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{{short description|Serbian folk singer}}
{{Short description|Serbian folk singer (1941–2020)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!--See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Boro Drljača
| name = Boro Drljača
| image = Bora Drljača (cropped).JPG
| native_name = Боро Дрљача
| native_name_lang = sr-Cyrl
| caption = Drljača at [[Stuttgart Airport]] in May 2014
| image_size = 250px
| image = Bora Drljača (cropped).JPG
| background = solo_singer
| caption = Drljača in May 2014
| birth_name = Borislav Drljača
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| alias = Boro{{Cref2|a}}
| birth_name = Borislav Drljača
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|8|29|df=y}}
| alias = Boro{{Cref2|a}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|8|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Donja Suvaja, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Donja Suvaja]], [[Independent State of Croatia]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|11|1941|8|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Donja Suvaja, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Donja Suvaja]],
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|11|1941|8|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Belgrade]], Serbia
| origin =
| death_place = [[Belgrade]], Serbia
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| origin =
| occupation = Singer
| genre = [[Bosnian folk music|Folk]]
| years_active = 1968–2020
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1967–2020
| label = {{hlist|[[PGP-RTS]]|[[Jugoton]]|[[Diskos (record label)|Diskos]]|[[RTV Ljubljana (record label)|RTV Ljubljana]]|[[Grand Production|Grand]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[PGP-RTS]]|[[Jugoton]]|[[Diskos (record label)|Diskos]]|[[RTV Ljubljana (record label)|RTV Ljubljana]]|[[Grand Production|Grand]]|[[Jugodisk]]}}
| associated_acts = [[Baja Mali Knindža]]
| past_member_of = [[Baja Mali Knindža]]
| website =
| website =
}}
}}
'''Borislav Drljača''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic alphabet|Serbian Cyrillic]]: Борислав Дрљача; 29 August 1941 – 11 October 2020), better known as '''Boro Drljača''', was a Serbian folk singer from [[Bosanska Krajina]].<ref>{{cite news|last=KOVAČEVIĆ|first=Dinka|title=Bora Drljača traži donaciju za svoje selo|url=http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/bih/Bora-Drljaca-trazi-donaciju-za-svoje-selo-8846.html?modul=stampano-izdanje&poziv=dogadjaji&naslov=Bora-Drljaca-trazi-donaciju-za-svoje-selo&idv=8846|accessdate=January 2, 2011|newspaper=Nezavisne Novine|date=April 23, 2007}}</ref> Recognized as one of the most eminent [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslavian]] folk singers, he received the ''Life Achievement Award'' for his work.<ref name=rts>{{cite news |url=https://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/sr/story/471/svet-poznatih/4109450/preminuo-bora-drljaca-.html|title=Preminuo Boro Drljača |website=rts.rs |date=11 October 2020 |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=sr}}</ref> Drljača recorded over four hundred songs including "Stari vuk" (''Old Wolf''), "Ne namiguj na me tuđa ženo" (''Don't Wink at Me, Someone Else's Wife''), and "Plači, mala, plači" (''Cry, Baby, Cry'').<ref name=rts /> He also performed for [[Serbian diaspora]] across [[Europe]], [[USA]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]].<ref name=rts />
'''Borislav "Boro" Drljača''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Борислав "Боро" Дрљача}}; 29 August 1941 – 11 October 2020) was a Serbian folk singer from [[Bosanska Krajina]].<ref>{{cite news|last=KOVAČEVIĆ|first=Dinka|title=Bora Drljača traži donaciju za svoje selo|url=http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/bih/Bora-Drljaca-trazi-donaciju-za-svoje-selo-8846.html?modul=stampano-izdanje&poziv=dogadjaji&naslov=Bora-Drljaca-trazi-donaciju-za-svoje-selo&idv=8846|accessdate=January 2, 2011|newspaper=Nezavisne Novine|date=April 23, 2007}}</ref> Recognized as one of the most eminent [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] folk singers, he received the ''Life Achievement Award'' for his work.<ref name=rts>{{cite news |url=https://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/sr/story/471/svet-poznatih/4109450/preminuo-bora-drljaca-.html|title=Preminuo Boro Drljača |website=rts.rs |date=11 October 2020 |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=sr}}</ref> Drljača recorded over four hundred songs including "Stari vuk" (''Old Wolf''), "Ne namiguj na me tuđa ženo" (''Don't Wink at Me, Someone Else's Wife''), and "Plači, mala, plači" (''Cry, Baby, Cry'').<ref name=rts /> He also performed for [[Serbian diaspora]] across [[Europe]], [[The United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]].<ref name=rts />


In addition to his music career, Drljača also appeared on reality shows ''[[Veliki Brat VIP 4]]'' (2010) and ''[[Parovi|Parovi 4]]'' (2015).<ref name=biography>{{cite news |url=https://nova.rs/zabava/zivot-mu-nije-bio-lak-tragicna-sudbina-bore-drljace/|title=Život mu nije bio lak, tragičnasudbina Bore Drljače|website=nova.rs |date=11 October 2020 |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=sr}}</ref> Furthermore, he was a subject of numerous popular [[internet meme]]s on social media.
In addition to his music career, Drljača also appeared on reality shows ''[[Veliki Brat VIP 4]]'' (2010) and ''[[Parovi|Parovi 4]]'' (2015).<ref name=biography>{{cite news |url=https://nova.rs/zabava/zivot-mu-nije-bio-lak-tragicna-sudbina-bore-drljace/|title=Život mu nije bio lak, tragičnasudbina Bore Drljače|website=nova.rs |date=11 October 2020 |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=sr}}</ref> Furthermore, he was a subject of numerous popular [[internet meme]]s on social media.


==Biography==
==Early life==
Borislav Drljača was born on 29 August 1941 in the village of [[Donja Suvaja, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Donja Suvaja]], former [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] into a [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Serb]] family during the [[World War II in Yugoslavia|World War II]]. When he was two years old his mother was killed by [[Ustaše]] and his father later remarried after the war. Drljača eventually relocated to [[Belgrade]] to study [[agronomy]] at the [[University of Belgrade|University]].<ref name=biography />
Borislav Drljača was born on 29 August 1941 in the village of [[Donja Suvaja, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Donja Suvaja]], former [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] into a [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Serb]] family during [[World War II in Yugoslavia|World War II]]. Drljača's father Branko was an economist, store manager and a guitarist while his mother Stoja was also an economist. When he was two years old his mother died after being killed by [[Ustaše]] and his father later remarried after the war leaving him with no photographs of his mother. Drljača finished primary school in Donja Suvaja, after which he went to his uncle in [[Bačka Topola]]. He also finished agricultural high school there, Drljača eventually relocated to [[Belgrade]] to study [[agronomy]] at the [[University of Belgrade]].<ref name=biography />


==Personal life==
He was married twice and had two sons from his first marriage. His first wife, Verica Drljača, committed suicide in 2007.<ref name=telegraf>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraf.rs/jetset/vesti-jetset/3248579-bora-drljaca-je-tragicno-izgubio-obe-supruge-za-vericom-je-patio-sa-radom-je-uzivao|title=Bora Drljača je tragično izgubio obe supruge|website=telegraf.rs |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=sr}}</ref> Drljača met his second wife, Radomirka Sladić, at his concert. The couple didn't have children and Sladić died from cancer in 2018.<ref name=telegraf />
Drljača was married twice. From his first marriage, with his late wife Verica Drljača, he has two sons: Vladimir, who has master's degree management in [[Paris]], and Branislav, who graduated in painting in Belgrade. Drljača had a hard time withstanding his first wife's death because she committed suicide in 2006.<ref name=telegraf>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraf.rs/jetset/vesti-jetset/3248579-bora-drljaca-je-tragicno-izgubio-obe-supruge-za-vericom-je-patio-sa-radom-je-uzivao|title=Bora Drljača je tragično izgubio obe supruge|website=telegraf.rs |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=sr}}</ref> Drljača met his second wife, Radomirka Sladić, at his concert. The couple did not have children and Sladić died from cancer in 2018.<ref name=telegraf />


On October 11, 2020, Drljača died from [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]] in his [[New Belgrade]] apartment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nova.rs/zabava/preminuo-boro-drljaca/ |title=Preminuo Boro Drljača |website=nova.rs |date=11 October 2020 |accessdate=11 October 2020 |language=sr}}</ref>
On 11 October 2020 Drljača died from [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]] in his [[New Belgrade]] apartment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nova.rs/zabava/preminuo-boro-drljaca/ |title=Preminuo Boro Drljača |website=nova.rs |date=11 October 2020 |accessdate=11 October 2020 |language=sr}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
;Singles and EPs

* 1967 - ''Ne znam mlađan gdje ću pre''
* 1969 – ''Za ljubav tvoju'' (''For Your Love'')
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* 1970 - ''Ti si sve što želim'' (''You Are All I Want'')
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* 1973 – ''Sarajevo divno mjesto'' (''Sarajevo Lovely Place'')
* 1974 - ''Krajišnici gdje ćemo ne prelo''
* 1975 - ''Kad zapjeva grupa Krajišnka'' (''When the Grupa Krajišnika Sing'')
* 1975 - ''Nas dvoje smo srećni'' (''We are Both Happy'')
* 1977 - ''Tjeraj mala stado iza brijega''
* 1980 - ''Prijo moja, kako ćemo''
* 1981 - ''Pismo ratnom drugu'' (''A Letter to a Wartime Friend'')

;Albums
;Albums

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* 1973 – ''Sarajevo divno mesto'' (''Sarajevo Lovely Place'')
* 1974 – ''Za ljubav tvoju'' (''For Your Love'')
* 1975 – ''Ti si sve što želim'' (''You Are All I Want'')
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* 1975 – ''Ti si sve što želim'' (''You Are All I Want)''
* 1976 – ''Krajišnici gdje ćemo na prelo'' (''Krajišniks Where Do We Go for Some Fun'')
* 1976 – ''Krajišnici gdje ćemo na prelo'' (''Krajišniks Where Do We Go for Some Fun'')
* 1978 – ''Pjevaj mi, pjevaj sokole'' (''Sing to Me, Falcon'')
* 1978 – ''Pjevaj mi, pjevaj sokole'' (''Sing to Me, Falcon'')
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* 1982 – ''Jugosloven'' (''The Yugoslav'')
* 1982 – ''Jugosloven'' (''The Yugoslav'')
* 1984 – ''Nas dvoje veže ljubav'' (''A Love Binds Two of Us'')
* 1984 – ''Nas dvoje veže ljubav'' (''A Love Binds Two of Us'')
* 1985 – ''Hitovi Jugodisk BDN 0661'' (''Jugodisk Hits BND 0661'')
* 1985 – ''Čovjek sam iz naroda'' (''I Am a Man of the People'')
* 1985 – ''Čovjek sam iz naroda'' (''I Am a Man of the People'')
* 1986 – ''Pjevaj srce'' (''Sing, Oh Heart of Mine'')
* 1986 – ''Pjevaj srce'' (''Sing, My Heart'')
* 1988 – ''Alal vera majstore'' (''Congratulations, Maestro'')
* 1988 – ''Alal vera majstore'' (''Congratulations, Maestro'')
* 1990 – ''Ko te uze zlato moje'' (''Who Took You, My Gold'')
* 1990 – ''Ko te uze zlato moje'' (''Who Took You, My Gold'')
* 1990/91 – ''Krajino, Krajino'' (''Krajina, Oh Krajina'')
* 1991 – ''Krajino, Krajino'' (''Krajina, Krajina'')
* 1991 – ''Ja sam čovek za tebe'' (''I Am the Man for You'')
* 1991 – ''Ja sam čovek za tebe'' (''I Am the Man for You'')
* 1991 – ''Ne dam Krajine'' (''I Will Not Give Up Krajina'')
* 1993 – ''Ne dam Krajine'' (''I Will Not Give Up Krajina'')
* 1995 – ''Nema raja bez rodnoga kraja'' (''There is No Paradise Without Homeland'')
* 1995 – ''Nema raja bez rodnoga kraja'' (''There is No Paradise Without Homeland'')
* 1996 – ''Krajišnik sam ja'' (''I Am a Guy from Krajina'')
* 1996 – ''Krajišnik sam ja'' (''I'm a Krajišnik'')
* 1998 – ''Sine sine'' (''Son, Oh My Son'')
* 1998 – ''Sine sine'' (''Son, My Son'')
* 1999 – ''Raca II'' (''Raca II'')
* 1999 – ''Rača II'' (''Raca II'')
* 2002 – ''Car ostaje car'' (''Emperor Remains Emperor'')
* 2002 – ''Car ostaje car'' (''Emperor Remains Emperor'')
* 2004 – ''Bora Drljača uživo'' (''Bora Drljača Live'')
* 2004 – ''Bora Drljača uživo'' (''Bora Drljača Live'')
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*[[Music of Serbia]]
*[[Music of Serbia]]
*[[Serbian folk music]]
*[[Serbian folk music]]
*[[Culture of Serbia]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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{{reflist}}
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==External Links==
==External links==
* {{Discogs artist|Bora Drljača}}
* {{Discogs artist|Bora Drljača}}


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Latest revision as of 13:48, 22 December 2024

Boro Drljača
Боро Дрљача
Drljača in May 2014
Drljača in May 2014
Background information
Birth nameBorislav Drljača
Also known asBoro[a]
Born(1941-08-29)29 August 1941
Donja Suvaja,
Died11 October 2020(2020-10-11) (aged 79)
Belgrade, Serbia
GenresFolk
OccupationSinger
Years active1967–2020
Labels
Formerly ofBaja Mali Knindža

Borislav "Boro" Drljača (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав "Боро" Дрљача; 29 August 1941 – 11 October 2020) was a Serbian folk singer from Bosanska Krajina.[1] Recognized as one of the most eminent Yugoslav folk singers, he received the Life Achievement Award for his work.[2] Drljača recorded over four hundred songs including "Stari vuk" (Old Wolf), "Ne namiguj na me tuđa ženo" (Don't Wink at Me, Someone Else's Wife), and "Plači, mala, plači" (Cry, Baby, Cry).[2] He also performed for Serbian diaspora across Europe, The United States, Canada and Australia.[2]

In addition to his music career, Drljača also appeared on reality shows Veliki Brat VIP 4 (2010) and Parovi 4 (2015).[3] Furthermore, he was a subject of numerous popular internet memes on social media.

Early life

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Borislav Drljača was born on 29 August 1941 in the village of Donja Suvaja, former Kingdom of Yugoslavia into a Serb family during World War II. Drljača's father Branko was an economist, store manager and a guitarist while his mother Stoja was also an economist. When he was two years old his mother died after being killed by Ustaše and his father later remarried after the war leaving him with no photographs of his mother. Drljača finished primary school in Donja Suvaja, after which he went to his uncle in Bačka Topola. He also finished agricultural high school there, Drljača eventually relocated to Belgrade to study agronomy at the University of Belgrade.[3]

Personal life

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Drljača was married twice. From his first marriage, with his late wife Verica Drljača, he has two sons: Vladimir, who has master's degree management in Paris, and Branislav, who graduated in painting in Belgrade. Drljača had a hard time withstanding his first wife's death because she committed suicide in 2006.[4] Drljača met his second wife, Radomirka Sladić, at his concert. The couple did not have children and Sladić died from cancer in 2018.[4]

On 11 October 2020 Drljača died from colon cancer in his New Belgrade apartment.[5]

Discography

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Singles and EPs
  • 1967 - Ne znam mlađan gdje ću pre
  • 1969 – Za ljubav tvoju (For Your Love)
  • 1970 - Ti si sve što želim (You Are All I Want)
  • 1973 – Sarajevo divno mjesto (Sarajevo Lovely Place)
  • 1974 - Krajišnici gdje ćemo ne prelo
  • 1975 - Kad zapjeva grupa Krajišnka (When the Grupa Krajišnika Sing)
  • 1975 - Nas dvoje smo srećni (We are Both Happy)
  • 1977 - Tjeraj mala stado iza brijega
  • 1980 - Prijo moja, kako ćemo
  • 1981 - Pismo ratnom drugu (A Letter to a Wartime Friend)
Albums
  • 1975 – Ti si sve što želim (You Are All I Want)
  • 1976 – Krajišnici gdje ćemo na prelo (Krajišniks Where Do We Go for Some Fun)
  • 1978 – Pjevaj mi, pjevaj sokole (Sing to Me, Falcon)
  • 1980 – Bora i Gordana Runjajić (Bora and Gordana Runjajić)
  • 1981 – Bora Drljača (Bora Drljača)
  • 1982 – Jugosloven (The Yugoslav)
  • 1984 – Nas dvoje veže ljubav (A Love Binds Two of Us)
  • 1985 – Čovjek sam iz naroda (I Am a Man of the People)
  • 1986 – Pjevaj srce (Sing, My Heart)
  • 1988 – Alal vera majstore (Congratulations, Maestro)
  • 1990 – Ko te uze zlato moje (Who Took You, My Gold)
  • 1991 – Krajino, Krajino (Krajina, Krajina)
  • 1991 – Ja sam čovek za tebe (I Am the Man for You)
  • 1993 – Ne dam Krajine (I Will Not Give Up Krajina)
  • 1995 – Nema raja bez rodnoga kraja (There is No Paradise Without Homeland)
  • 1996 – Krajišnik sam ja (I'm a Krajišnik)
  • 1998 – Sine sine (Son, My Son)
  • 1999 – Rača II (Raca II)
  • 2002 – Car ostaje car (Emperor Remains Emperor)
  • 2004 – Bora Drljača uživo (Bora Drljača Live)
  • 2004 – Stari vuk (Old Wolf)
  • 2007 – Brbljivica (Gossip Girl)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^
    He is often referred to as Bora.

References

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  1. ^ KOVAČEVIĆ, Dinka (April 23, 2007). "Bora Drljača traži donaciju za svoje selo". Nezavisne Novine. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Preminuo Boro Drljača". rts.rs (in Serbian). October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Život mu nije bio lak, tragičnasudbina Bore Drljače". nova.rs (in Serbian). October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Bora Drljača je tragično izgubio obe supruge". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Preminuo Boro Drljača". nova.rs (in Serbian). October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
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