Gökben, real name Nermin Gökben, was born on November 25, 1951 in Istanbul. The artist, who is the only child of Şaziye and Aziz Gökben, lost his father in a traffic accident when he was only one year old.
Gökben, who started her musical life as the soloist of the Yurdaer Doğulu orchestra, recorded her 45 in 1972 after being selected as "the most promising woman of the new generation" by Hey magazine. The artist, who entered the Number 1 Recording List a year later, performed as a soloist in Zeki Müren's concerts and became one of the most requested pop names in the casinos of the 1970s.
Gökben, who released the albums Aşk Sayin Laftır and Bu Ne Biçim İştir in 1975 and 1977, respectively, made her breakthrough with the album Samanyolu, which she released in 1979. In this work, songs such as “Sea and Mehtap”, “Samanyolu”, “Buruk Acı” were interpreted in disco-jazz style.
Songs from the album, such as "Gün Evening Became", were also performed with jazz arrangements by different artists in the following years. In 1981, he took part in the compilation album Gazino 1 Number, released by Ali Kocatepe's 1 Number Plakçılık, with the song "Rüzgâr Gibi Geçtin".
Gökben, who is known as Ajda Pekkan's biggest rival, married businessman Kaya Mutlu on September 26, 1980, and stayed away from music for a while until her divorce on April 1, 1986. In 1986, she returned to the stage by releasing the album "Yaz Gülü" from Sembol Plak, and in this album, songs such as "Yak Gönül Yak", "Pişmanlık Duydınmı", "Yaz Gülü" and "Hatıram Olsun" with Esin Engin's arrangements received great acclaim. “Yaz Gülü” was the last album Gökben released on vinyl.
The artist, who released his album "Severken Yoruldum" by Oscar Plak in 1989, collaborated with Metin Özülkü for the first time in this work. The album sold over 1 million copies with songs such as "Bak Dostum" and was awarded the Golden Record award. Her sixth album İşine Gelse, released by the same record company in 1990, became a hit with songs by Aysel Gürel, Ülkü Aker and others, and included "What's Beautiful About Love?" and “Taktı Taktı” were later interpreted by different artists.
Gökben's last album is Aşka Çeyrek Var, released by Şahin Özer in 1992. In this album, new interpretations were made to old songs such as "Diri Dahdar" and "Bak Dostum", and mainly the compositions of Eda and Metin Özülkü were included.
Gökben was born on November 25, 1951.
Productions in which he took part
- Don't Come Down the Mountain (1973)
- Hijran (1971)
- Targan, the Falcon of the Steppes (1968)
- A Woman Never Forgets (1968)
- Feride (1971) — Feride's Sister
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
