Işıl Yücesoy
| Işıl Yücesoy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 October 1945 Kırklareli, Turkey |
| Genres | Turkish pop music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1975–2016 |
Işıl Yücesoy (born 2 October 1945) is a female Turkish singer. She is also a movie and theatre actress.
Life
Işıl Yücesoy was born in Kırklareli, Turkey on 2 October 1945. Her father Selahattin was a music teacher, and she learned piano playing from her father. After she finished the high school, she studied drama at Ankara State Conservatory, and graduated in 1969. On 1 July 1989, she married to Tayfun Cılızoğlu. She is the mother of a daughter named Meneviş. In 2016, she moved to the United States to join her daughter, who lives in New York City.[1]
Music career
Between 1969 and 1975, she was performing for the Turkish State Theatres. She then focused on music and resigned from the theatre to go on the stage as a singer. She performed in many nightclubs. Her repertoire consisted mostly of Turkish covers of western pop music. She also sang in English, Italian and Russian music. In one of her 45-rmp records, there is a composition of Selami Şahin, a Turkish composer. In 1978, she established her own record label Orient.
She then got interested in television and cinema. She played in many television serials and films.[1]
45 rmp by Işıl Yücesoy
- 1975: Çalamazsın Mutluluğu – Köye Geldi Bir Gelin
- 1977: Açılmamış Mektup -İçmeden Sarhoş
- 1977: Bir Var bir Yok – Sen Seni
- 1978: Sen İnanma – Seninle ya Sensiz
LP and CD
Her albums are the following: [2]
- 1979: Bir Evet Yeter
- 2005: En İyileriyle Işıl Yücesoy
- 2016: Zamansız
References
- 1 2 "Işıl Yücesoy biography". biyografi.info (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ↑ "Işıl Yücesoy Discography at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
