Milojko "Mile" Kitić ( sr-Cyrl, Милојко "Миле" Китић; 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

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, Kemal Malovčić and

Šemsa Suljaković Šemsa Suljaković born 29 September 1951) is a Bosnian folk singer. Early life Suljaković was born in Maglaj, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia. She was born as the eldest of six children into an ethnic Bosniak family. Career Suljakov ...

. One of his first hits was song "Mala, mala iz Novog Pazara" (''Baby Girl, Baby Girl from

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'').

Life and career

Kitić was born on

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, 1952, in the village of Cerani near the town of

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. He graduated from high school in

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. His first release was "Čija si ljubav" (''Whose Love Are You'') in 1975, while 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" (''Glass of Love''). While in the group he also collaborated with fellow Yugoslav folk singers

, Kemal Malovčić and

. 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 between Belgrade and

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with his second wife, also a well-known singer,

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. His younger daughter

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is an R&B singer.

Discography

*''Moja slatka mala'' (1982) *''Jorgovani plavi'' (1983) *''Čaša ljubavi'' (1984) *''Ja neću ljepšu'' (1985) *''Kockar'' (1986) *''Mogao sam biti car'' (1987) *''Što da ne'' (1988) *''Osvetnik'' (1989) *''Stavi karte na sto'' (1990) *''Gledaj me u oči'' (1991) *''Ćao, Jelena'' (1992) *''Vuk samotnjak'' (1993) *''Moj sokole'' (1994) *''Okreni jastuk'' (1995) *'' Ratnik za ljubav'' (1996) *'' Ostaj ovde'' (1997) *'' Do sreće daleko, do Boga visoko'' (1998) *'' Tri života'' (1999) *'' Zlato, srebro, dukati'' (2000) *''Plava ciganko'' (2001) *''Budi moja'' (2001) *''Policijo, oprosti mi'' (2003) *'' Zemljotres'' (2004) *'' Šampanjac'' (2005) *''Šanker'' (2008) *''Paklene godine'' (2012) *''Rakija'' (2013) *''Nokaut'' (2014) *''Mađioničar'' (2017)

References

External links

Official website, archive
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Life and career

Discography

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