Bora Drljača
Borislav "Bora" DrljaÄa (Serbian Cyrillic: ÐоÑиÑлав "ÐоÑа" ÐÑÑаÑа; 29th August 1941-11th October 2020), was one of the most prominent folk singers in Yugoslavia.
Bora DrljaÄa | |
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| Birth name | Borislav DrljaÄa |
| Born | August 29, 1941 Donja Suvaja, Krbava-Psat County, IS Croatia |
| Died | Error: Need valid birth date (second date): year, month, day 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 UstaÅ¡e in 1943, when Bora was only 3 years old. His father was a partisan and hid him in GrmeÄ. He was orphaned by the war, however still excelled in school in BaÄka Topola and in Zemun.
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 Å¡to 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 GrujiÄ for the album KrajiÅ¡nik sam ja at Hala Borik Banja Luka. Over the course of his 53-year career, Bora's releases would cumulatively sell about 5 million copies 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 DrljaÄa would pass away from colon cancer at the age of 79. The funeral was attended by prominent folk figures like Baja Mali Knindža, Goca LazareviÄ, and Stanojka "Äana" MitroviÄ.
Discography
Many albums are self-titled. They are generally distinguished by the name of the first track.
- Borislav DrljaÄa (Verenica) (1973)
- Borislav DrljaÄa (Za ljubav tvoju) (1974)
- KrajiÅ¡nici, gde Äemo na prelo(1975)
- Borislav DrljaÄa i ansambl ToÅ¡e ElezoviÄa (1975)
- Ti si sve što želim (1976)
- Borislav DrljaÄa (Pjevaj mi, pjevaj sokole) (1978)
- Bora DrljaÄa (JoÅ¡ uvek te volim) (1981)
- Jugosloven (1982)
- Nas dvoje veže ljubav (1984)
- Äovjek sam iz naroda (1985)
- Pjevaj, srce (1986)
- Teraj mala ovce preko brega (1987)
- Alal vera, majstore (1988)
- Ko Äe da te Äuva (1989)
- Ko te uze, zlato moje (1990)
- Ja sam Äovek za tebe (1991)
- Nedam Krajine (1993)
- Krajino Krajino (1994)
- Nema raja bez svog zaviÄaja (1995)
- Krajišnik sam ja (1996)
- Bora DrljaÄa (Sine, sine) (1998)
- RaÄa 2 (1999)
- Car ostaje car (2002)
- Stari vuk (2004)
- Bora DrljaÄa (Brbljivica) (2007)
- Idem dalje, ne odustajem (2010)
