1. Pink Lady Best Hit Album
2. Alice Alice VI
3. Soundtrack Saturday Night Fever
4. Alice Alice V
5. Kenji Sawada Omoikiri Kiza na Jinsei
6. Masashi Sada Shikashuu
7. Eikichi Yazawa Gold Rush
8. Miyuki Nakajima Aishiteiru to Ittekure
9. Twist First Album
10. Alice Eikou no Dasshutsu
Pink Lady were once again dominating the singles chart for 1978, and this time, Mie and Kei even topped the album charts. But it looks like the folk duo Alice had its year with 3 albums in the Top 10 including one album (No. 10) which was their live album at the Budokan in Tokyo. And hey, even John Travolta is in there (well, his movie soundtrack is)
"Star Wars" did get into the Top 50 at No. 38.
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.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
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