1. Yosui Inoue 9.5 Carats
2. Wham! Make It Big
3. Anzen Chitai Dakishimetai
4. Southern All Stars KAMAKURA
5. Checkers Motto Checkers
6. Yumi Matsutoya No Side
7. Akina Nakamori D404 ME
8. Madonna Like A Virgin
9. Akina Nakamori Bitter & Sweet
10. Checkers Mainichi Checkers
Referring back to the previous entry, Inoue also did his own cover of "Kazarijanainoyo Namida wa" on "9.5 Carats". Nice to see the two foreign entries in there...I heard that they actually became famous.
Seiko Matsuda actually didn't make the Top 10 that year...came close at Nos. 11 and 12.
I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.
Credits
I would like to give credit where credit is due. Videos are from YouTube and other sources such as NicoNico while Oricon rankings and other information are translated from the Japanese Wikipedia unless noted.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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