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Nada Mamula was a Serbian singer, born during the time of the
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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
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and started to work on Radio Sarajevo. Her first famous
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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
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s records released by
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, four LPs released in the
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, the
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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
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songs in the archives of Radio Beogard, Radio
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and Radio
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.
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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