Zekerijah Đezić

Zekerijah Đezić
Pictured in 1969
Born	(1937-11-14)14 November 1937 Janja, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	17 October 2002(2002-10-17) (aged 64) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Resting place	Alifakovac cemetery, Sarajevo
Other names	Zekerijah Đezić-Đeza
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1960–2002
Religion	Sunni Islam
Musical career
Genres	sevdalinka folk
Instruments	vocals
Labels	Jugoton PGP RTB RTV Sarajevo Beograd Disk

Zekerijah Đezić (14 November 1937 – 17 October 2002) was a Bosnian folk singer. In 1964, Đezić became the first citizen of Tuzla to have their voice recorded on a gramophone record with the release of his first song "Tuzlanka se Sarajkama hvali" (English: The Tuzla Girl Brags to the Sarajevo Girls).^[1] He was posthumously awarded the Davorin award in 2003.

Early life

Đezić was born into an ethnic Bosniak and Muslim family in Janja, near Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His mother Hanifa died in February 1965.

Career

Before striking a record deal with Jugoton, Zekerijah worked as a hotel singer in Tuzla, Bijeljina and Zagreb. He relocated to Sarajevo in 1959, singing in hotels for a few months before moving back to Tuzla in March 1960 and signing with Radio Tuzla.

He retired on 25 April 1996.

Death

In August 2002 Đezić was knocked down by a hit and run driver on a pedestrian crossing in Sarajevo, and died of his injuries two months later. The driver of the car has never been found. Zekerijah is buried at the Alifakovac cemetery in Sarajevo.

Discography

Studio albums

• Dođi, pjesmo moja (1974)^[2]

EP's and singles

• Razbole se care Sulejmane (1964)^[3]
• Razbolje se šimšir list (1966) with Narodni Orkestar Žarka Milanovića^[4]
• Splavar sa Drine (1967)^[5]
• Među nama svršeno je sve (1968)^[6]
• Vojnička pesma (1969)^[7]
• Ne plači jedina / Banja Luka (1970) with Ansambl Spase Beraka^[8]
• Nemoj nikad reći zbogom (1970)^[9]
• Puknite strune (1971)^[10]
• Od Sarajki ljepših žena nema (1972)^[11]
• Volimo se svi (1972)^[12]
• Dođi pjesmo moja (1973)^[13]
• Druže stari (1973)^[14]

External links

• Zekerijah Đezić discography at Discogs

References