Bijelo dugme ("White Button") were a highly influential rock band stationed in Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally when in Yugoslavia. Active between 1974 and 1989,
they are considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Yugoslavia
and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav Rock scene.
Bijelo dugme was founded by Goran Bregović who was born in Sarajevo,
who spent much of his childhood in Music School, studying violin, from which he was
expelled for "lack of talent". Soon after his expulsion, his mother bought him a guitar, and thus,
Bijelo dugme was born. Goran Bregović often admitted that his main motivation for forming
the band was because "girls were more receptive to musicians". Bregović was the band's sole
composer and wrote most of the lyrics, although some of the most popular Bijelo dugme
songs weren't written by Bregović, for example: Ima neka tajna veza, Glavni junak jedne knjige,
Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu, Pristao sam biću sve što hoće were written by Duško Trifunović,
Da sam pekar, Selma were written by Vlado Dijak, Loše vino by Arsen Dedić etc.
After recruiting the band's first line up, Bijelo dugme under the name
Jutro (translation: "Morning") were turned down by Sarajevo based record company
Diskoton, but another record company, Jugoton, signed them up to record a single.
The first single was named Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme (translation: "If I were a white button").
After the single was released, the band's manager talked Bregović into changing the band's
name to Bijelo dugme.With its charismatic vocalist Željko Bebek, the band soon
reached superstardom in the former Yugoslavia, and, as one newspaper put it,
sold more records than there were record players in the country.
The pinnacle of the band's career was 1979's Bitanga i princeza, an album often heralded as their most
mature with vocalist Željko Bebek. They were often referred to as the Yugoslav Beatles.
The turn of the decade brought the rise of numerous Yugoslav New Wave artists,
including Azra, and Bijelo dugme soon found their popularity sinking, to which they reacted by
reinventing themselves for their 1980 release Doživjeti stotu, featuring a much more New Wave sound.
The chorus of their ska song "Ha, Ha, Ha" was used as the title of a compilation album by various artists
Svi marš na ples! which was released by Jugoton in 1981.
1984 brought the departure of Željko Bebek to pursue a solo career and Mladen Vojičić - Tifa
was recruited to replace him for their 1984 self-titled release. He in turn left the band because
of inner conflicts and was replaced by Alen Islamović, formerly vocalist of the heavy metal band
Divlje jagode for their last two folk-inspired records.
The band disbanded in 1989 after Alen Islamović checked into hospital for chest pains during their last tour,
without telling anyone he was ill. The real reasons have never been elaborated, but most people suspect the
dissolution of Yugoslavia caused the breakup of the band, because the band was often seen as a symbol of
unity among the peoples of Yugoslavia.
1.Kad bi` bio bijelo dugme
2.Blues za moju bivšu dragu
3.Ne spavaj mala moja muzika dok svira
4.Sve ću da ti dam samo da zaigram
5.Selma
6.Patim evo deset dana
Željko Bebek - vocals
Goran Bregović - guitar, harmonica
Vlado Pravdić - hammond organ, moog synthesizer, electric piano, piano
Zoran Redžić - bass guitar
Ipe Ivandić - drums
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