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.
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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.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Naomi Chiaki -- Ame ni Nureta Bojou （雨に濡れた慕情）
I came across Naomi Chiaki's（ちあきなおみ）debut song by accident tonight as I was watching NHK's "Kayo Concert". "Ame ni Nureta Bojou"(A Rain-Soaked Yearning) was a surprisingly deeply bluesy beginning to the 21-year-old Chiaki's career, but then again, before breaking into the limelight, she had been performing on US army bases, jazz cafes and cabaret clubs, so a lot of that maturity that went into her debut song was well-earned. "Ame ni Nureta Bojou" was released in June 1969; it was written by Oh Yoshida（吉田旺）and composed by Jun Suzuki（鈴木淳）. Yoshida would also later write Chiaki's trademark song, "Kassai"（喝采）, in 1972.
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