Ayşe Ajda Pekkan is a Turkish singer. She is known by the titles "Superstar" in the Turkish media. Pekkan became a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with her songs, in which she tried to create a strong female figure. By keeping her works updated and getting influence from Western elements, she managed to become one of Turkey's modern and enduring icons in different periods. Her musical style has kept her popular for more than 50 years and has inspired many of her successors. Pekkan is highly respected in the music industry and her vocal techniques together with many of her albums were praised by music critics.
Turkish pop music had its beginnings in the late 1950s with Turkish cover versions of a wide range of imported popular styles, including rock and roll, tango, and jazz. This wide collection of songs was labelled as "Hafif-batı" music and included a wide range of artists, such as Frank Sinatra to Doris Day, Nat King Cole to the Everly Brothers, from Elvis Presley to Paul Anka.
Ümit Besen is a Turkish musical artist representing the darker side of Tarabya school of electronic music. He started his professional career by playing keyboards and singing with his band at the local clubs in Adana, Southern Turkey. While he was in the army for his compulsory military service, a brigadier-general liked his style and appointed him to sing at the officers' mess.
HITT Production or HITT Müzik & Prodüksiyon is a Turkish record label and production company established by pop singer Tarkan in 1997, located in Levent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul.
"Üç Kalp" is a pop song from Turkish girl group Hepsi's debut album, Bir (2005).
Fatih Ahıskalı is a member of the prominent Turkish band Yeni Türkü "New Türkü". He plays the oud.
Gönül Aysel Gürel was a Turkish lyricist and actress. Besides her lyrics, which were performed by singers throughout Turkey, she was known for her outlandish clothing, make up and wigs.
Pet'r Oil was the Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, held in The Hague, Netherlands. The song was sung by Ajda Pekkan in Turkish.
Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980. The country was represented by Ajda Pekkan with the song “Pet'r Oil” written by Şanar Yurdatapan and composed by Attila Özdemiroğlu.
Ego kai esy is the 15th studio album by Greek singer Yannis Parios. It was released in Greece in 1985 by Minos EMI. It contains the greatest hit of the singer "Kokkino Garyfallo", featuring Haris Alexiou. "Imerologio Monaksias" song from this album was covered by Alpay and Ajda Pekkan, who are famous Turkish singers. Alpay covered it as "Hayalimdeki Resim" with lyrics of Fecri Ebcioğlu at "Hayalimdeki Resim" album, was released in 1987. Ajda Pekkan covered it as "Yalnızlık Yolcusu" with lyrics of Fikret Şeneş at "Süperstar 4" album, was released in 1987. However, Alpay's cover was more successful than Ajda's and "Hayalimdeki Resim" was the most successful work for him.
Events in the year 1946 in Turkey.
Ajda is an Arabic and Turkish surname and given name, and a Slovene word for buckwheat, infrequently also used as a female given name. It may refer to:
Ajda 1990 is Turkish pop singer Ajda Pekkan's twelfth studio album, which was released on 14 April 1990 in Turkey. The album was released in France and Turkey, thus the combination of French and Turkish titles. Half the songs are original Turkish compositions written especially for the album, while half are cover versions.
Cool Kadın is Turkish pop singer Ajda Pekkan's sixteenth studio album, which was released on 2 June 2006 in Turkey. The album was certified "Gold" by selling over 100 thousand copies.
Pour Lui is Turkish pop singer Ajda Pekkan's fifth studio album, which was released on 17 December 1978 in Turkey. The album was published in France and Turkey as well as in Israel. Three songs are cover versions of Love & Kisses and Nicole Croisille and one song has been covered by Demis Roussos. There are lyricists and composers such as Michel Jouveaux, Jeff Barnel and Danielle Vézolles, whom were among the leading names in French music at the time.
Pour Lui is a Japanese singer.
Yasemin Akat is a Turkish fashion designer.
Süperstar '83 is the ninth studio album by Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan. It was released on 19 March 1983 by Balet Plak. With the release of the albums Süperstar (1977) and Süperstar 2 (1979) in the decade before, Pekkan succeeded in getting critical acclaim, however, following her poor results on the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 she stayed away from the music market for a while. Meanwhile, she released two records under the Yaşar Kekeva Plak label, but experienced various problems with the company. While Pekkan's disagreements with the company continued, in August 1982 she joined the musical Büyük Kabare with Metin Akpınar and Zeki Alasya. Some of the songs from this show, which were written by Fikret Şeneş, appeared in the third installment of the Süperstar album series.
Büyük Kabare is a two-part musical performed by Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan and Turkish actors Metin Akpınar and Zeki Alasya for the first time in 1982. Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra, Istanbul Developmental Orchestra, Asuman Arsan, Devekuşu Cabaret and USG Dance Group accompanied them on stage. The show went on stage for the first time at the Open-Air Theatre in Istanbul on 6 August 1982 and was held in different cities in the following periods.
Ümit Sayın is a Turkish pop singer, composer and songwriter. Singer-songwriter Sezen Aksu, who was impressed by his voice at a concert in İzmir on 8 September 1990, and after performing a duet with him, she hired him as her backing vocalist. Sayın later worked as a backing vocalist for Harun Kolçak in 1992, Ajda Pekkan in 1993 and Tarkan in 1994–95. He began to write and compose songs in 1991 with the encouragement of Özkan Uğur and soon started to make songs for singers such as Harun Kolçak, Deniz Arcak, Emel Müftüoğlu, Erdal Çelik, Seden Gürel, Leman Sam, Hakan Peker, Burak Kut, İzel, Yeşim Salkım, Pınar Aylin, Suavi, Bendeniz, Tarkan, and Zeynep Dizdar. He continued his career successfully thanks to his musical relationship with Ozan Çolakoğlu. He released his self-titled debut album in 1992.
