Beba Selimović

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Beba Selimović
Born Izeta Selimović
(1939-03-27) 27 March 1939
Trebinje, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Other names Izeta Šabanagić, First Lady of Sevdah
Occupation
  • Singer
Years active 1954–present
Religion Sunni Islam
Spouse(s)
  • Dževad Šabanagić
Children 2
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • vocals
Labels
  • Jugoton
  • Diskos
  • Beograd Disk
  • RTV Ljubljana
Associated acts

Izeta Selimović (born 27 March 1939), known by her stage name Beba Selimović, is a Bosnian sevdalinka singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Zehra Deović, Nada Mamula and Silvana Armenulić.[1]

Biography

1939–53: Early life and family

Izeta Selimović was born in March 1939 in Trebinje, located in the Herzegovina region of modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, while it was a part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Selimović family originally hails from Bileća.[2] Being the youngest of five children in a Muslim Bosniak family, Selimović was called beba (baby) by her older siblings and took that as her stage name when she became a professional singer.

At the age of four, Selimović moved to Sarajevo with her family in 1943, during World War II.

1954–89: Radio Sarajevo and career

Selimović completed school in Sarajevo and, at the age of 15, was one of six people chosen out of 300 candidates to sing for Radio Sarajevo.

Selimović began her professional career in 1954 at the age of 15 as a soloist for Radio Sarajevo and released her first single, Po mojoj bašti zumbuli cvjetaju (English: In My Garden Hyacinths Bloom), in 1958 at age 19. Her final album was released in 1988. Although her recorded songs have appeared on many compilation albums since the late 1980s, she has not recorded any new music since then.

During her long career, she sang exclusively in the sevdalinka genre and has recorded songs with multiple Bosnian sevdalinka singers such as Zaim Imamović, Zehra Deović, Nada Mamula, Safet Isović and Meho Puzić. She was good friends with Isović and Puzić until their deaths in 2007.

1990–2014: Widowhood, second marriage, and later life

Selimović married young and became a mother at the age of 20 and was later widowed. She and her husband had two sons together, Samir and Senad. Selimović later remarried to Dževad Šabanagić and currently lives in Sarajevo with him. She rarely grants interviews.

Selimović survived the Siege of Sarajevo during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was one of the speakers at the funeral for Safet Isović on 3 September 2007.

Discography

The following are studio albums, singles, EPs and compilation albums released by Beba Selimović between 1958 and 1988:

Tracks Released
Po mojoj bašti zumbuli cvjetaju / Bol boluje mlado momče[3]
  1. Po mojoj bašti zumbuli cvjetaju
  2. Bol boluje mlado momče
1958; re-released 1962
Danju slušam pjesme tužne / Proljeće se budi
  1. Danju slušam pjesme tužne
  2. Proljeće se budi
1961
Sarajevo na visokom gledu
  1. Ječam žele Tuzlanke djevojke
  2. Moj Dragane što me zaboravljaš
  3. Sarajevo na visoku gledu
  4. Sinoć ja i moja kona
1963
Djevojka viče s visoka brda
  1. Bosno moja
  2. Bulbul mi poje
  3. Djevojka sokolu zulum učinila
  4. Djevojka viče s visoka brda
1963
Tugo moja[4]
  1. Tugo moja
  2. U avliji
  3. Dani dugi
  4. Jorgovane, cvijeće plavo
26 September 1964
Sedamdeset i dva dana
  1. Oj, Jagodo imaš li jarana
  2. Pseničice sitno sjeme
  3. Sa Igmana pogledat' je lijepo
  4. Sedamdeset i dva dana
1964
Ilidža '65
  1. Tiho teci vodo Mošćanice
1965
Banja Luko i ravnine tvoje
  1. Aj san zaspala
  2. Banja Luko i ravnine tvoje
  3. Zelen orah kraj Morave pao
  4. Bolna leži dilber Duda
  5. Čempres viti, čempres ponositi
1965
Dva su cvijeta u bostanu rasla
  1. Dva su cvijeta u bostanu rasla
  2. Golubice bijela
  3. Gorom jezde kićeni svatovi
  4. Haj golubice, sivoga ti perja
1965
Hajde dušo da ašikujemo
  1. Hajde dušo da ašikujemo
  2. Kolo igra kod komšije
  3. Kraj potoka bistre vode
  4. Kulu gradim, a kamena nemam
1965
Ilidža '66
  1. Kaži majci Bibo, kćeri mila
July 1966
Ilidža '66
  1. Sabah zora
July 1966
Kraj potoka bistre vode[5]
  1. Kraj potoka bistre vode
  2. Kaćino kolo
  3. Noć je pusta
  4. Mene moja zaklinjala majka
September 1966
Ilidža '67
  1. Prolaze dani
11 July 1967
Tiho teci vodo Mošćanice[6]
  1. Tiho teci vodo Mošćanice
  2. Sinje more
  3. Vjetar nosi žuto lišće
  4. Čempres viti
1967
Ilidža '67
  1. Ja bolujem mlada od sevdaha
1967
Vrati mi se, ljubavi[7]
  1. Vrati mi se, ljubavi
  2. Doviđenja
  3. Ah, ljubav, ljubav
  4. Prolaze dani
10 July 1968
Sitna kiša rosila
  1. Sitna kiša rosila
  2. Slavuj pjeva na beharli grani
  3. Svadili se orli i sokoli
  4. Svi dilberi
1968
Mene moja majka gleda sa čardaka[8]
  1. Mene moja majka gleda sa čardaka
  2. Mene mati ruži
  3. Dođi mi, proljeću mladosti
  4. Oj proljeće mirisno
14 December 1969
Što te nisam dragi srela davno
  1. Što te nisam dragi srela davno
  2. Ti odlaziš
  3. Pita stara majka
  4. Jednog jutra
28 April 1970
O šuti šuti srce moje / Dođi, makar jedan dan[9]
  1. O šuti šuti srce moje
  2. Dođi, makar jedan dan
14 July 1970
Na zemlji se jednom diše / Tecite suze
  1. Na zemlji se jednom diše
  2. Tecite suze
15 October 1970
Plačem ja, plači ti / Uspomeno, uspomeno[10]
  1. Plačem ja, plači ti
  2. Uspomeno, uspomeno
10 June 1971
Mene majka gleda sa čardaka[11]
  1. Mene moja majka gleda sa čardaka
  2. Ah, ljubav, ljubav
  3. O, šuti, šuti, sad srce moje
  4. Plačem ja, plačeš ti
  5. Dani dugi
  6. U proljeće mirisno
  7. Prolaze dani
  8. Mene moja zaklinjala majka
  9. Tugo moja
  10. Tecite, suze
  11. Dođi mi, proljeću mladosti
  12. Uspomeno, uspomeno
September 1971
Oprosti, oprosti / Ostani, ostani[12]
  1. Oprosti, oprosti
  2. Ostani, ostani
6 April 1972
Ostaje još jedan dug / Sto godina[13]
  1. Ostaje još jedan dug
  2. Sto godina
1972
U srcu mome živiš ti / Ja lutam[14]
  1. U srcu mome živiš ti
  2. Ja lutam
1972
Zbogom / Dosta je bilo suza[15]
  1. Zbogom
  2. Dosta je bilo suza
31 July 1973
Pruži mi ruke / Kako srcu svom da kažem[16]
  1. Pruži mi ruke
  2. Kako srcu svom da kažem
29 June 1974
Za kim tvoje srce plače / Zbog tebe, ljubavi
  1. Za kim tvoje srce plače
  2. Zbog tebe, ljubavi
25 January 1975
Samo ti / Kad bih znala[17]
  1. Samo ti
  2. Kad bih znala
23 June 1975
Tužno je nebo ljubavi / Možda ćemo sada voljeti se više
  1. Tužno je nebo ljubavi
  2. Možda ćemo sada voljeti se više
14 October 1977
Svu noć sam te čekala / Još me jednom poljubi[18]
  1. Svu noć sam te čekala
  2. Još me jednom poljubi
31 March 1978
Voljeni, ljubljeni / Još nije kasno za ljubav[19]
  1. Voljeni, ljubljeni
  2. Još nije kasno za ljubav
1979
Od sevdaha goreg jada nema[20]
  1. Sinje more i dubine tvoje
  2. Vezak vezla Adem-Kada
  3. Star se Ćurćić pomamio

#Kraj potoka bistre vode

  1. Moj pendžeru
  2. Kolika je u Prijedoru čaršija
  3. Poletjela dva goluba
  4. Konja kuje brate Sulejmane
  5. Od danas te, dragi, ljubit neću
  6. Čempres viti, Čempres ponositi
  7. Ašikuje Adem-Aga
  8. Kaharli sam, večerala nisam
17 May 1979
Sve behara
  1. Mene moja majka gleda
  2. Sve behara i sve cvjeta
  3. Plačem ja, plačeš ti
  4. U srcu mome živiš ti
  5. Ah, moj Aljo crne oči
  6. Čudila se aman ja
  7. Ja prošetah čaršijom
  8. Ne Ašikuj Mujo
  9. Srdo moja
  10. Crven fesić nano
  11. Sinoć ja i moja kona
21 April 1981
VARIOUS
  1. Sarajevo na visoku gledu
1983
U srcu mome živiš samo ti[21]
  1. U srcu mome živiš samo ti
  2. Sa tugom prolaze dane
  3. O, šuti, šuti, sad srce moje
  4. Kako srcu svom da kažem
  5. Samo ti
  6. Tužno je nebo ljubavi
  7. Plačem ja, plači ti
  8. Oprosti, oprosti
  9. Ostaje još jedan dug
  10. Pruži mi ruke ljubavi
  11. Kad bih znala
  12. Tecite suze
1984
Gorom jezde kićeni svatovi[22]
  1. S one strane Plive
  2. Gorom jezde kićeni svatovi
  3. Djevojka sokolu zulum učinila
  4. Kraj Vrbasa sjedi momče
  5. Po mojoj bašti zumbuli cvjetaju
  6. Mene moja zaklinjala majka
  7. Ja bolujem mlada od sevdaha
  8. Svu noć sam te čekala
  9. U avliji
  10. Noć je pusta
  11. Vrati mi se, ljubavi
  12. Možda ćemo sada voljeti se više
13 July 1988

References

  1. "Un sentimento bosniaco". Girodivite. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  2. "Beba Selimović: Ostali smo Zehra, Zora i ja!". Bileca. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 
  3. "Po mojoj bašti zumbuli cvjetaju". Discogs. 1958. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  4. "Tugo moja". Discogs. 1964. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  5. "Kraj potoka bistre vode". Discogs. September 1966. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  6. "Tiho teci vodo Mošćanice". Discogs. 1967. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  7. "Vrati mi se, ljubavi". Discogs. July 1968. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  8. "Mene moja majka gleda sa čardaka". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  9. "O šuti šuti srce moje / Dođi, makar jedan dan". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  10. "Plačem ja, plači ti / Uspomeno, uspomeno". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  11. "Mene majka gleda sa čardaka". Discogs. September 1971. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  12. "Oprosti, oprosti / Ostani, ostani". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  13. "Ostaje još jedan dug". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  14. "U srcu mome živiš ti / Ja lutam". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  15. "Zbogom / Dosta je bilo suza". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  16. "Pruži mi ruke / Kako srcu svom da kažem". Discogs. 1974. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  17. "Samo ti / Kad bi znala". Discogs. June 1975. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  18. "Svu noć sam te čekala / Još me jednom poljubi". Discogs. 1978. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  19. "Voljeni, ljubljeni / Još nije kasno za ljubav". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  20. "Od sevdaha goreg jada nema". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  21. "U srcu mome živiš samo ti". Discogs. 1984. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
  22. "Gorom jezde kićeni svatovi". Discogs. 1988. Retrieved 10 August 2013. 
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