Müslüm Gürses

From 1967 on he performed live türkü Turkish folk songs regularly on Saturdays within the stateowned radio station of TRT AdanaÇukurova His debut record single EmmioğluOvada Taşa Basma was released in 1968 The next year in 1969 he already landed a hit record titled Sevda Yüklü KervanlarVurma Güzel Vurma released by Palandöken Records in Istanbul which sold 300000 copiesAfter completing his conscription he returned to Istanbul and successfully continued to record folk songs He had 13 singles by label Palandöken four by Bestefon 15 by Hülya Records and finally two by Çin Çin Records Müslüm Gürses stepped into Yeşilçam and starred in 38 moviesLater in his life Gürsess interest started to shift toward other musical genres He included pop and rock music to his repertory singing such titles as Olmadı Yar of Nilüfer Paramparça of Teoman and İkimizin Yerine of TarkanMüslüm Gürses mainly sang Turkish folk and Ottoman classical music In his songs he primarily expressed sorrow and painful feelings He is considered a cult figure of Turkish folk music and has a very dedicated group of fans who call him Müslüm Baba Papa Müslüm affectionatelySource wikipedia