Nada Mamula | |
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 Mamula in 1962 at theSjelo na vrelu Bosne TV show taping. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nada Vukićević |
| Born | (1927-01-09)9 January 1927 Belgrade,Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Died | 11 October 2001(2001-10-11) (aged 74) Belgrade,FR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Folk,sevdalinka |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1946–2001 |
Nada Mamula (9 January 1927 – 11 October 2001) was aSerbian andBosnian singer.
She started her career on Radio Beograd, where she passed an audition in 1946 (as Nada Vukićević). In 1946 she delivered her first ever professional performances as Nada Vukićević along with Danica Obrenić and accordionist Voja Trifunović. Soon after marrying Nikola Mamula, she moved toSarajevo and started to work onRadio Sarajevo. Her first famoussevdalinka was "Ah meraka u večeri rane". She was one of the most popular singers ofYugoslavia in the second half of the twentieth century. Her discography includes twoLPs records released byJugoton, four LPs released in the United States, Canada, theNetherlands, andBulgaria and a few dozen singles.
She died and was buried in Belgrade in 2001. She left over 150 recordings of Bosniansevdalinka interpretations as well as traditional Serbian songs in the archives of Radio Beograd, RadioNovi Sad and RadioSarajevo.
Her best-known interpretations are: "U đul bašti", "Mujo kuje konja po mjesecu", "Bosno moja", "Omer beže", "Negdje u daljine", "Bere cura plav jorgovan", "Na teferič pošla nana", "Ah meraka u večeri rane" as well as the ever famous unofficial anthem of Sarajevo "Kad ja pođoh na Bembasu".[1][2]
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