Toma Zdravković

infobox Celebrity
name = Toma Zdravković
( _sr. Тома Здравковић)


birth_date = birth date|1938|11|20|mf=y
birth_place = Pečenjevce, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
death_date = death date and age|1991|9|30|1938|11|20|mf=y
death_place = Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
occupation = Folk singer
nationality = Serbian

Toma Zdravković (Serbian Cyrillic: Тома Здравковић) (born November 20 1938 in Pečenjevce near Leskovac, died September 30 1991 in Belgrade) was a famous Serbian folk singer.

Toma Zdravković was an outstanding figure on Serbian folk scene; a bohemian and a poet, he lived up to his sad songs. The songs, although having the form of Serbian folk music, had spirit of chansons. He had a characteristic vocal, not overly powerful but warm, resembling the one of Charles Aznavour. The violin underlined the melancholic atmosphere in most songs. Most of the lyrics were written by himself, devoted to unfortunate love, and love-suffering while drinking and singing in omnipresent kafanas. He married four times, and settled only with his fourth wife Gordana in the late years.

Some of Zdravković's most renowned songs are "Prokleta je ova nedelja" ("Damn this Sunday"), "Dotak'o sam dno života" ("I Touched the Bottom of Life"), "Ostala je samo uspomena" ("Only a Memory Remained"), "Pustite me da živim svoj život" ("Let me live my own life") and testamental "Pesme moje" ("My songs").

Discography

#Buket belih ruža
#Cekaj Me
#Ciganko moja
#Cekaj me
#Da l' je moguće
#Danka
#Dete ulice
#Dotakao sam dno života
#Dva smo sveta različita
#Ej Branka, Branka
#Idi zauvek
#Ispod palme
#Izgubljene ljubavi
#Ja nemam prava ni na kakvu ljubav
#Ja nemam prava nikoga da volim
#Jelena
#Jugoslavijo
#Kad se voli sto se rastaje
#Kafana je moja istina
#Lele, lele, ciganko
#Lilijana Lili
#Ljubavi, živote moj
#Majci za rođendan
#Moj si rob
#Naviko sam ja na noćni život
#Nikad neću da te zaboravim
#Noćas mi srce pati
#Nocas sam tuzan cigani moji
#Odlazi, odlazi
#Oj Dunave
#Odvukla mi dušu preko jezera
#Ostala je samo uspomena
#Ostao sam sam
#Ostario sam
#Pesme moje
#Plačem
#Plakala je
#Poslednje pismo
#Prokleta nedelja
#Pukla žica na gitari
#Pustite me da zivim
#Rastajemo se
#Sećaš li se Sanja
#Sliku tvoju ljubim
#Sto je tuzna tako ova noc
#Sudbino
#Sutra se vracam kuci
#Svirajte Cigani
#Svirajte mi tiho, tiše
#Svirajte noćas samo za nju
#Što te večeras nema
#Tamburaši, tamburaši
#Tužne noći
#Tužno leto
#Umoran sam od života
#Voli, voli srce moje
#Vozovi moji prolaze
#Za Ljiljanu
#Za tebe, ćavale druže
#Zaboravljam pesmu
#Žena je plakala
#Žena prijatelja mog
#Život je reka

External links

* [http://www.tomazdravkovic.com/ Fan club site]
* [http://tomazdravkovic.mojblog.co.yu/ Fan Blog]
* [http://www.bhdani.com/default.asp?kat=kol&broj_id=403&tekst_rb=20/ Miljenko Jergović on Toma Zdravković]