Wikipedia:Ado Gegaj

Ado Gegaj (born August 23, 1958, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian singer. He has a sister and a brother who are also involved in music. Hajrija Gegaj is a singer, and Izet Gegaj is a composer, arranger and musician who also sings. Ado Gegaj is married and has three children.

Life and career
He started his singing career at a young age, as a performer of folk music. He played in a music group with his brother Izet, sister Hajrija and friend Jashar Ahmedovski. The group was founded by Izet Gegaj Izoni, who played the accordion, Ado guitar, and Hajrija Gegaj and Jašar Ahmedovski were singers. In 1987, the Gegaj brothers began collaborating with Dragan Stojković Bosanac, a music arranger in the former Yugoslavia. He recorded the first record for the record company "Diskos" from Aleksandrovac, on which the songs stand out: "Okreni moj broj", "Veceras me drustvo zove" and "Carobni krug". He received great support at the beginning of his career from his older brother Izet Gegaj, who wrote music for Ado and was an accordionist and showman. In collaboration with Dragan Stojković Bosanac, in 1988 he recorded new hits: "Telefon zvoni", "Varao me jaran moj", "Tvoj me pogled ubi", "Ni korak dalje necu bez nje".

In the continuation of his career, in 1989, he stopped collaborating with Dragan Stojković and recorded a new record called "Ljubav za ljubav". The song "Ko vojniku ljubav krade" appears on this album, which became a hit especially with the recruits who went to the army. Next to it, there were also the eponymous song "Ljubav za ljubav" and "Prijete tvoji, prijete moji". In 1990, he recorded his last album in collaboration with "Diskos" called "Ti si dio mene", which included the songs: "Ti si dio mene", "Dva jarana glave lude" and "Ljepotica".

The greatest success in his career happened with the collaboration with Dragan Stojković Bosanac, which lasted two years and during which time he recorded albums called "Ljubav za ljubav" and "Ti si dio mene", which included many hits. In 1994 he recorded the album "Gdje si bila" by his brother Izet and Dzavid Ljubovci. The hit song on this album is “Hej, majko mati”. Already in 1995, he recorded a new album called "Vjerovo' sam ti", where the song of the same name became very popular together with the song "Bosna moja". In 1998, Ado recorded a new CD "Ovo malo duse", from which a song called "Slicica" and songs like: "Na sve si me naucila", "Da si jad i nesreca" and others. In 2000 he returned to Belgrade where he recorded an album in collaboration with Srki Boy. On this album, the songs stand out: "Nemojte mi suditi", "Pobjednik na kraju" and the duet with Hajrija "Nerviras me" in the "Euro Sound" production. The song "Okreni moj broj" came to life again. On that occasion, Ado Gegaj is recording a compilation of hits for the publishing house "Gold", for which he is recording the next album called "Nazovi zbog nas". He continued his career in 2005 with the concert "LIVE CD", which contains all his most successful songs performed after one of his performances in the USA. The next album "Dunjo moja" was released in 2008 in the production of MEGASOUND for Serbia, whose owner is Mića Nikolić. The songs "Dunjo moja" and "Nisam Sinan" stood out. The same album was released for the BiH market by Hayat Production. He is recording his latest album with Izet Gegaj-Izoni, entitled "Sad i ja znam". This album was also released for two record labels. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the publisher is Valentino Records, and in Serbia KCN Records. In addition to these listed albums, many record labels have released compilations of his hits such as: EMBEX, GOLD, Diskos.

During his career, Ado Gegaj was active in the charitable work of many humanitarian organizations. In addition, he participated in hundreds of charity concerts during the 1990s in Western Europe.

Studio albums

 * Okreni moj broj (1987)
 * Telefon zvoni (1988)
 * Ljubav za ljubav (1989)
 * Ti si dio mene (1990)
 * Gdje si bila (1994)
 * Vjerovo' sam ti (1995)
 * Ovo malo duše (1998)
 * Koktel za sva vremena (1998)
 * Pobjednik na kraju (2000)
 * HITOVI (2002)
 * Nazovi zbog nas (2002)
 * LIVE 100% (2006)
 * Dunjo moja (2008)
 * Sad i ja znam... (2011)
 * Bosanac/Ženi mi se brat (2015)
 * Ljubomoro/Kockar (2017)