Bora Đorđević

Infobox musical artist
Name = Bora Đorđević
Alias = Bora Čorba


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Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date|1952|11|1|mf=y Čačak, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
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Genre = Acoustic rock Rock Hard rock Heavy metal
Occupation = Singer, songwriter
Instrument = vocals, guitar
Years_active = 1974 – present
Label = ZKP RTLJ, Diskos, PGP RTB, Jugoton, Helidon, WIT, Samy, Hi-Fi Centar, Biveco, SIM Radio Bijeljina, Čorba Records, M-Factory, City Records
Associated_acts = Zajedno, Suncokret, Rani Mraz, Riblja Čorba, Arsen Dedić

Borisav "Bora" Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Борисав-Бора Ђорђевић), also known as Bora Čorba (Serbian Cyrillic: Бора Чорба), is a Serbian singer, songwriter and poet. He is best known as the lead singer for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.

Biography

He was previously a member of numerous Čačak and Belgrade pop and rock bands in the 1970s, such as Zajedno, Suncokret and Rani Mraz (with Đorđe Balašević). He formed Riblja Čorba with former SOS members on September 15 1978 and the band became very popular in a few months. The band's popularity grew, but it has also started manifesting in Đorđević's alcoholism, which has, together with his provocative social-related lyrics, caused him to become one of the most controversial musicians in Yugoslavia. He was indicted for "insulting the working people of Yugoslavia" in 1987, however the charges were dropped.

After the beginning of the Yugoslav wars, Đorđević became an active supporter of the Serbian troops in Republika Srpska and Republika Srpska Krajina, but he was also strongly opposed to Serbian regime and the president Slobodan Milošević and he demonstrated his attitude by publishing "Njihovi dani" ("Their Days") in his own name rather than that of his band, which was published in Banja Luka, 1996.

After the political changes in Serbia, he became the Deputy Minister of Culture in Serbian Government in 2004, but he was forced to resign from the position the next year, after accusing the journalists of the television station B92 of spying and holding anti-Serbian politics Fact|date=February 2007.

He was married to Dragana Đorđević, until they divorced on February 12 2007 [ [http://www.novosti.co.yu/code/navigate.php?Id=9&status=jedna&vest=101539&datum=2007-03-23 Ubila se Dragana Đorđević] , Večernje novosti, March 23 2007] . Soon afterwards, on March 23 2007, Dragana committed suicide from mixing alcohol and drugs. They had two children.

Discography

olo albums

# "Arsen & Bora Čorba Unplugged `87" (1987) - with Arsen Dedić
# "Bora priča gluposti" (1988)
# "Njihovi dani" (1996)

With Zajedno

ingles

# "Vizija" / "Goro moja" (1974)

With Suncokret

Albums

# "Moje bube" (1977)

ingles

# "Kara Mustafa" / "Moje tuge" (1975)
# "Gde ćeš biti, lepa Kejo" / Pusto more, pusti vali" (1976)
# "Rock 'n' Roll duku duku" / Gili gili blues" (1976)
# "Oj, nevene" / "Tekla voda" (1976)

With Rani Mraz

ingles

# "Računajte na nas" / "Strašan žulj" (1978)
# "Oprosti mi Katrin" / "Život je more" (1978)

With Riblja Čorba

tudio albums

# "Kost u grlu" (1979)
# "Pokvarena mašta i prljave strasti" (1981)
# "Mrtva priroda" (1981)
# "Buvlja pijaca" (1982)
# "Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju" (1984)
# "Istina" (1985)
# "Osmi nervni slom" (1986)
# "Ujed za dušu" (1987)
# "Priča o ljubavi obično ugnjavi" (1988)
# "Koza nostra" (1990)
# "Labudova pesma" (1992)
# "Zbogom, Srbijo" (1993)
# "Ostalo je ćutanje" (1996)
# "Nojeva barka" (1999)
# "Pišanje uz vetar" (2001)
# "Ovde" (2003)

Live albums

# "U ime naroda" (1982)
# "Nema laži, nema prevare - Zagreb uživo `85" (1995)
# "Od Vardara pa do Triglava" (1996)
# "Beograd, uživo `97 - 1 i 2" (1997)
# "Gladijatori u BG Areni" (2008)

EPs

# "" (2005)
# "" (2006)
# "" (2006)

References