MUSICIAN

Barış Manço

1943 - 1999

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Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beginning his musical career while attending Galatasaray High School, he was a pioneer of rock music in Turkey and one of the founders of the Anatolian rock genre. Manço composed around 200 songs and is among the best-selling Turkish artists to date and the winner of the most awards. Many of his songs were translated into other languages including English, French, Japanese, Greek, Italian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian, Hebrew, Urdu, Arabic, and German. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barış Manço is the 431st most popular musician (down from 301st in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 503rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Barış Manço ranks 431 out of 3,175. Before him are Jack Bruce, Moby, Eric Carr, Andy Fletcher, Ray Parker Jr., and Charles Mingus. After him are Clive Burr, Ginger Baker, Ornette Coleman, John Entwistle, Ralf Hütter, and Bill Ward.

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Among people born in 1943, Barış Manço ranks 153. Before him are Beba Lončar, Pak Doo-ik, Richard Sennett, José Ángel Iribar, Jack Bruce, and Chris Amon. After him are Edie Sedgwick, Tim Hunt, Bob Woodward, Armando Guebuza, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, and R. L. Stine. Among people deceased in 1999, Barış Manço ranks 68. Before him are Edward Dmytryk, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Charlotte Perriand, Hermine Braunsteiner, Paul Bowles, and Igor Netto. After him are Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Viacheslav Chornovil, Ri Jong-ok, Maurice Couve de Murville, Momčilo Đujić, and Leon Štukelj.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Barış Manço ranks 617 out of 1,347. Before him are Ishpuini of Urartu (-900), Vahide Perçin (1965), Hugh III of Cyprus (1235), Philostorgius (368), Marcellinus Comes (450), and Hanzade Sultan (1609). After him are Daniel the Stylite (409), Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), Theodore Metochites (1270), Maathorneferure (-1250), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), and Menander Protector (550).

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Among MUSICIANS In Türkiye

Among musicians born in Türkiye, Barış Manço ranks 3. Before him are Ahmet Ertegun (1923), and Joe Strummer (1952). After him are İdil Biret (1941), Ayla Erduran (1934), Orhan Gencebay (1944), Âşık Veysel (1894), Selda Bağcan (1948), Arif Mardin (1932), Fazıl Say (1970), Arto Tunçboyacıyan (1957), and Şehrazat (1952).

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