Toma Zdravković

Tomislav "Toma" Zdravković (; 20 November 1938 – 30 September 1991) was a Serbian singer-songwriter and recording artist.

Zdravković has been described as a bohemian. His parents had five children, Tomislav being one of the elder children (including his brother and fellow folk singer Novica Zdravković). The family spent most of Zdravković's life in poverty. There was a high rate of unemployment in his village, thus when he turned 18, he decided to look for a job as a singer in the town of Leskovac. He eventually became a singer in a kafana in Leskovac called "Dubočica".

Zdravković's first album was named Essagerata, released in 1964. That year, his first true love, a girl named Slavica who Toma loved, died prematurely at the age of 20 after a serious illness. Zdravković wrote a song named "Buket belih ruža" (A Bouquet of White Roses), dedicated to her, which is still considered his saddest song. With Gordana, he had one son, named Alexander. Also in 1973 lived with long time friend Savo Babic, his wife Mirjana, children Natasha and Nenad, in Windsor, Ontario, for a short time before meeting his wife. Then he returned to Beograd, Yugoslavija to revive his singing career. He enjoyed his bar where he was well known called Sumatovac.

Return to Yugoslavia Zdravković returned to Yugoslavia and published a song "Umoran sam od života" ("I am tired of life") and immediately became a best-selling artist again.

Discography

This is a list of all the singles, extended plays, and albums that Toma Zdravković recorded during his lifetime:

Essagerata (1964) Dan po dan prolazi (1965) Cvetak mali s rosom razgovara (Duet With Milina Stefanović) (1967) Detelina sa četiri lista (Duet With Milina Stefanović) (1967) Nedžmija (1968) Ciganka (1968) A nemam baš nigde nikog na ovom svetu (1968) Kamena stena (1968) Odlazi, odlazi (1969) Dok tebe nisam sreo (1969) Sliku tvoju ljubim (1970) Boli, boli, boli (1970) Kad se voli, što se rastaje (1970) Pesma o Kitty Swan (Duet With Kitty Swan) (1970) Dete Ulice (1970) Što te večeras nema (1971) Poslednje pismo (1971) Živorade (1972) O majko, majko (1973) Prokleta Nedelja (1973) Petlovi poje (1973) Sutra se vraćam kuči (1974) Nikad neću da te zaboravim (1976) Jugoslavijo (1978) Umoran sam od života (1979) Majko, vrati se (1979) Zbogom moja mladosti (1980) Mirjana (1980) Čekaj me (1981) Dva smo sveta različita (1983) Dotakao sam dno života (1984) E, moje brate (Duet With Novica Zdravković) (1986) Dal je moguće (1987) Evo me opet (1988) Kafana je moja istina (1990) Odlazi, odlazi (1991)