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Sabahudin Kurt
12+ albums
EurovisionEurovision Song ContestESCBosnianYugoslavia
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Sabahudin Kurt (18 July 1935 – 30 March 2018) was a Bosnian folk and pop singer. Kurt represented Yugoslavia in Copenhagen in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the entry "Život je sklopio krug" (English: Life Has Come Full Circle). He finished in thirteenth place, scoring 0 points. Kurt recorded his first song "Dim u tvojim očima" ("Smoke in Your Eyes") in 1954. Kurt was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His mother's name was Munira and he was an only child. He was married to a woman named Ismeta since 1966. Together they have two sons, Damir and Almir. After suffering a heart attack and having triple-bypass surgery in 2007, Kurt retired from music and decided to live out the rest of his life in the Bosnian countryside. He moved to upper Vlakovo village in the Ilidža suburb of Sarajevo. He was again hospitalized 29 August 2014 due to "cardiovascular problems". Kurt was among the guests honoring Serbian composer Kornelije Kovač on 25 November 2012 for the 50th anniversary of Kovač's professional career. Discography Extended plays and singles Dim u tvojim očima (1954) Pjesma Sarajevu / Hvalisavi Mornar (1963) Mala Sarajka / Sarajevske noći (1963) Vaš Šlager Sezone '70 with Hamdija Čustović (1970) Oj sevdahu što si težak ("Ilidža") (1972) Temerav, Temerav (1974) Compilation albums Zlatni jubilej (2004) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
