Gordana "Goca" Lazarević (Takovo, March 28, 1954) is a Serbian folk music singer, best known for the patriotic folk song "Vidovdan" (St. Vitus Day), as well as the songs "Zaljubljena žena" (Woman in Love), "Svilen konac" (Silk Thread), "Mala žena (od velike slađa)" (Small Woman [is sweeter than a tall one]), "Maramica" (The Handkerchief), and "Koliba kraj puta" (Hut by the Road). She moved to Belgrade from Takovo to enroll in the tourism track at an economics high school, followed by the Higher School of Tourism, from which she never graduated. Her talent for dancing and singing led her to the "Ivo Lola Ribar" Cultural-Artistic Society (KUD), with which she toured all of Yugoslavia. She began her career in 1973. In 1975, she recorded an album featuring 32 traditional songs that writer Bora Stanković used in his body of work, including "Šano, dušo," "Da znaješ mori mome," "Otvori mi belo Lenče," and "Stojanke, bela Vranjanke." She soon joined the vocal ensemble Đerdani (Necklaces), experiencing her first moments of fame alongside Snežana Đurišić and Goca Stojićević, who were also soloists in the group. She achieved successful musical collaboration with composer Milutin Popović Zahar, to whom she was married for many years, singing her greatest hits. Zahar and Goca met in the 1960s at the "Ivo Lola Ribar" society, where he led the orchestra and she sang and danced. They were married for ten years—from 1980 to 1990—and have two children, Miloš and Marija. In her long career, she has released 13 singles and 18 albums. Her greatest hits include: "Vidovdan," "Svilen konac," "Maramica," "Mala žena," "Oproсти mi što mislim na tebe," "Voliš li me," "Meni treba ljubav," "Koliba kraj puta," and "Srpkinja." In 2018, the Association of Variety and Music Artists of Serbia awarded her the Musical Variety Life Achievement Award.
About Gordana Lazarevic
Gordana "Goca" Lazarević (Takovo, March 28, 1954) is a Serbian folk music singer, best known for the patriotic folk song "Vidovdan" (St. Vitus Day), as well as the songs "Zaljubljena žena" (Woman in Love), "Svilen konac" (Silk Thread), "Mala žena (od velike slađa)" (Small Woman [is sweeter than a tall one]), "Maramica" (The Handkerchief), and "Koliba kraj puta" (Hut by the Road). She moved to Belgrade from Takovo to enroll in the tourism track at an economics high school, followed by the Higher School of Tourism, from which she never graduated. Her talent for dancing and singing led her to the "Ivo Lola Ribar" Cultural-Artistic Society (KUD), with which she toured all of Yugoslavia. She began her career in 1973. In 1975, she recorded an album featuring 32 traditional songs that writer Bora Stanković used in his body of work, including "Šano, dušo," "Da znaješ mori mome," "Otvori mi belo Lenče," and "Stojanke, bela Vranjanke." She soon joined the vocal ensemble Đerdani (Necklaces), experiencing her first moments of fame alongside Snežana Đurišić and Goca Stojićević, who were also soloists in the group. She achieved successful musical collaboration with composer Milutin Popović Zahar, to whom she was married for many years, singing her greatest hits. Zahar and Goca met in the 1960s at the "Ivo Lola Ribar" society, where he led the orchestra and she sang and danced. They were married for ten years—from 1980 to 1990—and have two children, Miloš and Marija. In her long career, she has released 13 singles and 18 albums. Her greatest hits include: "Vidovdan," "Svilen konac," "Maramica," "Mala žena," "Oproсти mi što mislim na tebe," "Voliš li me," "Meni treba ljubav," "Koliba kraj puta," and "Srpkinja." In 2018, the Association of Variety and Music Artists of Serbia awarded her the Musical Variety Life Achievement Award.