Marinko Rokvić ( sr-cyr, Маринко Роквић; 27 January 1954 – 6 November 2021) was a
Bosnian Serb folk singer.
Early life
Marinko Rokvić was born on January 27, 1954, in
Bosanski Petrovac
Bosanski Petrovac ( sr-cyrl, Босански Петровац) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the municipality has a p ...
,
PR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
FPR Yugoslavia (modern-day
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
). He was raised in an ethnic
Serb agricultural family in the village of
Kolunić. His affinity for music was demonstrated from an early age through his
accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...
playing. Rokvić eventually relocated to
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
to attend the Electrical Engineering High School "Nikola Tesla".
Career
He started performing in
kafanas after graduating from high school and released his debut record in 1974. However, Rokvić rose to prominence three years later upon his first appearance at the
Ilidža Folk Music Festival. His debut album, titled ''Ruža'', was released in 1981 under
PGP-RTB. Over the years he became one of the most popular Serbian folk singers. His 1983 release, ''Da volim drugu ne mogu'', was sold in around 600,000 copies.
The following year he also made a cameo in the popular television series ''Kamiondžije ponovo voze''.
Marinko Rokvić released in total twenty one studio albums and had numerous hit-songs, including ''Skitnica'', ''Svađalice moja mala'', ''Potražiću oči zelenije'', ''Zanela me svetla velikog grada'', ''Polomio vetar grane'', ''Da volim drugu ne mogu'', ''Jedina moja'', ''Ti za ljubav nisi rođena'', ''Ljubav stara srce para'' and ''Tri u jednoj''.
In 1993, he won the "Zlatni Melos" award and also received the ''Life Achievement Award'' in 2019 from the Union of Serbia's Music Artists.
Personal life
He met his wife Slavica in her native
Zagreb
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in 1984 and they married in January next year. The couple had two sons,
Nikola
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bul ...
and Marko Rokvić, who are also well-known singers.
Rokvić also had a third son, named Dario, from a different relationship.
On November 6, 2021, Rokvić died from
pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of ...
at sixty seven years of age.
Discography
;Studio albums
*''Ruža'' (1981)
*''Prva ljubav'' (1982)
*''Da volim drugu ne mogu'' (1983)
*''Kako da dođem na svadbu tvoju'' (1984)
*''Samo me potrazi'' (1985)
*''Podeli sa mnom dobro i zlo'' (1986)
*''Zena za sva vremena'' (1987)
*''U tebi ljubav buducu vidim'' (1987)
*''Ljubav stara srce para'' (1988)
*''Zivela ti meni'' (1989)
*''Sevdalinke'' (1989)
*''Posle tebe'' (1992)
*''Nismo mi anđeli'' (1994)
*''Zbogom ženo, nevernice lepa'' (1995)
*''Što nisi tuđa'' (1996)
*''Sunce i zora'' (1998)
*''Rođena si da bi bila moja'' (2000)
*''Pravo na ljubav'' (2001)
*''Skitnica'' (2003)
*''Gatara'' (2008)
References
External links
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1954 births
2021 deaths
People from Bosanski Petrovac
Singers from Belgrade
Yugoslav male singers
20th-century Serbian male singers
Serbian folk-pop singers
Grand Production artists
Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Serbia
21st-century Serbian male singers
Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Serbia
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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