Kyzylok, Fikret

He became interested in music while studying at the Galatasaray Lyceum . The first musical instrument of Kyzylok was the accordion, on which the father of one of his classmates taught him to play.

After meeting with Jahit Oben in 1963, he began to play rhythm guitar . Together they created the band “Cahit Oben 4”, in addition to Kyzylok and Oben, the group also included Korai Oktay, who played bass instruments and drummer Erol Ulashtyr. The band performed at the Çatı Gece Kulübü nightclub. Along with performances in the club, musicians gave performances in the open air. The first song “Cahit Oben 4” was written under the influence of the Beatles “I Wanna Be Your Man”. Later the group broke up.

After the breakup of the group, Kyzylok was educated in the field of dentistry, then he performed with Barysh Mancho for about a year before releasing his first solo single “Ay Osman - Sevgilim” ^[1] . In the 1970s, Kyzylok satl touched more closely on political topics in his works. He wrote poems from a number of poets who actively spoke on political topics to music, including Ahmet Arif (Vurulmuşum, 1971), Ashik Mahzuni Sheriff (Darağacı, 1975) and former Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit . Kyzylok’s album “Not Defterimden” (1977) included his experiments with atonal music and recording poetry of Nazim Hikmet . However, the rapidly deteriorating political situation in Turkey in the 1970s and the ban on Ecevit from engaging in political activities after the 1980 coup led Kyzylok to a forced interruption in music from 1977 to 1983 ^[2] .

In 1998, Kyzylok suffered a heart attack, in the same year he completed work on the album “ Mustafa Kemal - Devrimcinin Güncesi” and began work on the album, which received the working title “Suya Yazılan Şarkılar”, but the musician failed to complete the work ^[3] . After a heart attack, Kyzylok underwent a course of treatment, but he had to wear a pacemaker. In July 2001, Fikret Kyilok suffered a second heart attack, from the consequences of which he died in September of that year.

Kyzylok released 13 gold records ^[1] . Many musicians have recorded cover versions of his songs. Among them: Barysh Akarsu (“Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?” And “Yeter Ki”), Funda Arar (“Haberin Var mı?”), Mehmet Erdem (“Bir Harmanım bu Akşam”), Mor ve Ötesi (“Sevda Çiçeği ”), Lehman Sam and Chevval Sam (“ Gönül ”), and Sibel Cesal (“ Ben Gidersem ”).

Together with Cahit Oben 4

• 1965: I Wanna Be Your Man / 36 24 36 (Ulaşıtır Plak)
• 1965: Silifke'nin Yoğurdu / Hereke (Diskofon Plak 5061)
• 1965: Makaram Sarı Bağlar / Halime (Hürriyet Gazetesi)

Fikret Kızılok ve Üç Veliaht (Fikret Kızılok and the Three Crown Princes)

• 1965: Belle Marie / Kız Ayşe (Diskofon Plak 5075)

Solo 45s ^[4]

• 1967: Ay Osman - Sevgilim / Colors - Baby (Sayan FS-120)
• 1969: Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım / Benim Aşkım Beni Geçti (Sayan FS-214)
• 1970: Yağmur Olsam / Yumma Gözün Kör Gibi (Sayan FS-220)
• 1970: Söyle Sazım / Güzel Ne Güzel Olmuşsun (Sayan FS-230)
• 1971: Vurulmuşum / Emmo (Grafson 3767)
• 1971: Gün Ola Devran Döne / Anadolu'yum (Grafson 4005, reissued as Coşkun Plak 1381)
• 1972: Leylim Leylim (Kara Tren) / Gözlerinden Bellidir (Grafson 4007)
• 1973: Köroğlu Dağları / Tutamadım Ellerini (Grafson 4010)
• 1973: Bacın Önde Ben Arkada / Koyverdin Gittin Beni (Şah Plak 5022)
• 1975: Anadolu'yum '75 / Darağacı (Şak Plak 5051)
• 1976: Biz Yanarız / Sen Bir Ceylan Olsan (Şak Plak 5055)

Fikret Kızılok ve Tehlikeli Madde

• 1974: Haberin Var mı / Kör Pencere - Ay Battı (Şah Plak 5029)
• 1974: Aşkın Olmadığı Yerde / İnsan mıyım Mahluk muyum Ot muyum (Şah Plak 5033)

Solo albums

• 1977: Not Defterimden (Hey Plak 5008, reissued as Kalan Müzik CD 007)
• 1983: Zaman Zaman (Yonca 8038, reissued as Kalan Müzik CD 005)
• 1990: Yana Yana (unknown, reissued as Kalan Müzik CD 006)
• 1992: Olmuyo Olmuyo “Düşler” (Taç Plak)
• 1995: Demirbaş (Kalan Müzik)
• 1995: Yadigar (Kalan Müzik CD 034)
• 1998: Mustafa Kemal - Devrimcinin Güncesi (Kalan Müzik CD 111)

With Bulent Ortachgil

• 1985: Çekirdek Hatırası - Biz Şarkılarımızı (Çekirdek Sanat Evi)
• 1986: Pencere Önü Çiçeği (Piccatura)
• 2007: Büyükler İçin Çocuk Şarkıları (Klik Müzik, released after death compilation, recorded by TRT in 1987)

Collections

• 1975: Fikret Kızılok - 1 (Türküola Almanya 0452)
• 1975: Fikret Kızılok (Saba Almanya 1456)
• 1992: Fikret Kızılok 1968'ler (Ada Müzik 076)
• 1992: Seçme Eserler - 68'ler 1 (Kalan Müzik)
• 1993: Seçme Eserler - 68'ler 2 (Kalan Müzik)
• 1999: Gün ola devran döne (Kalan Müzik CD 151)
• 2002: Dünden Bugüne: 1965-2001 (Sony Music 508,033 2)
• 2005: Fikret Kızılok (World Psychedelia Ltd WPC6-8493)
• 2007: Edip Akbayram - Fikret Kızılok (Coşkun Plak)

Children's albums

• 1996: Vurulduk Ey Halkım (Kalan Müzik)

• Fikret Kyzylok