokić's soprano. On the 1972 Festival Omladina in Subotica the band won the First Prize, the Audience Choice First Prize and the Best Lyrics Award for their song "Još malo". After this event, the band turned towards acoustic sound. The new lineup of the band featured Spomenka Đokić, Milan Marković, Miroljub Jovanović, Vladan Stanojević, Vesna Koljević and Rista Trajković. During the following years, Trajković was occasionally replaced by flutists Rade Ivanović and Dragan Miloradović. In the same year they won three awards at Festival Omladina, the band released their debut 7" single, with the songs "Još malo" and "Za tebe", for PGP-RTBrecord label, and started holding regular concerts every Saturday and Sunday in Niš Youth Centre. In 1973, on the Vaš šlager sezone festival, they won the Union of Composers of Yugoslavia Award for their song "Jefimija", written by Dženan Salković and inspired by the life of medieval Serbian poetessJefimija. They released the song on a 7" single, with the song "Pruži ruke" as the B-side. During the same year, they won the first place on the Zagreb Music Festival with the song "Brod za sreću". This song was released as a 7" single with the song "U sumrak" as the B-side during the same year. In 1973, the band also held a concert in Zagreb club Kulušić with singer songwriterDrago Mlinarec and band Time and represented Yugoslavia on the World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin. During the following years the band often performed at pop music festivals, winning numerous awards. In 1974, the band released their debut album, entitled Lutajuća Srca 1. The album was produced by Jure Robežnik. After the album was released, Đokić, Marković and Jovanović decided to continue activity as a trio. They went on several joint tours with singer Zdravko Čolić and singer songwriter Kemal Monteno. They prformed as the opening band for the Scottish group Middle of the Road on their concert in Skopje. During 1974, they band members wrote music for Dragoslav Lazić's film Košava and Stole Janković's TV seriesPartizani. In 1975, Đokić left the band and was replaced by Vesna Topolčević. With her as the vocalist Lutajuća Srca recorded the 7" single with the songs "Verujem u ljubav" and "Poruka kiše". After the single release, the band made a hiatus because to Marković and Jovanović went to serve their mandatory army stint. After their return from the army, they continued their activity with the new singer, Elvira Ignjatović. At the end of the decade, Spomenka Đokić returned to the band. In 1981, the band released the album Strepnja for PGP-RTB. The songs "U poznu jesen", written on the lyrics of Serbian realist poet Vojislav Ilić, and "Večernja pesma", written on the lyrics of American 19th century poet Sidney Lanier, saw large radio play. During the same year, they released the album Šuma je izviđaču drug, featuring scout songs. In the mid-1980s, the band ended their activity.
Post-breakup
After Lutajuća Srca disbanded, Đokić started working as music teacher. Jovanović became music editor on Niš television Belle Amie. Milan Marković became a cellist in Niš Symphony Orchestra. He wrote music for over 30 theatre plays. He formed several musical groups: ethnic music group Cantena Mundi, vocal ensemble Naissus and old city music band Groš.
1990s reunions
In 1994, Đokić, Marković and Jovanović reunited to perform in Radio Television of Serbia show Dobra stara vremena, a studio concert featuring bands from the 1970s acoustic rock scene. In 1998, they reunited and recorded the album Sanjam te noćas, which they self-released.
