Background: | person |
Nadka Karadjova | |
Native Name: | Надка Караджова |
Native Name Lang: | bul |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1937 |
Birth Place: | Trivodici, Kingdom of Bulgaria |
Death Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Genre: | Folk |
Instrument: | Singing |
Years Active: | 1953–2011 |
Label: | Balkanton |
Nadka Karadzhova (Bulgarian: Надка Караджова; 1937 – 2011) was one of Bulgaria's most noted folk singers and the first to become internationally known. She was born in Tri Voditzi in the region of Pazardzhik in 1937 into a family of singers. Her most noted hit was Zablelyalo mi aguntze (A Lambkin has commenced bleating) which in 1979 became a UK hit.[1] On receiving news of her death Tsetska Tsacheva, the President of the Bulgarian National Assembly, wrote a condolatory address: