Barış Manço

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Barış Manço
Born	Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço (1943-01-02)2 January 1943 Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Died	1 February 1999(1999-02-01) (aged 56) Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, composer, actor, television producer and show host
Spouse(s)	Marie Claude (m. January – July 1970) Lale Manço (Çağlar) (m. 1978 – 1999)
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	Anatolian rock Alternative rock Progressive rock Psychedelic rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	1958–1999
Labels	Sayan Yavuz Plak CBS Disques / Grammofoonplaten SABV Türküola Emre Plak
Associated acts	Moğollar, Kafadarlar, Harmoniler, Les Mistigris, Kaygısızlar, Barış Manço Ve ..., Kurtalan Ekspres, George Hayes Orchestra
Musical artist
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Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço;^[1][2] 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, songwriter, composer, actor, television producer and show host.^[3] Beginning his musical career while attending Galatasaray High School, he was a pioneer of rock music in Turkey and one of the founders of the Anatolian rock genre. Manço composed around 200 songs and is among the best-selling and most awarded Turkish artists to date. Many of his songs were translated into a variety of languages including English, French, Japanese, Greek, Italian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian, Hebrew, Urdu, Arabic, and German, among others.^[4] Through his TV program, 7'den 77'ye ("From 7 to 77"), Manço traveled the world and visited many countries on the globe.^[5] He remains one of the most popular public figures of Turkey.

Early life and career[]

Barış Manço was born in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey on 2 January 1943. His mother, Rikkat Uyanık, was a famous singer in the early 1940s. His older brother, who was born during World War II, was named Savaş ("war" in Turkish) while he was named Barış ("peace" in Turkish) by his parents to celebrate the end of the war. At birth, he was additionally named Tosun Yusuf after his deceased uncle Yusuf called Tosun (literally: Joseph the Sturdy). However, this name was erased just before he attended primary school.^[1]

In primary school his head was shaven to prevent head lice, a serious threat at the time, which he cited among reasons for his later signature long hair.

During his high school days in Galatasaray High School (and later in Şişli Terakki High School) he formed his first band, Kafadarlar ("The Buddies"), allegedly upon seeing Erkin Koray's band performing, all students of Deutsche Schule Istanbul (İstanbul Alman Lisesi), a nearby high school. Prof. Dr. Asaf Savaş Akat, a famous economist in Turkey, played saxophone, and guitarist Ender Enön made his own guitar because it was difficult to find a real one on the market in those years.

In 1962 and 1963, with his next band, Harmoniler ("The Harmonies"), he recorded cover versions of some of popular American twist songs and rearrangements of Turkish folk songs in rock and roll form, marking the beginning of the Anatolian rock movement, a synthesis of Turkish folk music and rock. In this period, his key visual and musical influence was Elvis Presley.

After graduating from high school in 1963, he moved to Europe, traveling around Paris and Liège, where he formed bands with local musicians and recorded some singles mainly in English and in French but also in Turkish. Then, in 1964, Barış Manço continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège, Belgium. He toured with his band Les Mistigris (not related to Mistigris) in Germany, Belgium, France and Turkey until 1967.

In 1967, he suffered a serious car accident, after which he started to grow his signature mustache to disguise his scar.

Frustrated by the difficulties of working with musicians from different nationalities, he formed Kaygısızlar (The Carefrees), featuring Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner, future members of the band MFÖ. He recorded several singles and toured with the band, both domestically and internationally, until the band members revealed that they did not want to live abroad.

In 1970, he formed Barış Manço Ve ... ("Barış Manço and ...") again with foreign musicians, to record his first hit single, both in Turkey and in Belgium, Dağlar Dağlar (Mountains, Mountains!), selling over 700,000 copies. Today, the song remains one of his most popular works.

1970s[]

After the success of "Dağlar Dağlar", Manço recorded a couple of singles with Moğollar (The Mongols), another influential Turkish Anatolian rock band. He then decided to return to Turkey where he recorded with the reformed Kaygısızlar for a short period. In 1971, his early works were compiled under his first full-length album Dünden Bugüne, today commonly referred to as Dağlar Dağlar.

In 1972, he formed Kurtalan Ekspres, a legend by itself, the band that would accompany him until his death. In 1975 until when he continued to release singles, he released his first non-compilation LP 2023, a concept album that includes many instrumental songs.

As a last attempt to reach international success, he released the LP titled Baris Mancho (1976), a strange transcription of his name, mostly with George Hayes Orchestra under CBS Records label, in Europe and South Africa. Although the album did not bring the fame he was expecting, it did reach the top of the charts in Romania and Morocco. The following year, the album was released in Turkey under the title Nick the Chopper. In 1975 he starred in the movie Baba Bizi Eversene (Father make us marry) which is the only movie he ever starred in during his career. The music of the movie consists of a compilation of tracks composed by Barış Manço and Kurtalan Ekspres.

From 1977 to 1980, he released three more albums in Turkey, partly consisting of compilations of older singles, namely Sakla Samanı Gelir Zamanı (1977), Yeni Bir Gün (1979) and 20. Sanat Yılı Disko Manço (1980), all following a similar sound with 2023. All these albums are now rarity items, but most of the material from the era are available in later compilations Ben Bilirim and Sarı Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa.

1980s[]

In 1981, Manço released Sözüm Meclisten Dışarı with Kurtalan Ekspres, containing many hit songs including "Alla Beni Pulla Beni", "Arkadaşım Eşek", "Gülpembe", "Halhal" and "Dönence" among others. The album remains as one of their most popular works and launched a boost of popularity for Barış Manço during the 1980s.

"Arkadaşım Eşek" ("My Friend Donkey"), quickly grew very popular among children (the song is about rural nostalgia and was not initially intended as a children's song).^{[citation needed]} Throughout his career, he went on to write many other songs primarily for children to achieve an iconic acceptance among Turkish children of the 1980s and 1990s.

On the other hand, "Gülpembe", composed by Kurtalan Ekspres bassist Ahmet Güvenç, a requiem for Manço's grandmother, caught older audiences and probably is the artist's most popular song, competing perhaps only with "Dağlar Dağlar".

In 1983, Estağfurullah, Ne Haddimize was released. It contained hit songs "Halil İbrahim Sofrası" and "Kol Düğmeleri", a new version of the artist's first song. "Halil İbrahim Sofrası" exemplified Manço's signature moral-themed lyrics, a rare feature in Turkish pop music.

In 1985, 24 Ayar Manço which included "Gibi Gibi" and a long conceptual song "Lahburger" was released. It also marked the beginning of the shift in Manço's sound characterized by the heavy use of synthesizers and drum machine in contrast with his older works consisting of a group-oriented rock-based sound. In subsequent years, Manço released Değmesin Yağlı Boya (1986), Sahibinden İhtiyaçtan (1988) and Darısı Başınıza (1989), all containing a couple of hit songs and demonstrating his new sound.

7'den 77'ye and 1990s[]

Cameraman Erkan Umut and Barış Manço in Teotihuacan, Mexico in 1998.

Barış Manço Museum.

In 1988, 7'den 77'ye (From 7 to 77), a TV show directed and presented by Manço, began to run on TRT 1, the Turkish state television channel. It was a combined music, talk show, and documentary program which was a major hit during the eight years it stayed on air. Manço traveled to almost 150 countries for the show. "Adam Olacak Çocuk", a section of his show dedicated to children, strengthened Manço's popularity among the young generations.

Although his fame continued in the 1990s thanks to the wide audience of his TV show, which was followed by all age groups, his musical works in this period were not as successful as those in the previous decades. The albums Mega Manço (1992) and Müsadenizle Çocuklar (1995) were considered the weakest efforts of his career, despite the limited success of the 1992 children hit Ayı (The Bear). On the other hand, in 1995 he toured in Japan with Kurtalan Ekspres, leading to Live In Japan (1996), his only live album. He released two albums in that country with some recognition as "the man who writes songs about vegetables", referring to "Domates, Biber, Patlıcan" ("Tomato, Pepper, Aubergine") and "Nane, Limon Kabuğu" (Mint, Lemon Rind), two of his hit songs from the 1980s.

Death[]

The grave of Barış Manço at Kanlıca Cemetery in Kanlıca, Istanbul.

On 1 February 1999, Barış Manço died of a sudden heart attack before the release of his just finished last work Mançoloji (Mançology or Manchology) (1999), a double album containing the new recordings of his hit songs along with an unfinished instrumental song "40. Yıl" ("The 40th Anniversary"), celebrating his 40th year in music. His sudden death caused an almost unanimous shock in Turkey with millions of people mourning and tens of thousands of people attending his funeral.

He was interred at Kanlıca Cemetery in Istanbul.^[6]

Legacy[]

Barış Manço was one of the most influential Turkish musicians. In his early career he and his bands contributed to the Turkish rock movement by combining traditional Turkish music with rock influences, which is still one of the main trends of Turkish popular music.

His visual image, characterized by his long hair, mustache and big rings, softened the reaction of the otherwise conservative Turkish public opinion.

Manço pioneered the progressive rock-influenced Anatolian rock movement in the 1970s. His experimentation with electronic instruments in the late 1980s contributed to the 1990s sound of Turkish popular music.

His lyrics with diverse themes, mostly following a somewhat modernized version of the "aşık" (wandering folk poets) tradition were heavily marginal in the popular music scene of the 1980s which was mostly dominated by love-themed lyrics.

In 2002, a tribute album was released under the name Yüreğimdeki Barış Şarkıları ("Songs of Barış (Peace) In My Heart"), featuring 15 popular Turkish artists of such diverse genres like arabesque, pop and rock (both Anatolian and western style) demonstrating his wide range of influence.

Wax sculpture of Barış Manço at his house (Barış Manço Evi) in the Moda quarter of Istanbul, today a museum.^[7]

Discography[]

Albums[]

• Dünden Bugüne (1972) (Sayan)
• 2023 (1975) (Yavuz Plak)
• Sakla Samanı Gelir Zamanı (1976) (Yavuz)
• Baris Mancho, released as Nick The Chopper in Turkey (1976) (CBS Disques/Grammofoonplaten S.A.B.V., CBS 81784, Yavuz LP)
• Yeni Bir Gün (1979) (Yavuz ve Burç Plakçılık)
• 20 Sanat Yılı Disco Manço (1980) (Türküola)
• Sözüm Meclisten Dışarı (1981) (Türküola)
• Estağfurullah ... Ne Haddimize! (1983) (Türküola)
• 24 Ayar Manço (1985) (Emre Plakçılık)
• Değmesin Yağlı Boya (1986) (Emre Plakçılık)
• 30 Sanat Yılı Fulaksesuar Manço - Sahibinden İhtiyaçtan (1988) (Emre Plakçılık)
• Darısı Başınıza (1989) (Yavuz ve Burç Plakçılık)
• Mega Manço (1992) (Emre Plak)
• Müsaadenizle Çocuklar (1995) (Emre Plak)
• Barış Manço Live In Japan (1996) (Emre Plak)
• Mançoloji (1999) (Emre Plak)
• Barış Manço Golden Rollers (2018) (Tunas Tunes)
• Manlac Blues 9 - Demo 1965 - 1966 Volume 1 (2019) (Tunas Tunes)

Singles[]

With Harmoniler

• Twistin USA / The Jet (1962) (Grafson MGG 515)
• Do The Twist / Let's Twist again (1962) (Grafson MGG 516)
• Cit Cit Twist / Dream Girl (1963) (Grafson MGG 566)

With Jacques Denjean Orchestra

• Baby Sitter / Quelle Peste / Jenny Jenny / Un Autre Amour Que Toi (1964) (Rigolo 18.726)

With Les Mistigris

• Il Arrivera / Une Fille (1966) (Sahibinin Sesi 45-AX 3092)
• Bien Fait Pour Toi / Aman Avcı Vurma Beni (1966) (Sahibinin Sesi 45-AX 3093)
• Bizim Gibi / Big Boss Man / Seher Vakti / Good Golly Miss Molly (1967) (Sayan)

With Kaygısızlar

• Kol Düğmeleri / Big Boss Man / Seher Vakti / Good Golly Miss Molly (1967) (Sayan FS-144)
• Kızılcıklar / I'll Go Crazy (1968) (Sayan FS-171)
• Bebek / Keep Lookin' (1968) (Sayan FS-179)
• Karanlıklar İçinde / Trip - To a Fair (1968) (Sayan FS-180)
• Boğaziçi / Flower of Love (1968) (Sayan FS-194)
• Runaway / Unutamıyorum (1969) (Sayan FS-199)
• Aglama Değmez Hayat / Kirpiklerin Ok Ok Eyle (1969) (Sayan FS 204)
• Kağızman / Anadolu (1969) (Sayan FS 213)

With Barış Manço Ve

• Derule / Küçük Bir Gece Müziği (1970) (Sayan FS-223)
• Dağlar Dağlar 1 / Dağlar Dağlar 2 (1970) (Sayan 229)

With Moğollar

• İşte Hendek İşte Deve / Katip Arzuhalim Yaz Yare Boyle (1971) (Sayan FS-266)

With Moğollar / Kaygısızlar

• Bin Boğanın Kızı / Ay Osman (1971) (Sayan FS-271)

With Kaygısızlar / Les Mistigris

• Fil ile Kurbağa / Je te Retrouverais (1972) (Sayan FS 279)

With Kurtalan Ekspres

• Ölüm Allah'ın Emri / Gamzedeyim Deva Bulmam (1972) (Yavuz YA 1544)
• Lambaya Püf De / Kalk Gidelim Küheylan (1973) (Yavuz YA 1548)
• Gönül Dağı / Hey Koca Topcu Genç Osman (1973) (Yavuz YA 1554)
• Nazar Eyle Nazar Eyle / Gülme Ha Gülme (1974) (Yavuz YA 1562)
• Bir Bahar Akşamı / Estergon Kalesi (1974) (Yavuz YA 1569)
• Ben Bilirim /2023 (1975) (Yavuz Plak YA 1573)
• Çay Elinden Öteye Rezil Dede / Vur Ha Vur (1976) (Yavuz Plak YA 1580)
• Ride On Miranda (1976) (CBS / Sony Music)
• Blue Morning Angel (1976) (CBS / Sony Music)
• Tell Me Old Man (1976) (CBS / Sony Music)

With George Hayes Orchestra / Kurtalan Ekspres

• Nick the Chopper / Lonely Man (1977) (Yavuz YA 1584)

With Kurtalan Ekspres

• Hal Hal / Eğri Eğri Doğru Doğru Eğri Büğrü Ama Yine De Doğru (1981) (Türküola 239)

Filmography[]

• Baba Bizi Eversene (1975)

References[]

Further reading[]

• M.Ali Eren (6 February 1999). "Türkiye Barış'ı arıyor". Aksiyon (in Turkish). 218. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barış Manço.

• Barış Manço Rock Derneği Resmi Sitesi
• Barış Manço House Museum
• Obituary in The New York Times
• Barış Manço & Les Mistigris, Discogs
• Barış Manço & Les Mistigris, Last FM