Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan
Encyclopedia
Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan is a Turkish
band. The names of the band's singers are Mazhar Alanson
, Fuat Güner
and Özkan Uğur
.
The trio
represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
twice; in 1985
in Gothenburg
, Sweden
they came 14th with Didai Didai Dai
, and in 1988
in Dublin, Ireland
, performing the song Sufi
to finish in 15th place.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
band. The names of the band's singers are Mazhar Alanson
Mazhar Alanson
Mahmut Mazhar Alanson is a Turkish musician, guitarist, member of the popular Turkish pop music band MFÖ and an actor.- Early life :...
, Fuat Güner
Fuat Güner
Aziz Fuat Güner , better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.-Early life:...
and Özkan Uğur
Özkan Ugur
Raif Özkan Uğur is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.He started his musician career in the Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu Orchestra as a bass guitarist. In 1971, Özkan joined Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner in the duo "Kaygısızlar" The band was dissolved in 1972...
.
The trio
Trio (music)
Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...
represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Turkey participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1975, represented by Semiha Yankı performing "Seninle Bir Dakika", but did not achieve any considerable success until the late 1990s...
twice; in 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge"....
in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
they came 14th with Didai Didai Dai
Didai didai dai
"Didai didai dai" was the Turkish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, written, composed and performed by the trio MFÖ. The song title is nonsensical and has no direct translation into any other languages, although it is sometimes Anglicized as "diday diday day." The song title is sometimes...
, and in 1988
Eurovision Song Contest 1988
The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1988 in Dublin. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca...
in Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, performing the song Sufi
Sufi (song)
"Sufi" was the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in Turkish by MFÖ.The song was performed fifth on the night, following United Kingdom's Scott Fitzgerald with "Go" and preceding Spain's La Década Prodigiosa with "La chica que yo quiero "...
to finish in 15th place.
Discography
- Ele Güne Karşı (1984)
- Aşık Oldum / I Fell In Love (1985)
- Peki Peki Anladık (1985)
- Vak The Rock (1986)
- No Problem (1987)
- The Best Of MFÖ (1989)
- Geldiler (1990)
- Agannaga Rüşvet (1992)
- Dönmem Yolumdan (1992)
- M.V.A.B. (1995)
- MFÖ (2003)
- Collection (2003)
- AGU (2006)
- Ve MFÖ (2011)
External links
- M.F.Ö. Official web site
- Paramparça : MFÖ Fan site