Zdenka Vučković

{{Short description|Croatian popular music singer (1942–2020)}}

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Zdenka Vučković (Zagreb, 20 June 1942 - 7 March 2020) was a Croatian popular music singer with a career spanning 60 years. Her popularity peaked during the 1960s, when she was a teen pop star. She is best remembered for the songs Moja mala djevojčica ["My Little Girl"], best known by the line Tata, kupi mi auto ["Daddy, Buy Me a Car"], and Zagreb, Zagreb, which became an unofficial anthem of the Croatian capital.[https://www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/glazba/umrla-legendarna-pjevacica-zdenka-vuckovic-bila-je-nasa-prva-djevojcica-koja-je-postala-zvijezda-koja-je-ostvarila-sjajnu-karijeru-10066255 "UMRLA LEGENDARNA PJEVAČICA ZDENKA VUČKOVIĆ 'Bila je naša prva djevojčica koja je postala zvijezda, koja je ostvarila sjajnu karijeru'"][https://www.delo.si/novice/svet/umrla-je-zdenka-vuckovic/ "Umrla je Zdenka Vučković"] Her voice is made familiar by the song {{ill|Zeko i potočić|hr}} ["Bunny and the Stream"].

She announced the end of her career with the song Odrasla je djevojčica mala ["The Little Girl has Grown Up"] performed at the 1989 {{ill|Zagreb Festival|hr}}.[https://www.hgu.hr/vijesti/in-memoriam-zdenka-vuckovic-1942-2020 "In memoriam: Zdenka Vučković (1942. - 2020.)"] However, in 1991, she performed the song "To Love Somebody" (a song by the Bee Gees in Croatian) in a duet with Severina. In 2010, she performed the song "Veslaj" ["Row!"] with Luka Nižetić at the Split Festival.

[https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/mozaik/showbiz/danas-nas-je-napustila-istinska-legenda-domace-glazbene-scene-sjecate-li-se-kako-su-zajedno-pjevale-zdenka-vuckovic-i-severina-1007837 "Danas nas je napustila istinska legenda domaće glazbene scene: sjećate li se kako su zajedno pjevale Zdenka Vučković i Severina?"][https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/si-zamina-legendata-na-eks-jugoslovenskata-muzichka-sczena-zdenka-vuchkovik/ "The legend of the ex-Yugoslav music scene, Zdenka Vučković, has left us"]

In 1971, she married composer {{ill|Krešimir Oblak|hr}}.