Mile Kitić

Milojko "Mile" Kitić (; born 1 January 1952, is a Bosnian-born Serbian folk singer. 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.

Life and career

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 the Traffic Technical School in Sarajevo and initially wanted to be a physical education teacher. He started singing and performing after high school.
His first release was "Čija si ljubav" and "Ja želim da sam sunce" in 1975. 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". 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 in Belgrade and Hanover with his second wife Marta Savić, also a well-known singer; their daughter Elena Kitić is an R&B singer.