Goodbye, legend

Yesterday at 5:00 AM the legend left us and went to a better world.

When I say "the legend", that doesn't mean that I spent hours and hours listening is songs, but those songs are just the part of us. You can't live in the Balkans Peninsula without a clue who was Oliver Dragojević. After 50 long years of singing career and 23 studio albums, that specific voice very difficult to imitate​ will never record a new song. He was well known and very popular in the other neighbor countries, but one thing is sure: he represented our beautiful Dalmatia with each his breath. No, we will never have another artist like him.

Oliver was definitely​ the greatest start in the former state of Yugoslavia, definitely​ greater than Mate Mišo and, the most important​, if you live here, and you are younger than 50, your mom and dad probably made you while Oliver was on the radio. This is how I was created. They never told me which song exactly it was, but they almost called me Oliver. Luckily, I had a grandma who prevented that.

Check a few of his songs if you like:

The last song on this list is from 1975, there are some newer versions, but I prefer the original. If you don't come from here, you probably won't understand the word, but you'll catch​ what was so special about him. Check his biography in English on Wikipedia.

Thank you!