Ismet Alajbegović "Šerbo" (6 March 1925 – 28 July 1987) was a Bosnian accordionist, composer, and writer of folk songs. When

Radio Sarajevo Radio Sarajevo is a radio station and magazine that began airing 10 April 1945, four days after the liberation of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina near the end of World War II. It was Bosnia and Herzegovina's first radio station. The first words s ...

became operational following the liberation of Sarajevo in 1945, Alajbegović started performing on and became an employee of Radio Sarajevo, along with his friend, the singer

Zaim Imamović Zaim Imamović (26 August 1920 – 2 February 1994) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer, accordionist and author. Biography Imamović was born into a Bosniak family in Mrkonjić Grad, modern Bosnia and Herzegovina and after a year his family m ...

. They became the stations' first musicians. He played accordion while Imamović sang. Later Imamović was the major singing star of the Radio Sarajevo, while Alajbegović became the leader of the orchestra, the arranger and songwriter. Throughout his career, Alajbegović composed many folk songs, sung by artists like Silvana Armenulić, Himzo Polovina, and

Safet Isović Safet Isović (8 January 1936 – 2 September 2007) was a Bosnian singer who performed the Bosnian traditional music sevdalinka. Early life and family Isović was born into a Bosniak family in Bileća, located in the Herzegovina region of mode ...

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Ismet Alajbegović discography
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