Grup Gündoğarken (English: Group While Sunrises) was a Turkish popular music group.

Grup Gündoğarken
OriginTurkey
GenresFolk rock, Anatolian rock
Years active1983–1994
Past membersİlhan Şeşen-Gökhan Şeşen-Burhan Şeşen

The group was founded by İlhan Şeşen in 1983. Other members of the group were Gökhan Şeşen and Burhan Şeşen, both of which are his nephews.[1] Their early performances were mostly incidental music. They collaborated with Levent Kırca and Ferhan Şensoy for the stage. They also played the generic tune for the TV program "Olacak o Kadar", a successful comedy series.[2] Beginning by 1986, they gave a series of concerts at home and aboard. In 1988, they participated in the Turkish under contest for the Eurovision song Contest of 1988 by their song "Resimler Resimler", but they couldn't win the contest. Probably their most notable hit was " Ankara'dan Abim Geldi " of 1992. After 1994, the group disbanded. But they still play in some concerts.[2]

Album discography edit

Name Year
Bir Yaz Daha Bitiyor 1986
Yaz Bulutları 1988
Bir Günlük Aşk 1989
Ankara'dan Abim Geldi 1992
Best Of Gündoğarken 1998
Gündoğarken 99 1999
İstanbul Atina İstanbul 2000
Hayat Bu 2008
Bir Yaz Daha Bitiyor + Yaz Bulutları (Double CD) 2008

References edit

  1. ^ İlhan Şeşen personal page (in Turkish)
  2. ^ a b "The group biography from Vatan newspaper" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
External videos
  Gündoğarken:Ankara'dan Abim geldi Video on YouTube