Boro Drljača


Borislav "Boro" Drljača was a Serbian folk singer from Bosanska Krajina. Recognized as one of the most eminent Yugoslav folk singers, he received the Life Achievement Award for his work. Drljača recorded over four hundred songs including "Stari vuk", "Ne namiguj na me tuđa ženo", and "Plači, mala, plači". He also performed for Serbian diaspora across Europe, The United States, Canada and Australia.
In addition to his music career, Drljača also appeared on reality shows Veliki Brat VIP 4 and Parovi 4. Furthermore, he was a subject of numerous popular internet memes on social media.

Early life

Borislav Drljača was born on 29 August 1941 in the village of Donja Suvaja, former Kingdom of Yugoslavia into a Serb family during World War II. Drljača's father Branko was an economist, store manager and a guitarist while his mother Stoja was also an economist. When he was two years old, his mother died after being killed by the Ustashas and his father later remarried after the war, leaving him with no photographs of his mother. Drljača finished primary school in Donja Suvaja, after which he went to his uncle in Bačka Topola. He also finished agricultural high school there, Drljača eventually relocated to Belgrade to study agronomy at the University of Belgrade.

Personal life

Drljača was married twice. From his first marriage, with his late wife Verica Drljača, he has two sons: Vladimir, who has master's degree management in Paris, and Branislav, who graduated in painting in Belgrade. Drljača had a hard time withstanding his first wife's death because she committed suicide in 2006. Drljača met his second wife, Radomirka Sladić, at his concert. The couple did not have children and Sladić died from cancer in 2018.
Drljača was liberal and in 2019 surprised many when he offered support for LGBTQ+ population and stated that he is in favour of gay marriage but also adoption.
On 11 October 2020 Drljača died from colon cancer in his New Belgrade apartment.

Discography

;Singles and EPs
  • 1967 - Ne znam mlađan gdje ću pre
  • 1969 – Za ljubav tvoju
  • 1970 - Ti si sve što želim
  • 1973 – Sarajevo divno mjesto
  • 1974 - Krajišnici gdje ćemo ne prelo
  • 1975 - Kad zapjeva grupa Krajišnika
  • 1975 - Nas dvoje smo srećni
  • 1977 - Tjeraj mala stado iza brijega
  • 1980 - Prijo moja, kako ćemo
  • 1981 - Pismo ratnom drugu
;Albums
  • 1975 – Ti si sve što želim
  • 1976 – Krajišnici gdje ćemo na prelo
  • 1978 – Pjevaj mi, pjevaj sokole
  • 1980 – Bora i Gordana Runjajić
  • 1981 – Bora Drljača
  • 1982 – Jugosloven
  • 1984 – Nas dvoje veže ljubav
  • 1985 – Čovjek sam iz naroda
  • 1986 – Pjevaj srce
  • 1988 – Alal vera majstore
  • 1990 – Ko te uze zlato moje
  • 1991 – Krajino, Krajino
  • 1991 – Ja sam čovek za tebe
  • 1993 – Ne dam Krajine
  • 1995 – Nema raja bez rodnoga kraja
  • 1996 – Krajišnik sam ja
  • 1998 – Sine sine
  • 1999 – Rača II
  • 2002 – Car ostaje car
  • 2004 – Bora Drljača uživo
  • 2004 – Stari vuk
  • 2007 – ''Brbljivica''