Željko Samardžić

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Željko Samardžić
Samardžić performing in 2017
Samardžić performing in 2017
Background information
Born (1955-10-03) 3 October 1955 (age 68)
Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
GenresFolk, folk rock, adult contemporary
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1994–present

Željko Samardžić (

Cyrillic: Жељко Самарџић; born 3 October 1955) is a Bosnian-Serbian folk singer who is popular throughout the former Yugoslav republics.[1] He achieved fame after having to move to Belgrade as a result of the Bosnian War
.

Biography

Samardžić was born in Mostar, at the time part of PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, in FPR Yugoslavia. His father Milivoje was from Montenegro, and his mother Nada was a Croat from the Ilići suburb of Mostar. Samardžić's father was a Yugoslav People's Army officer, which meant that the family had to move around a lot. After spending the first seven years of his life in Mostar, young Željko lived and attended school in Nikšić, Igalo and Zadar before eventually returning to Mostar during his teenage years.[2][3][4]

He first started singing during high school, and soon became known around Mostar as a good

Old Bridge
.

When the

discothèques and cafés, building up a fairly devoted niche audience. Almost 40 years old at this point, his big break came unexpectedly when some businessmen who enjoyed his nightclub performances brought him to the elite club Ambassador and also financed him with DM30,000 to record an album with Marina Tucaković and Aleksandar "Futa" Radulović. In 1995, he also appeared at the Pjesma Mediterana festival in Budva
, where he left a great impression singing "Sipajte mi još jedan viski", which further opened the doors to show business.

Personal life

Samardžić is married to Maja Džaferović, an ethnic Bosniak, with whom he has three daughters, Sanja, Danijela and Minja, and has three grandchildren Luka, Aleksa and Nina.[5][4][2]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Jednom kad nam dođu sijede (1987)
  • Želja (1990)
  • Oko tvoje neverno (1993)
  • Sudbina (1995)
  • Sećanje na ljubav (1996)
  • Zveket srca (1997)
  • Sve je moje tvoje (1999)
  • Sentimentalan čovek (2001)
  • Pokaži mi šta znaš (2004)
  • Lice ljubavi (2006)
  • Kojim dobrom mila moja (2009)
  • Mila (2017)

References

  1. ^ Željko Samardžić 8. marta u "Areni"
  2. ^ a b "Rođen sam pod sretnom zvijezdom". Gloria (in Croatian). 14 May 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Željko Samardžić - Žiri - Nikad nije kasno". Grand Online (in Serbian). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Željko Samardžić: Otac mi je Crnogorac, a majka Hrvatica... kad sam u Međugorju za nju zapalim svijeću". Grude.com (in Croatian). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ^ V. Đurić Đura (6 January 2015). "Željko Samardžić: Supruga mi sprema najbolje sarmice". Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 January 2021.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Pjesma Mediterana winner
1995 		Succeeded by
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