Kemal Monteno

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Kemal Monteno (born September 17, 1948 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) is a popular Bosnian singer-songwriter to a Bosniak mother and an Italian father. He recorded his first song Lidija in 1967 and has enjoyed a prosperous career in the former Yugoslavia. One of his most popular songs is Sarajevo ljubavi moja (Sarajevo Love of Mine), which is maybe the most beautiful song anyone wrote for his home town.

He is one of the best songwriters in former Yugoslavia, many say that he is indeed the best. He writes poetry which then turn into music. He also wrote texts for songs that the best singers in former Yugoslavia than sang. Some of his songs were all-time hits in multiple interpretations. An example of this is Bacila je sve niz rijeku (She threw everything down the river) that was a hit in his interpretation, and also in the interpretations of Crvena Jabuka and Indexi. The same happened to songs Nekako s proljeća (Somehow in a springtime) and Nije htjela (She didn't want).

[edit] Discography

  • Muziko,ljubavi moja (1973),
  • Žene, žene (1975),
  • Moje pjesme, moji snovi (1977),
  • Za svoju dušu (1980),
  • Dolly Bell (1981),
  • Moje najdraže pjesme (1985),
  • Kako da te zaboravim (1987),
  • Pjesme zaljubljenika (compilation) (1992),
  • Hvala svima - Kemo i prijatelji (2000),
  • Dunje i kolači (2004).
Pop and rock music of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Music of Yugoslavia - SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene - Yugoslav Band Aid (YU Rock Misija) - Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Record labels
Jugoton - PGP RTB - Suzy Records - Diskoton - ZKP RTLJ - Jugodisk