Južni Vetar ( sr-Cyrl, Јужни Ветар, "South Wind") is a Bosnian-Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous folk, pop-folk and

turbo-folk Turbo-folk is a subgenre of contemporary South Slavs, South Slavic pop music that initially developed in Serbia during the 1990s as a fusion of techno and folk music, folk. The term was an invention of the Montenegro, Montenegrin singer Rambo ...

singers from

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and

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. The band was founded by Miodrag M. Ilić (nickname Mile Bas), an experienced musician from

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, a town in southern Serbia (hence the name "Southern Wind"). Its members consisted of Miodrag M. Ilić as the bass guitarist, Sava Bojić as lead guitarist and Perica Zdravković for keyboard, while its singers included

Dragana Mirković Dragana Mirković ( sr-Cyrl, Драгана Мирковић, ; born 18 January 1968) is a Serbian pop-folk singer and entrepreneur. She rose to prominence in the eighties as a member of the popular collective Južni Vetar. Mirković is recognise ...

Šemsa Suljaković Šemsa Suljaković (born 29 September 1951) is a Bosnian folk singer. Early life Suljaković was born in Maglaj, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FPR Yugoslavia. S ...

Kemal Malovčić Kemal Malovčić (; born 6 May 1946) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Folk music, folk singer. He started his career in the 1960s. During the 1980s, Malovčić was a member of Južni Vetar (band), Južni Vetar, being among the "Big 5" singer ...

Sinan Sakić Sinan Sakić (; 13 October 1956 – 1 June 2018) was a Serbian pop-folk singer. Sakić first reached massive popularity as a member of the Yugoslav turbo-folk band, Južni Vetar (''Southern Wind''). He also went on to have a successful car ...

and

Mile Kitić Milojko "Mile" Kitić ( sr-Cyrl, Милојко "Миле" Китић; born 1 January 1952, is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-born Serbian folk singer. He rose to prominence as a member of the popular eighties Folk music, folk colle ...

. The band's golden age lasted from 1982 until 1991, when the beginning of

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forced the members to split. As the ideals of "brotherhood and unity" in Yugoslav society began to wane during the mid-1980s, the band embraced the " Yugoslav" identity through its diversity. Its mixture of folk music and "oriental" sounds led to mass popularity. The band reached the peak of its popularity with the 1986 album ''"Pristajem na sve"'', which sold over 500.000 copies. One of the band's singers,

, recorded a solo album ''"Što me pitaš kako živim"'', which officially sold 1 million copies.

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Official SiteB92 interview with Miodrag M. IlićRadio Juzni Vetar uzivoJužni Vetar najveći jugoslovenski bend
{{DEFAULTSORT:Juzni Vetar Serbian pop-folk music groups Yugoslav musical groups Musical groups established in 1982 Musical groups disestablished in 1991 Musical groups from Belgrade

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