Bora Drljača
Borislav "Bora" Drljača (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав "Бора" Дрљача; 29th August 1941-11th October 2020), was one of the most prominent folk singers in the former Yugoslavia.
Bora Drljača | |
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| Birth name | Borislav Drljača |
| Born | 29 August 1941 Donja Suvaja, Independent State of Croatia |
| Died | 11 October 2020 (aged 79) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genres | Novokompovana |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1967-2020 |
| Labels | PGP-RTB, Jugoton, Diskoton, Jugodisk, Master, Nina Trade, ZaM, Grand |
Early Life
His mother was shot and killed at the age of 19 by Ustaše in 1943, when Bora was only 3 years old. His father was a partisan and hid him in Grmeč. Despite being orphaned by the war, he would attend school in Bačka Topola and in Zemun where he would excel in his studies.[1]
Career
Bora started his career with EP records for PGP-RTB. His career took off following the releases of Za ljubav tvoju and Ti si sve što želim which went gold and silver respectively. He would have a prolific career producing 26 albums and performing in parts of Western Europe, Australia, America, and to the Serbian diaspora around the world. In 1997, he would receive an award from Nina Trejd CEO Željko Grujić for the album Krajišnik sam ja at Hala Borik Banja Luka. Over the course of his 53-year career, Bora's releases would sell about 5 million copies cumulatively before his passing in 2020. While some of his songs focus on being from Krajina, a majority of his work are love songs.
War time career
During the war, Bora only made two patriotic albums of which only 13 songs are patriotic. The album Nedam Krajine features a cover of the Baja Mali Knindža song, "Ne dam Krajine" and the album Krajino Krajino features a cover of "Krajino, krvava haljino".
Death
On 11 October 2020, Bora Drljača would pass away from colon cancer at the age of 79. The funeral was attended by prominent folk figures like Baja Mali Knindža, Goca Lazarević, and Stanojka "Ćana" Mitrović.[2]
Discography
Many albums are self-titled. They are generally distinguished by the name of the first track.
- Borislav Drljača (Verenica) (1973)
- Borislav Drljača (Za ljubav tvoju) (1974)
- Krajišnici, gde ćemo na prelo(1975)
- Borislav Drljača i ansambl Toše Elezovića (1975)
- Ti si sve što želim (1976)
- Borislav Drljača (Pjevaj mi, pjevaj sokole) (1978)
- Bora Drljača (Još uvek te volim) (1981)
- Jugosloven (1982)
- Nas dvoje veže ljubav (1984)
- Čovjek sam iz naroda (1985)
- Pjevaj, srce (1986)
- Teraj mala ovce preko brega (1987)
- Alal vera, majstore (1988)
- Ko će da te čuva (1989)
- Ko te uze, zlato moje (1990)
- Ja sam čovek za tebe (1991)
- Nedam Krajine (1993)
- Krajino Krajino (1994)
- Nema raja bez svog zavičaja (1995)
- Krajišnik sam ja (1996)
- Bora Drljača (Sine, sine) (1998)
- Rača 2 (1999)
- Car ostaje car (2002)
- Stari vuk (2004)
- Bora Drljača (Brbljivica) (2007)
- Idem dalje, ne odustajem (2010)
References
- ↑ Mateja Beljan. "Bora Drljača pred smrt o teškom detinjstvu". Telegraf. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ↑ Dragan Sladojević. "Pola estrade na sahrani Bore Drljače". Nezavinse Novine. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
