Toma Zdravković

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Tomislav "Toma" Zdravković was a Serbian singer-songwriter and recording artist.
Zdravković was an outstanding figure on the Yugoslav folk scene; a true bohemian and a poet, he lived up to his sad songs. The songs, although having the form of Serbian folk music, had the spirit of chansons. He had a characteristic baritone vocal, not too powerful but warm, resembling that of Charles Aznavour. The violin underlined the melancholic atmosphere in most songs. Most of the lyrics were written by Zdravković, devoted to unfortunate love, and love-suffering while drinking and singing in omnipresent kafanas. He was married four times.
Some of Zdravković's most renowned songs are "Prokleta nedelja", "Dotak’o sam dno života", "Ostala je samo uspomena", "Pustite me da živim svoj život", "Dva smo sveta različita" and testimonial Pesme moje.