Zdenka Vučković ( June 20

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, 1942 - 7 March 2020) was a

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singer with over 60 years of career. Her popularity peaked during 1960s, when she was a teenagers'

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. She is best remembered for the songs ''Moja mala djevojčica'' My Little Girl" best known by the line ''Tata, kupi mi auto'' Daddy, Buy Me a Car"and ''Zagreb, Zagreb'', which has become an unofficial anthem of the Croanian capital."Umrla je Zdenka Vučković"
/ref> For little children her voice is familiar for the song Bunny and the Stream" She announced the end her musical career with the song with a symbolic name ''Odrasla je djevojčica mala'' 'The Little Girl has Grown Up''performed at the 1989 . She still continued singing. In particular in 1991 she performed the song " To Love Somebody" (a song by Bee Gees, in Croatian) in duet with Severina; the song was performed by Zdenka Vučković 20 years earlier and was named "The Interpretation of the Year". In 2010 she performed the song ''Veslaj'' Row!"in duet with Luka Nizetic at

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in 2010. "Danas nas je napustila istinska legenda domaće glazbene scene: sjećate li se kako su zajedno pjevale Zdenka Vučković i Severina?"
/ref>"The legend of the ex-Yugoslav music scene, Zdenka Vuckovic, has left"
/ref> In 1971 she married composer , who was her life partner and personal composer since 1950s.

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* * 1942 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Croatian women singers {{croatia-musician-stub hr:Zdenka Vuckovic