Nada Mamula
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Nada Mamula was a Serbian singer, born during the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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.. 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 Vukicevic along with Danica Obrenic and accordionist Voja Trifunovic.. Soon after marrying Nikola Mamula, she moved to Sarajevo
Sarajevo
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 and started to work on Radio Sarajevo. Her first famous sevdalinka
Sevdalinka
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 was "Ah meraka u večeri rane". She was one of the most popular singers of Yugoslavia in the second half of the twentieth century. Her discography includes two LP
Gramophone record
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s records released by Jugoton
Jugoton
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, four LPs released in the United States
United States
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, Canada
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, the Netherlands
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, and Bulgaria
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 and a few dozen singles. She died and was buried in Belgrade in 2001. She left over 150 recordings of Sevdalinka interpretations as well as traditional Serbian
Serbs
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 songs in the archives of Radio Beogard, Radio Novi Sad
Novi Sad
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 and Radio Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

.

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 Podjoh Na Bembasu".

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