Barış Manço - born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
on January 2, 1943 - was a rock singer, songwriter musician, and entertainer. He
is one of the best-selling and most awarded artists in Turkey and is now
acknowledged as a pioneer of Turkish rock music and a founder of the Anatolian
(psychedelic rock) scene. Barış Manço formed his first band, Kafadarlar, while
still attending high school. Influenced by rock and roll stars such as Elvis
Presley, he formed his next band, Harmoniler, in 1962 and focused on covering
revved up Turkish folk songs and twist-i...