For today, I wanted to share with you “Johnny Be Goode“, the timeless Surf Rock classic track recorded in 1957 by the American legend “Chuck Berry“, covered here in a version recorded in 1966 by the Turkish beat cover/band “Mavi Işıklar” (“Blue Lights” in Turkish langage), founded in 1964 and disbanded in 1970.

The band, considered as “Turkish Beatles” because of their appearances, was composed from 1962 to 1966 with :

Nejat Toksoy : Vocals ;

Zamir Manisa : Drums ;

Çetin Yavuzdoğan : Bass guitar ;

Metin Yavuzdoğan : Piano, Keyboards ;

Cihat Günay : Guitar ;

Cute jukebox single edition, found during a recent record digging trip in Turkey – Really hard to find single nowadays, hope you’ll like it, enjoy !

Mavi Işıklar – Johnny Be Goode (Turkey, 1966, Odeon)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/Ekoa3bZHJYk

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Have a nice Sunday, see you on next Wednesday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau