Boro Drljača

Borislav "Boro" Drljača (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав "Боро" Дрљача; born 29 August 1941) is a Serbian folk singer popular in former Yugoslavia.[1] His biggest hits are Stari vuk ("Old Wolf"), Ne namiguj na me tuđa ženo ("Don't Wink at Me, Someone Else's Woman"), and Plači, mala, plači ("Cry, Baby, Cry"), written by Baja Mali Knindža.

Boro Drljača
Drljača at Stuttgart Airport in May 2014
Background information
Birth nameBorislav Drljača
Also known asBoro[a]
Born (1941-08-29) 29 August 1941
Donja Suvaja, Independent State of Croatia
GenresFolk, Pop-folk
Occupation(s)singer
Years active1973–present

Drljača was born in Donja Suvaja, Yugoslavia during World War II into a Serb family of father Branko and mother Stoja. His mother was killed by the Ustashe during the war, when Boro was still a toddler. He has no memories of her and no photographs. His father later remarried after the war. According to Boro, the worst days in his life were when the Yugoslav Wars started.

Boro is a widower and lives in Belgrade, Serbia. He has two married sons.

Discography
Albums
  • 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)
  • 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 – Hitovi Jugodisk BDN 0661 (Jugodisk Hits BND 0661)
  • 1985 – Čovjek sam iz naroda (I Am a Man of the People)
  • 1986 – Pjevaj srce (Sing, Oh Heart of Mine)
  • 1988 – Alal vera majstore (Congratulations, Maestro)
  • 1990 – Ko te uze zlato moje (Who Took You, My Gold)
  • 1990/91 – Krajino, Krajino (Krajina, Oh Krajina)
  • 1991 – Ja sam čovek za tebe (I Am the Man for You)
  • 1991 – 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 Am a Guy from Krajina)
  • 1998 – Sine sine (Son, Oh My Son)
  • 1999 – Raca 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

Notes
  1. ^
    He is often referred to as Bora.
  2. ^
    At the time of his birth, Donja Suvaja was occupied by the Axis-aligned Independent State of Croatia.

References
  1. KOVAČEVIĆ, Dinka (April 23, 2007). "Bora Drljača traži donaciju za svoje selo". Nezavisne Novine. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
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