Barış Manço biography: 20 things about singer born in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey

Who was Barış Manço?

Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço was a Turkish singer, songwriter and actor born in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey. His mother Rikkat Uyanık was a also singer.

A father of two, Manço was married twice. He attended Galatasaray High School in Istanbul, where he formed his first band Kafadarlar, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège, Belgium.

From 1962 to 1963, Manço and his next band Harmoniler recorded cover versions of some American twist songs and rearrangements of Turkish folk songs in rock and roll form. From 1964 to 1967, he toured his band Les Mistigris in Turkey, Belgium, Germany and France.

In 1970, Manço formed Barış Manço Ve … with foreign musicians. They recorded his single “Dağlar Dağlar.”

Manço died 20 years ago. Here are 20 more things about him:

1. In 1963, he graduated from high school and moved to Europe.
2. In 1964, he continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
3. In 1967, he survived a car accident. He grew a mustache to hide a scar from the accident.
4. From January 1970 to July 1970, he was married to Marie Claude.
5. In 1972, he formed Kurtalan Ekspres and released his first album titled “Dünden Bugüne“.
6. In 1975, he played Mahir in the film “Baba Bizi Eversene” and released the album “2023“.
7. In 1976, he released the albumd “Sakla Samanı Gelir Zamanı” and “Baris Mancho“.
8. In 1978, he married Lale Çağlar.
9. In 1979, he released the album “Yeni Bir Gün“.
10. In 1980, he released the album “20 Sanat Yılı Disco Manço“.
11. In 1981, he released the album “Sözüm Meclisten Dışarı” with Kurtalan Ekspres.
12. In 1983, he released the album “Estağfurullah, Ne Haddimize“.
13. In 1985, he released the album “24 Ayar Manço“.
14. In 1986, he released the album “Değmesin Yağlı Boya“.
15. In 1988, he released the album “Sahibinden İhtiyaçtan“. He directed and presented “7’den 77’ye,” a television show that started to run on TRT 1 in the same year.
16. In 1989, he released his ninth album “Darısı Başınıza“.
17. In 1992, he released his 10th album “Mega Manço“.
18. In 1995, he released “Müsaadenizle Çocuklar“, which was his 11th and last studio album.
19. On January 2, 1999, he turned 56.
20. On February 1, 1999, he died of a sudden heart attack in Kadıköy, Istanbul.