Other names Zekerijah Dezic-Deza Years active 1960–2002 Name Zekerijah Dezic | Occupation Singer Religion Sunni Islam | |
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Resting place Alifakovac cemetery, Sarajevo | ||
Zekerijah Đezić (14 November 1937 – 17 October 2002) was a Bosnian folk singer. In 1964, Đezić became the first citizen of Tuzla to have their voice recorded on a gramophone record with the release of his first song "Tuzlanka se Sarajkama hvali" (English: The Tuzla Girl Brags to the Sarajevo Girls). He was posthumously awarded the Davorin award in 2003.
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Early life
Đezić was born into a Muslim Bosniak family in Janja, near Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His mother Hanifa died in February 1965.
Career
Before striking a record deal with Jugoton, Zekerijah worked as a hotel singer in Tuzla, Bijeljina and Zagreb. He relocated to Sarajevo in 1959, singing in hotels for a few months before moving back to Tuzla in March 1960 and signing with Radio Tuzla.
He retired on 25 April 1996.
Death
In August 2002 Đezić was knocked down by a hit and run driver on a pedestrian crossing in Sarajevo, and died of his injuries two months later. The driver of the car has never been found. Zekerijah is buried at the Alifakovac cemetery in Sarajevo.
Studio albums
EP's and singles
Songs
Puknite strune1971
Bosno Moja - Lijepih Planina1964
Udadose moju Fatu1969