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Barış Manço (January 2, 1943 - January 31, 1999) was a Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, he composed about 200 songs, most of which were translated into a variety of languages including Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian and Arabic. He started his music career in Belgium, where he went to study. Later on, he came back to Turkey in 1970s. Although he first became famous as the pioneer of Turkish ethnic rock in late 1950s, he constantly renewed his style and adopted his songs to the popular styles of his time throughout a career of more than 40 years. He was influenced by Anadolu Pop which was created by Murat Ses of early Moğollar. Influences may be heard on top hit songs such as "İşte Hendek İşte Deve", "Binboğa'nın Kızı" and the like where Murat Ses's organ playing shaped all-over sound. His well-known band, Kurtalan Ekspres, accompanied him in most of his stage performances. Earlier band, a legend by itself includes biggest names of the era. Members from Moğollar (Murat Ses, Engin Yörükoğlu), Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi (Murat Ses, Mustafa Sarışın), Nur Moray, Ohannes Kemer, Celal Güven gave this band its unique characteristics. During this era the group sounded like original Mogollar. The later band included numerous individuals e.g. Elif Turhan, Ahmet Güvenç, Bahadır Akkuzu, Cihangir Akkuzu and Eser Taskiran.

Manço died of a sudden heart attack.

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