Beba Selimović
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Izeta Selimović 27 March 1939 Trebinje, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Other names | Izeta Šabanagić, First Lady of Sevdah |
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Years active | 1954–present |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Children | 2 |
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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 |
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Po mojoj bašti zumbuli cvjetaju / Bol boluje mlado momče[3]
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1958; re-released 1962 |
Danju slušam pjesme tužne / Proljeće se budi
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1961 |
Sarajevo na visokom gledu
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1963 |
Djevojka viče s visoka brda
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1963 |
Tugo moja[4]
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26 September 1964 |
Sedamdeset i dva dana
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1964 |
Ilidža '65
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1965 |
Banja Luko i ravnine tvoje
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1965 |
Dva su cvijeta u bostanu rasla
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1965 |
Hajde dušo da ašikujemo
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1965 |
Ilidža '66
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July 1966 |
Ilidža '66
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July 1966 |
Kraj potoka bistre vode[5]
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September 1966 |
Ilidža '67
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11 July 1967 |
Tiho teci vodo Mošćanice[6]
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1967 |
Ilidža '67
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1967 |
Vrati mi se, ljubavi[7]
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10 July 1968 |
Sitna kiša rosila
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1968 |
Mene moja majka gleda sa čardaka[8]
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14 December 1969 |
Što te nisam dragi srela davno
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28 April 1970 |
O šuti šuti srce moje / Dođi, makar jedan dan[9]
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14 July 1970 |
Na zemlji se jednom diše / Tecite suze
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15 October 1970 |
Plačem ja, plači ti / Uspomeno, uspomeno[10]
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10 June 1971 |
Mene majka gleda sa čardaka[11]
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September 1971 |
Oprosti, oprosti / Ostani, ostani[12]
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6 April 1972 |
Ostaje još jedan dug / Sto godina[13]
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1972 |
U srcu mome živiš ti / Ja lutam[14]
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1972 |
Zbogom / Dosta je bilo suza[15]
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31 July 1973 |
Pruži mi ruke / Kako srcu svom da kažem[16]
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29 June 1974 |
Za kim tvoje srce plače / Zbog tebe, ljubavi
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25 January 1975 |
Samo ti / Kad bih znala[17]
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23 June 1975 |
Tužno je nebo ljubavi / Možda ćemo sada voljeti se više
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14 October 1977 |
Svu noć sam te čekala / Još me jednom poljubi[18]
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31 March 1978 |
Voljeni, ljubljeni / Još nije kasno za ljubav[19]
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1979 |
Od sevdaha goreg jada nema[20]
#Kraj potoka bistre vode
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17 May 1979 |
Sve behara
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21 April 1981 |
VARIOUS
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1983 |
U srcu mome živiš samo ti[21]
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1984 |
Gorom jezde kićeni svatovi[22] | 13 July 1988 |
References
- ↑ "Un sentimento bosniaco". Girodivite. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Beba Selimović: Ostali smo Zehra, Zora i ja!". Bileca. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ "Po mojoj bašti zumbuli cvjetaju". Discogs. 1958. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Tugo moja". Discogs. 1964. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Kraj potoka bistre vode". Discogs. September 1966. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Tiho teci vodo Mošćanice". Discogs. 1967. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Vrati mi se, ljubavi". Discogs. July 1968. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Mene moja majka gleda sa čardaka". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "O šuti šuti srce moje / Dođi, makar jedan dan". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Plačem ja, plači ti / Uspomeno, uspomeno". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Mene majka gleda sa čardaka". Discogs. September 1971. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Oprosti, oprosti / Ostani, ostani". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Ostaje još jedan dug". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "U srcu mome živiš ti / Ja lutam". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Zbogom / Dosta je bilo suza". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Pruži mi ruke / Kako srcu svom da kažem". Discogs. 1974. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Samo ti / Kad bi znala". Discogs. June 1975. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Svu noć sam te čekala / Još me jednom poljubi". Discogs. 1978. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Voljeni, ljubljeni / Još nije kasno za ljubav". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Od sevdaha goreg jada nema". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "U srcu mome živiš samo ti". Discogs. 1984. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Gorom jezde kićeni svatovi". Discogs. 1988. Retrieved 10 August 2013.