Nino Rešić

Amir Rešić (22 January 1964 – 18 October 2007), known by the stage name Nino, was a Bosnian turbo-folk singer.

Biography

Rešić was born January 22, 1964, in Bosanska Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a Bosniak family. After completing high school and serving in the Yugoslav People's Army, Amir he moved to Kruševac, SR Serbia in the 1980s to pursue a singing career.

After moving to Kruševac in the 1980s, Amir met a Serbian woman who would become his first wife. Upon meeting his first wife, Rešić converted from Islam to Serbian Orthodoxy and changed his name to Nikola (which is where his nickname ''Nino'' comes from). Amir would go on to marry this woman, but would only remain in a relationship with her for a few years before filing for divorce.

Amir's conversion was a source of controversy, especially with the ethnic tensions brewing in Yugoslavia at the time, which would eventually lead into the Yugoslav Wars. Amir's friends claim that he never officially changed his religion, and some sources claim that Amir had only done so to help his turbo-folk career, which was overwhelmingly run by the Serbian entertainment scene. Amir would eventually convert back to Islam and relocate back to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004.

Rešić was married and divorced 3 times, with the marriages resulting in three daughters: Amela, Sandra and Tamara. His daughter Sandra Rešić competed in Zvezde Granda.

Amir lived the rest of his days in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2007, at the age of 43, he died from the perforation of the pancreas, caused by long-term excessive alcohol consumption.

Career

Under the stage name ''Nino'', Amir became a leading pop folk singer in ex-Yugoslavia with several hit songs released in the 1990s. Off of his 1993. album, ''Zbogom Mala'', all of his songs were hits even getting a VHS music video album release. His first album, ''Žena Je Žena'', came out in 1991. with publisher PGP-RTB and his second album, ''Što Mi Noći Nemaju Svanuća'', was released in 1993. with his third album ''Zbogom Mala''. His second album had 10 songs: "Što Mi Noći Nemaju Svanuća", "Moja Draga Prevari Me", "Samo Reci Da", "Oči Su Moje Mutne Od Dima", "Sudbina Zla", "Mangup", "Noć Ne Noćim", "Obriši Se Suzo Sama", "Pevaj Pevaj Srce Moje", "Dodelio Mi Život Tugu". Fourth album ''Šta Ću Mala S' tobom'' (1994. PGP-RTS) had 7 music videos: "Šta Ću Mala S' Tobom", "Udahni Duboko", "Sunce Nek Potamni", "Donesi Divlje Mirise", "Oči Bez Sjaja", "Bolje Da Te Nisam Ni Poljubio", "Zasviraće Sve Gitare"; all of them were smash hits and were circulating non-stop on Yugoslav Radio Television.

In 1995, Amir released 9 music videos: "Tvoje Oči", "Otrovana Grehom", "Nije Meni", "Idi Moram Da Ti Kažem", "Kasnije Il' Pre", "Pesma Prijatelju", "Ljubav Od Mastila", "Pesma Prijatelju", "Divlja Devojka" (the latter featuring Dragana Mirković as a duet).

Discography

Studio albums:

* ''Car'' ()
* ''Što Mi Noći Nemaju Svanuća'' ()
* ''Zbogom Mala'' ()
* ''Šta Ću Mala S Tobom'' ()
* ''Tvoje Oči'' ()
* ''Tebe Želim Noćas'' ()
* ''Za Prošlu Ljubav'' ()
* ''Ko Te Samo Takne'' ()
* ''Tebi Ravno Sve Do Mora'' ()
* ''Trebaš Mi'' ()
* ''12 Meseci'' ()
* ''Opet Onaj Stari'' ()
* ''Novembar 05'' ()
* ''1 Na 1'' ()

Compilations:

* ''Usne vrele kao žar'' (ZaM, )
* ''Hitovi'' (Diskos, )
* ''Hitovi'' (ZaM, )

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Resic, Nikola
1964 births
People from Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina male singers
Bosnia and Herzegovina folk-pop singers
Bosnia and Herzegovina turbo-folk singers
BN Music artists
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina male singers
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims
Converts to Sunni Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy
Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Islam