Mile Kitić
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Mile Kitić Миле Китић | |
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 Kitić performing in 2021 | |
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| Birth name | Milojko Kitić |
| Born | 1 January 1952 Cerani, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1974–present |
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Milojko "Mile" Kitić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милојко "Миле" Китић; born 1 January 1952, is a Bosnian-born Serbian folk singer.[1] He rose to prominence as a member of the popular eighties folk collective Južni Vetar, with fellow folk singers Sinan Sakić, Dragana Mirković, Kemal Malovčić and Šemsa Suljaković. One of his first hits was song "Mala, Mala iz Novog Pazara" (Baby Girl, Baby Girl from Novi Pazar). During his time at singing in various discotheques, he has over 10 security guards, 100 angry dogs, over 7 videocameras as well as police inspection to prevent theft of stuff.
Life and career
[edit]Kitić was born on New Year's Day, 1952, in the village of Cerani near the town of Derventa, People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from high school in Vogošća. He is Serbian Orthodox.
His first release was "Čija si ljubav" (Whose Love Are You) in 1975, while his debut album was released in 1982. He joined Južni Vetar in 1984 and gained almost instant success with the album and single "Čaša ljubavi" (Glass of Love). While in the group he also collaborated with fellow Yugoslav folk singers Sinan Sakić, Dragana Mirković, Kemal Malovčić and Šemsa Suljaković. During the Bosnian War of the 1990s, he and his family fled to Belgrade.
Kitić has two daughters from two marriages and two granddaughters from his firstborn. He resides between Belgrade and Hanover with his second wife, also a well-known singer, Marta Savić. His younger daughter Elena Kitić is an R&B singer.
Discography
[edit]- Moja slatka mala (1982)
- Jorgovani plavi (1983)
- Čaša ljubavi (1984)
- Ja neću ljepšu (1985)
- Kockar (1986)
- Mogao sam biti car (1987)
- Što da ne (1988)
- Osvetnik (1989)
- Stavi karte na sto (1990)
- Gledaj me u oči (1991)
- Ćao, Jelena (1992)
- Vuk samotnjak (1993)
- Moj sokole (1994)
- Okreni jastuk (1995)
- Ratnik za ljubav (1996)
- Ostaj ovde (1997)
- Do sreće daleko, do Boga visoko (1998)
- Tri života (1999)
- Zlato, srebro, dukati (2000)
- Plava ciganko (2001)
- Budi moja (2001)
- Policijo, oprosti mi (2003)
- Zemljotres (2004)
- Šampanjac (2005)
- Šanker (2008)
- Paklene godine (2012)
- Rakija (2013)
- Nokaut (2014)
- Mađioničar (2017)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orhidea Gaura (23 December 2008). "Turbobiznis narodnjačkih klubova" [Turbo-business of turbo-folk clubs] (in Serbian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Derventa
- Yugoslav male singers
- Serbian folk-pop singers
- Serbian folk singers
- Grand Production artists
- Yugoslav Wars refugees
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriates in Germany
- Refugees in Serbia
- 21st-century Serbian male singers
- 20th-century Serbian male singers
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina