Erkin Koray

Erkin Koray (born 24 June 1941) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist and one of the pioneers of Anatolian rock, a kind of psychedelic rock. Koray has been in the Turkish rock music scene since the late 1950s or early 1960s. He is widely acclaimed as being the first person to ever play rock and roll in Turkey; in 1957, he and his band gained fame by playing covers of Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. He was also one of the first Turkish musicians to embrace the electric guitar and modern amplification.

Links To Peel
Peel first played Erkin Koray's material when the artist released the Electric Turk album in 1995, a compilation of Koray's music that was released on a Swedish label, Xotic Mind Productions, who focus on psychedelic music.

Shows Played
1995
 * 17 June 1995: 'Aska Inanmii Yorum (LP-Electric Türk)' (Xotic Mind)
 * 28 July 1995: 'Köprüden Geçti (Bridge Passed) (LP-Electric Türk)' (Xotic Mind Productions)
 * 05 August 1995 (BFBS): Köprüden Geçti Gelin (LP-Electric Turk)' (Nexus)