Roki Vulović

Roki Vulović Роки Вуловић
Background information
Birth name	Rodoljub Vulović
Born	(1955-05-01) May 1, 1955 Bijeljina, SR BiH, Yugoslavia
Genres	Turbo-folk
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1972–present
Labels	RTB, Jugodisk, Renome, Jahorina Records

Rodoljub Vulović (Serbian Cyrillic: Родољуб Вуловић; born 1 May 1955 in Bijeljina), best known by his stage name Roki Vulović (Serbian Cyrillic: Роки Вуловић), is a Bosnian Serb folk singer-songwriter and poet. He is by far the most popular Yugoslavian wartime singer both inside and outside Republika Srpska, Serbia and diaspora.

Early life

Rodoljub was born on 1 May 1955 in the Bijeljina, SR BiH, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). His grandfather was a Montenegrin, and a prisoner of war in Germany during World War 2.

Career

Pre-war (1973-1991)

He started his musical career in 1973 with his first album Kristina. In 1988 he released Paša and went on a tour across Western European countries with Serbian diaspora.

Mainstream success (1992-1995)

During the Yugoslav wars, in 1992, he joined the first Semberijan brigade, and self released Semberski Junaci, an album where he praised his brigade. It also included the song Panteri (Mauzer) which specifically praised Ljubiša „Mauzer“ Savić and his guard Panteri. Because of the album's success he joined the guard, and was a recruiter. There, he recorded Panteri. In 1994 the commander of the fifth Kozara brigade personally asked Roki to make an album about his fighters: Junaci Kozarski. In 1995 he released his last war-related album Crni bombarder.

Two of the albums received musical videos on VHS cassettes with the same titles: Semberski Junaci and Panteri. Incomes from these cassettes were donated to the families of the fallen and wounded fighters of the VRS. He would also release a compilation Moja Zemlja which featured videos for his two other albums.

Post-war (1996-2001)

We recommend: The young sing for youListeners of the first program on Radio — Belgrade on 15:30 during the "The young sing for you" program could listen to participants of the final pop-music program "First applause". Notable participants are these young talents: Tomislav Križmanić, Snežana Mišić, Petar Pajić, Goce Nikolovski, Smiljana Karlić and Rodoljub Vulović. The editor of the program is Tugomir Vidanović. September, 4 1971

After the end of the wars, Roki recorded two more albums: Zbog tebe and Otadžbini na dar and that was the end of his musical career. He now works as a teacher and occasionally sings live.

Discography

Albums

• Paša (1992)
• Semberski junaci (1992)
• Panteri (1993)
• Junaci Kozarski (1994)
• Crni bombarder (1995)
• Zbog tebe (2000)
• Otadžbini na dar (2001)

Singles

• Kristina (1973)

Compilations

• Change ourselves to change the world (2017)

Videos

• Semberski junaci (1993)
• Panteri (1994)
• Moja zemlja (1995)