Šaban Šaulić

Who is Šaban Šaulić?

Šaban Šaulić is a folk singer from Šabac, Serbia who is successful throughout the whole of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. He released his debut EP Dajte mi utjehu in 1969 when he was eighteen years old. In 1970, he served the mandatory Yugoslav army service in Bitola, now in the Republic of Macedonia. His wife Gordana, for whom he wrote and released a hit song for his 1985 album Kafanska noć, titled Gordana. Šaban Šaulić was one the biggest-selling artists in Yugoslavia and still is among the top in former Yugoslavia. He has also recorded songs in Macedonian, including a remake of the classic hit Zajdi, zajdi, jasno sonce.