Beba Selimović
Beba Selimović | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Izeta Selimović |
Also known as | First Lady of Sevdah |
Born | Trebinje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 27 March 1936
Died | 10 March 2020 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | (aged 83)
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | singer |
Instrument(s) | vocals |
Years active | 1954–88-2020 |
Labels |
Izeta "Beba" Selimović (27 March 1936 – 10 March 2020) was a
Early life and family
Selimović was born on 27 March 1936 in
At the age of seven, Selimović moved to Sarajevo with her family in 1943, during World War II, where she completed her schooling.[3][4]
Career
Aged 17, she was one of six people chosen out of 300 candidates to sing for
During her long career, she sang exclusively in two genres:
. She was good friends with Isović and Puzić until their deaths in 2007.Personal life
Selimović married in 1958 at age 19, became a mother at the age of 20 and was later widowed at age 32 when her husband Sabrija died in a car crash in October 1971. She and her husband had two sons together, Samir and Senad. Her second marriage was to violinist Dževad Šabanagić. The couple lived in Sarajevo and they survived the
Although retired from public life and opting to rarely grant interviews, she agreed to be interviewed for a November 2014 article with the newspaper Dnevni avaz. Selimović said that she had retired years ago and ignored requests to perform on television, saying she had given the opportunity to younger generations to "continue."[6]
Death
Selimović died on 10 March 2020 in her sleep, at age 83. She was buried in a Muslim funeral at Sarajevo's Bare Cemetery on 12 March 2020.
Discography
Extended plays
- Po mojoj bašti zumbuli cvjetaju (1958)
- Danju slušam pjesme tužne (1960)
- Kiša pada, trava raste (1962)
- Put putuje Latif aga (1962)
- Sarajevo na visokom gledu (1963)
- Djevojka viče s visoka brda (1963)
- Tugo moja (1964)
- Sedamdeset i dva dana (1964)
- Banja Luko i ravnine tvoje (1965)
- Dva su cvijeta u bostanu rasla (1965)
- Hajde dušo da ašikujemo (1965)
- Kraj potoka bistre vode (1966)
- Tiho teci vodo Mošćanice (1967)
- Vrati mi se, ljubavi (1968)
- Sitna kiša rosila (1968)
- Mene moja majka gleda sa čardaka (1969)
- Što te nisam dragi srela davno (1970)
- O šuti šuti srce moje (1970)
- Na zemlji se jednom diše (1970)
- Plačem ja, plači ti (1971)
- Oprosti, oprosti (1972)
- Ostaje još jedan dug (1972)
- U srcu mome živiš samo ti (1972)
- Zbogom (1973)
- Pruži mi ruke (1974)
- Za kim tvoje srce plače (1975)
- Samo ti (1975)
- Tužno je nebo ljubavi (1977)
- Svu noć sam te čekala (1978)
- Voljeni, ljubljeni (1979)
Studio albums
- Mene majka gleda sa čardaka (1971)
- Od sevdaha goreg jada nema (1979)
- U srcu mome živiš samo ti (1984)
- Gorom jezde kićeni svatovi (1988)
Compilation albums
- Sve behara... (1981)
- Najveći hitovi (2012)
References
- ^ "Un sentimento bosniaco". Girodivite. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ "Beba Selimović: Ostali smo Zehra, Zora i ja!". Bileca. 1 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Sevdah Changes - Glas Bebe Selimović". Radio Sarajevo. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "LIFESTYLE - JEL' SE SJEĆATE". Puls. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Koji su harmonikaši bili kobni za pjevačice?". Folkoteka. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Beba Selimović: Treba znati kad stati". Dnevni avaz. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
External links
- Beba Selimović discography at Discogs