Nada Obrić

{{short description|Bosnian Serb folk singer (born 1948)}}

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Nada Obrić (born 6 June 1948 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb folk singer.{{cite book|last=Rasmussen|first=Ljerka V.|title=Newly composed folk music of Yugoslavia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6XtL6XNO9oC&pg=PA54|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-93966-9|page=54}}

Early life and career

Born in Zvornik, she was an excellent gymnast and in competitions won as the best gymnast in the state of Bosnia in Yugoslavia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nektarlk.at/estrada-3/nada-obric/nada-obric-biografija/index.html|title = Nada Obric-Biografija|website=nektarlk.at}} Afterwards, she went to university in Sarajevo, and finished a degree in law.{{Cite web|url=http://www.riznicasrpska.net/muzika/index.php?topic=772.0|title=Nada Obrić (1948)|website=riznicasrpska.net}} As she was studying, she was offered a label by Jugoton and began to produce singles with the record company. She then worked in the council within Sarajevo, whilst maintaining a part-time singing career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sveopoznatima.com/nada-obric-biografija-visina-tezina/|title=Nada Obrić – Biografija 2020, Visina, Težina|website=sveopoznatima.com}}

After 17 years of working in the council, she quit her job and became a singer full-time. Over her singing career, she released many Yugoslav hits including 'Dugo te dugo očekujem', '700 dana bolujem', 'Čuvaj me', 'Bolna ti ležim', 'Žašto se nismo ranije sreli', and 'Gdje si'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.biografija.org/muzika/nada-obric/|title=Nada Obrić Biografija|date=17 October 2017|website=biografija.org}}

Discography

Singles

  • Neću da plačem (1971)
  • Neću ljubav drugu (1972)
  • Pjesmom te zovem (1973)
  • Ne idi drugoj ženi (1974)
  • Ko je kriv za moju tugu / Noćas hoću da sam tvoja (1975)
  • Ljubavi zovem te (1975)
  • Ja te čekam danima (1977)
  • Gde se dvoje vole suvišan je treći (1977)
  • Noćas za tebe pjevam (1978)
  • Duša me boli, još tebe volim (1979)
  • Uzalud se tebi nadam (1979)
  • Kolo igra kod komšije (1980)
  • Pusti me na miru da svoj život živim / Ljubav (1980)
  • Ne dozvoli da te druga voli (1981)
  • Bolna ti ležim (1986)
  • 700 dana bolujem (1988)
  • Joj kako cu sama (1989)

Studio Albums

  • Neću drugu ljubav (1972)
  • Pjesmom te zovem (1977)
  • Pjevaj, Nado, veselo (1979)
  • Kolo igra kod komšije (1980)
  • Ne dozvoli da te druga voli (1981)
  • Pogledaj me ti u oči (1982)
  • Čuvaj me (1983)
  • Nije lako bez tebe (1984)
  • Suze ljubavi (1986)
  • Sad mi trebaš (1988)
  • Kako ću sama (1989)
  • Oprosti mi suzu (1991)
  • Ozdravilo srce moje (1994)
  • Došlo vreme (1997)
  • Tako je život hteo (2001)

Compilations

  • Najljepše pjesme (1987)
  • Folk zvijezde zauvijek (2008)
  • Najveći hitovi (2009)

References