Tülay German

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Tülay German
Also known as Toulaï
Born 1935
İstanbul, Turkey
Origin Turkey
Genres Anatolian rock, türkü, jazz
Occupations Singer, musician, writer
Years active 1962-1987
Labels Ezgi, Phlips, Arion, Kalan

Tülay German (born 1935), also known as Toulaï, is a Turkish female singer, currently living in France. She is known for her modern interpretations of Turkish folk music.

Early years

Tülay German was born 1935 to a civil servant father and his housewife mother as the only child in İstanbul.[1] She began singing Turkish classical music at the age of four. During her primary school years, she performed Franz Schubert's Ständchen (aka Serenade) and Abends unter der Linde on radio. She received five years long piano education by Ferdi Statzer.[2]

Belkıs Aran, a well-known soprano of that time, took her secretly to a German music teacher, who attested her a soprano talent. However, her parents did not send her to conservatory, instead to Üsküdar American Academy in İstanbul, she graduated in 1956 from.[2]

Career

In Turkey

During her short stays in Ankara because fo her father's duty, she wanted to sing in night clubs. Her father did not allow her, however she secretly went to a night club after her father went sleeping, and performed English and Spanish songs. This situation continued until a friend of her father detected her in the night club, and told that to her father. She was sent promptly to Istanbul. She was 25 years of age.[2]

Tülay German could persuade her father in Istanbul. Between 1960 and 1962, she made a name as a jazz singer. She sang jazz in Salim Ağırbaş Quintet's weekly programs at Radio Istanbul. One day, she met Erdem Buri, who performed jazz with his band in the 1940s and was known for his radio talk shows on jazz in the 1950s. He recommended her to sing Turkish language folk songs instead of foreign kanguage lyrics.[2] She performed then in the Erdem Buri's radio program of "Polyphonic Turkish Popular Music" (Turkish: Çoksesli Türk Popüler Müziği).[1] Erdem Buri managed to build a repertory consisting of works by renowned folks musicians and poets such as Ruhi Su,[2] Melih Cevdet Anday and Yalçın Tura.[3]

German appeared on the cover of the magazin "Arena" after she was named the "Best Singer" by the critics for her performance at the 1964 Balkan Melodies Festival held in Yugoslavia.[3] At that time, she released her single Burçak Tarlası, which is considered as the first hit of Turkish pop music.[1][2]

Emigration to France

In 1966, Tülay German went to Paris, France together with Erdem Buri, who was sued on a 15-year charge because of translations he had made of German philosopher Hegel's works on Dialectic and Science of Logic.[2][4]

In Paris, she recorded ten singles in French language, and adopted the stage name "Toulaï"[5] for easy pronunciation in French. She gave concerts, took part at concerts with also renowned artists such as Charles Aznavour, Léo Ferré and The Moody Blues, and was host in radio and television programs in France, Germany, Poland, Tunisia, Marocco, Netherlands and Brazil.[1][2]

Her love songs and folk ballads overstepped the boundaries. Her Turkish-language album recorded in France was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque of Académie Charles Cros in 1981. Her last alum released was Nazım Hikmet'e Saygı (Respect to Nazım Hikmet). In 1987, Tülay German retired from the active music scene after a concert she gave in the Netherlands.[1][2][6]

She was partner with Erdem Buri, who died on January 2, 1993.[1][4]

Works

Discography

Selected singles
  • Summertime, 1962 (Odeon)
  • Burçak Tarlası/Mecnunum Leylam'ı gördüm, 1964 (Ezgi)
  • Yarının Şarkısı/Kızılcıklar Oldu mu?, 1965 (Ezgi)
  • La Chanson De L'oubli / Le Coeur D'un Ange, 1967 (Philips)
  • O Eski Günler / Sevmem Bir Daha, 1968 (Philips)
  • C'Est Joli De S'Aimer / Kumbaya, 1968 (Philips)
  • Dere Geliyor Dere / Kara Kızın Türküsü, 1968 (Philips)
  • Aras Üste Buz Üste / Seni Alıp Kaçayım, 1968 (Philips)
  • Mara Eva, 1970 (Philips)
  • Maria Isabelle/ J'avais 10 petits frères (Philips)
  • A Perdre Haleine (for Janis Joplin)/ L'Homme Est Un Bateau, 1972 (CBS)
Albums
Compilations (CD)
  • Le Chant Des Poètes (with François Rabbath), 1998 (Arion)
  • Yunus'tan Nâzım'a (with François Rabbath), 1999 (Kalan)
  • '62 - '87 Burçak Tarlası, 2001 (Kalan)
  • Sound of Love, 2007 (Kalan) [7]

Bibliography

Legacy

- The 2010 documentary movie, Tülay German: Kor ve Ateş Yılları (literally: Tülay German: Years of Fire and Cinders), describes her life and music.[1]

- "Mecnunum Leylamı Gördüm" is a part of the soundtrack of the 2009 Pelin Esmer's movie, 11'e 10 Kala/10 to 11.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Tülay German ölümsüzleşti". Sabah (in Turkish). 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-25. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Armutçu, Emel (2001-06-03). "Burçak Tarlası’nı özlemiştik". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-05-26. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Zamanımızın bir kahramanı". Radikal (in Turkish). 2001-07-15. Retrieved 2013-05-25. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aşık, Melih (2010-10-24). "Nurlu ufuklar-Gülümseyen Anılar". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-05-26. 
  5. ↑ "Post Tagged with: "Toulai"" (in Turkish). dipsahaf Plak Deposu. 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-05-26. 
  6. ↑ Biography (Turkish)
  7. ↑ Discography by Murat Meriç, Çağdaş Uyar, Ercan Demirel

External links

External video
Tülay German: Halime
Tülay German:Burçak Tarlası
Female artists
Male artists
Groups
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