Šaban Šaulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Шабан Шаулић; 6 September 1951 – 17 February 2019) was a Serbian folk singer. His career spanning over 5 decades and his refined baritonevocals have proclaimed him as one of the most prominent Serbian vocalists of the pop-folk genre.

Šaulić died in a traffic collision on 17 February 2019, at Bielefeld.

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Early life

Šaulić was born in Šabac. His mother Ilduza Demirović was from Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His father died while Šaulić was in Australia on tour for the New Year's Eve holiday. He couldn't attend his father's funeral the next day, and has often said he will never be able to come to terms with this fact.[3]

Career

He released his debut EP Dajte mi utjehu in 1969 when he was eighteen years old.

Šaulić held a concert at Belgrade's Sava Centar on 25 November 2011. He was one of the judges on the televised singing contest Pinkove Zvezde.

Personal life

In 1970, he served the mandatory Yugoslav army service in Bitola in what is now the North Macedonia.

His wife's name is Gordana (born 1958). Together they have a son Mihajlo, and two daughters, Sanela and Ilda (born 8 December 1978); Ilda is also a singer. For his wife Šaulić wrote and released a hit song for his 1985 album Kafanska noć, titled "Gordana".

Discography

Studio albums

• Dajte mi utjehu (1969)
• Bio sam pijanac (1972)
• Tuzno vetri gorom viju (1974)
• Ne pitaj me kako mi je druže(1975)
• Gore pisma svedoci ljubavi (1976)
• Dođi da ostarimo zajedno (1978)
• Dva galeba bela (1979)
• Ponovo smo na početku sreće(1980)
• Meni je s tobom sreća obećana(1981)
• Tebi ne mogu da kažem ne (1984)
• Kafanska noć (1985)
• Kad bi čaša znala (1986)
• Vanredni album (1986)
• Kralj boema / Verujem u ljubav(1987)
• Samo za nju (1988)
• Ljubav je velika tajna (1988)
• Ljubav je pesma i mnogo više (1989)
• Pomozi mi, druže, pomozi mi, brate (1991)
• Anđeoska vrata (1992)
• Ljubavna drama (1994)
• Volim da volim (1995)
• Tebi koja si otišla (1996)
• Vanredni album (1996)
• Ljubav je slatka robija (1997)
• Tebe da zaboravim (1998)
• Za novi milenijum (1999)
• Nema ništa, majko, od tvoga veselja (2001)
• Kralj i sluga (2002)
• Šadrvani (2003)
• Album 2004 (hitovi + 2 nove pjesme: "Postelja" i "Sa njom sve") (2004)
• Telo uz telo (2005)
• Bogati siromah (2006)
• Milicu Stojan voleo (2008)

Compilation albums

• Balade
• Najlepše pesme