Zvonko Bogdan is still very active and he plays in Serbia and Croatia, and all over the world where Serbian and Croatian people live. Bogdan is also a prolific harness racer, and horses and affection for them are common themes in Bogdan's songs. He is considered one of the most successful racers of Vojvodina In 2001, at Zagreb's Hippodrome, he won the Hrvatski kasački derbi (Croatian Harness Race Derby), establishing a record that still stands. Some of his most recognized songs are "Ej salaši na severu Bačke", "Osam tamburaša s Petrovaradina" (Eight Tamburitza Players from Petrovaradin), "Bunjevačko prelo" (Bunjevac Village Party), "U tem Somboru" (In That Sombor), "Već odavno spremam svog mrkova" (I've Been Preparing My Black Horse for a Long Time), "Ne vredi plakati" (There's No Point in Crying), "Govori se da me varaš" (There Are Rumours You're Cheating on Me), "Kraj jezera jedna kuća mala" (One Little House Next to a Lake), "Fijaker stari" (Old Fiacre), "Prošle su mnoge ljubavi" (Many Loves Have Passed) and "Ko te ima, taj te nema" (The One Who Has You, Does Not Have You). Bogdan married his wife in Belgrade. They have two children, and three grandchildren. He has been living in Subotica since 1980. Influence The most prominent Croatian tamburitza artists, such as Zlatni Dukati, Kićo Slabinac and Miroslav Škoro have recorded many songs that Bogdan wrote or is known for singing them. Zlatni Dukati made an album Starogradska pjesmarica (Old Town Song Book) in 1994, with many popular Bogdan's songs. Kićo Slabinac also started to sing tamburitza songs in the 1970s and part of his repertoire is very similar to Bogdan's. Miroslav Škoro, who is an apprentice of Jerry Grchevich, has a habit to perform "Ej salaši na sjeveru Bačke" in almost every concert as dedication to Zvonko Bogdan. In 1990, Croatian poet Drago Britvić and composer Siniša Leopold wrote a song "Svirci moji" (My Musicians) specifically for Zvonko Bogdan, for him to perform at the traditional Zlatne žice Slavonije festival of tamburitza songs in Požega, Croatia. Because of the Yugoslav crisis, Bogdan did not have a chance to make his performance, but Đuka Čajić stepped in and won the festival. It took more than a decade for Bogdan to perform the song before an audience. In the Croatian Radiotelevision show Hit do hita (Hit After a Hit) in April 2004, Zvonko Bogdan finally gave his premiere of "Svirci moji".