Barış Manço

Barış Manço (also spelled Baris Mancho or Baris Manco in some european album releases) (January 2, 1943 - January 31, 1999) was a Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. He composed about 200 songs, some of which were translated into a variety of languages including Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian, Japanese and Arabic. He was, and still is, one of the most beloved public figures of Turkey.

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Barış Manço (Barış means “Peace” in Turkish)
He won scholarship in Belgium Royal Academy in 1963 and went to Belgium to study graphics and art. By the time he was there he was always busy with music and put out records in both Belgium and in Turkey (to where he returned for four or five months every year. Influenced by the rapid cultural movements occuring at the time in Europe, he realised his own country could be the cultural link between East and West, a link avidly sought by many open-minded Western European thoughts. After his collaborations with Les Mistigris and Kaygisizlar, Manço went on to form another band under his name which compromised of multi-national musicians. Best remembered for their fantastic live bluesy underground music.
Source: Turkish Progressive Music in the sixties and seventies