Cahit Oben (born October 4, 1946) is one of Turkey's versatile artists; He is known as a composer, guitarist, singer, painter and songwriter. He stepped into his musical career in the pop scene in the early 1960s with the group called "Sailors" and consolidated his place in the scene by establishing the "Cahit Oben Quartet" in 1962.
During this period, he made joint projects with names such as Özdemir Erdoğan, Cankut Özgül and his musician brother Ahit Oben; Füsun Önal, Şenay, Melih Kibar, Yeşim and Fikret Kızılok also appeared on stage with him. Oben, who reached the finals of the Golden Microphone competition in 1965 with his composition "Şey", added Fikret Kızılok to his band as rhythm guitarist and soloist in the same year.
In 1966, he appeared on Altın Mikrofon once again with the song "Her Gün Kavva" with the quartet he formed with Koray Oktay (bass), Fikret Kızılok (rhythm) and Erol Ulaş (drums).
Oben's discography of 14 records marks his transition to cinema music when he composed the music for director Bilge Olgaç's movie "Lynç" in 1970. He won the best soundtrack award of the year at the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival in 1973 with his movie "Canım Kardeşim", and after this success, he turned down soundtrack offers for a while.
In 1975, he introduced the singer named "Yeşim" in the national competition to select the song that would represent Turkey in Eurovision; His composition titled "Boyle mi Başlar" won the first prize and he also took part in the same competition with his song "Özlenen Sevgi". The song that represented Turkey that year was "A Minute with You" sung by Semiha Yankı.
In the second year, she reached the finals with her composition "Look Dostum Hayat Bizimdir" to the words of Arzu Ece; After this experience, he released two new records, "Let Our Love Don't End" and "Zaman Geçiyor".
He composed the music for the movie "En Büyük Şaban" in 1983 and was included in the "Top 35 Composers of the Last 35 Years" selection of the Ministry of Tourism in 1993. In 2010, he received the Golden Butterfly Special Award, strengthening his reputation in the art community. His 45-record records include works such as "Makarem Sarı Bağlar / Halime" (1965), "Silifke'nin Yoğurdu / Hereke" (1965), "I Wanna Be Your Man" (1965), "Every Day There is a Fight / Şey" (1966) and "Missed Love / Let Our Love Not End" (1975); These recordings reflect his musical diversity and popularity in the 60s and 70s.
