Staniša Stošić
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| birth_date = July 26, 1945
|birth_place =Vranje, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
| death_date = {{death date|2008|4|7}}
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| genre = Serbian traditional music
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1963–2008
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Staniša Stošić (Станиша Стошић) (July 26, 1945 – April 7, 2008) was a Serbian folk singer known for melodies from his home region of Vranje in Southern Serbia, which earned him the nickname of "Serbian Pavarotti" and "Father of the southern melodies". His most popular song was Lela Vranjanka.[http://avp.mediaonweb.org/sh/610/100/9525/?tpl=102 Агенција Врање Прес: Станиша Стошић, народни уметник] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303110542/http://avp.mediaonweb.org/sh/610/100/9525/?tpl=102# |date=March 3, 2012 }}
Biography
He was born July 26, 1945, in the village of Vrbovo near Vladičin Han.
He sang the first time in Radio Belgrade, 1963, and won the "Zlatiborski narcis" festival in 1966 with the song Stojanke, bela Vranjanke. Lela Vranjanka, a Serbian interpretation of "Miserlou"{{cite journal |author=Todorović Predrag |title=The mysterious Misirlou |journal=Muzikologija |volume=2013 |number=15 |language=sr |pages=61–89(29) |doi=10.2298/MUZ1315061T |postscript=. English Abstract for Serbian article.|doi-access=free }} was recorded in 1972.
In 2007, he was awarded the Special Lifetime Award by the Serbian Ministry of Culture for his efforts on preserving Serbian music tradition.{{Cite web |url=http://www.seecult.org/portal/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=25217&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0&POSTNUKESID=6b50310249bb2983fcf44eb47b374b0e# |title=-{SEEcult.org}-: Уметници добитници посебних доживотних признања |access-date=February 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215062245/http://www.seecult.org/portal/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=25217&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0&POSTNUKESID=6b50310249bb2983fcf44eb47b374b0e# |archive-date=December 15, 2007 |url-status=dead }}
Albums
- Antologija vranjanskih narodnih pesama
- Moje najlepše pesme
Songs
- "Žal za mladost"
- "Lela Vranjanka" (Dragan Toković)
- "Dimitrijo, sine Mitre"
- "Simbil cveće"
- "Zbog tebe, mome ubava"
- "Stani stani zoro"
- "Otvori mi belo lenče"
- "Šano dušo, Šano mori, otvori mi vrata
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.novosti.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=15&status=jedna&vest=119287&datum=2008-04-09 Новости, 8.април 2008.: Умро Станиша Стошић]
- [https://archive.today/20130416120219/http://www.blic.rs/srbija.php?id=37303 Блиц, 10. април 2008.: Одлазак легенде врањског мелоса]
- {{YouTube|dymg0sEOml8|Лела Врањанка}} на сајту
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090923023846/http://www3.serbiancafe.com/lat/vesti/10/65455/trg-u-vranju-dobija-ime-po-stanisi-stosicu.html Трг у Врању добија име по Станиши Стошићу]
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Category:People from Vladičin Han
Category:20th-century Serbian male singers
Category:Yugoslav male singers
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