Tanju Okan | |
---|---|
Born | 27 August 1938 İzmir, Turkey |
Died | 23 May 1996 57) İzmir, Turkey | (aged
Genres | Anatolian rock, türkü |
Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, actor |
Years active | 1961–1995 |
Tanju Okan (27 August 1938 – 23 May 1996) was a Turkish singer.
Okan was born in İzmir on 27 August 1938. He received his primary and secondary education in Manisa and Balıkesir. [1] Afterwards, he went to Italy for vocal training. In 1961, he began singing professionally in Ankara and then in Istanbul. He married twice and was the father of a son. During the 1990s, he retired and began living in Urla, a small seaside town of the İzmir Province. He died from cirrhosis on 23 May 1996.
In the early 1960s, he was a solo singer in the Müfit Kiper orchestra. In 1964, he represented Turkey in the Balkan Music Festival, together with Tülay German and Erol Büyükburç. [2] In the same year, he produced his first 45 rpm record. He had a powerful sound and could easily sing three styles of music popular in the 1960s in Turkey: new compositions, covers of Western music and arranged Turkish folklore music (türkü). In the 1970s, he sang two songs which became instant hits; In 1972 Öyle sarhoş olsam ki ("I wish I was so drunk") and in 1974 Kadınım ("My Woman"). [3] In 1973, he featured on the multi-singer melody Arkadaş Dur Bekle (Turkish version of Auntie) together with Modern Folk Üçlüsü and Nilüfer.
He also starred in eleven movies.
Year | Name |
---|---|
1975 | Bütün Şarkılarım |
1980 | Yorgunum |
1991 | Kadınım / Kime ne |
1992 | Yıllar Sonra / Kırlangıç |
1995 | Tanju Okan 95 |
1999 | Bir zamanlar-Best of Tanju Okan |
2001 | Bir zamanlar-Best of Tanju Okan (2) |
2006 | Bak bir varmış, bir yokmuş |
He also contributed to several multi singer albums. [4]
Timur Selçuk was a Turkish composer, pianist, singer and conductor.
Kartal Tibet was a Turkish actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
Salih Güney is a Turkish film actor.
Gönül Yazar is a Turkish singer and actress.
Fikret Hakan was a prolific Turkish film actor and a recipient of the honorary State Artist, a title awarded by the Turkish government.
Osman Fahir Seden, usually credited as Osman F. Seden, was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Fatma Hümeyra Akbay is a Turkish actress, singer, composer, and lyricist. In the 1970s she was a noted singer and actress. Her popularity with the new generation rose in the 2000s with the hit sitcom Avrupa Yakası, Yalan Dünya by Gülse Birsel. She played in popular youth series "Melekler Korusun" and "Şahsiyet" which won International Emmy Awards. She played in Çağan Irmak's many films like Babam ve Oğlum, Unutursam Fısılda.
Ayla Dikmen was a Turkish singer.
Hayati Hamzaoğlu was a Turkish actor.
Tamer Yiğit is a Turkish actor. He starred as Ertuğrul Gazi in the history based and adventure series Kuruluş: Osman (2019). Throughout his acting career Yiğit has been a recipient of numerous accolades.
Nubar Terziyan was a Turkish–Armenian actor.
Modern Folk Üçlüsü is a Turkish music trio. As the name implies, their main source is Turkish folklore songs (Türkü).
Auntie is a song released by Philips Records in 1972 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC. It is named after the affectionate nickname for the corporation, and featured artists from six countries. The singers are Hildegard Knef, Enrico Macias, Sandra & Andres, Alice Babs, Demis Roussos and Vicky Leandros. The composer is Dutch musician Hans van Hemert.
Muhterem Nur was a Turkish film actress and pop music singer.
Zafer Önen was a Turkish film actor.
Neş'ecan Göktürk, better known as Neşe Karaböcek, is a Turkish singer and considered one of the main artists of Turkish Arabesque music, a fusion of traditional Turkish and world music influences and adaptations of international sounds. She also starred in a great number of Turkish films. She was popular from her first release for the single "Artık Sevmeyeceğim" until the mid 1990s with multiple gold and platinum certifications.
Tanju Gürsu was a Turkish actor, director and screenwriter, who was a major star of Turkish cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in films such as Haremde Dört Kadın (1965) and Üç Korkusuz Arkadaş (1966) under director Halit Refiğ. As director he directed films such as Erkek Kazım (1975) and Kazım'a Bak Kazım'a (1975).
Kazim Kartal was a Turkish film and television actor.
Danyal Topatan was a Turkish-Armenian actor.
Belkıs Özener is a Turkish singer.