Kyu Sakamoto
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Biography
[Edit]Kyu Sakamoto holds the record for the first number one pop record performed entirely in Japanese, 1963's "Sukiyaki." Though that's a sweet distinction to have, the translated lyrics to the million-selling song are anything but: "Sadness hides in the shadows of the stars/I look up when I walk so the tears wont fall...."
Kyu Sakamoto (pronounced "cue") was born in 1941 in Kawasaki, Japan, the son of a restaurateur. He began singing in jazz clubs as a teenager, before being signed to Toshiba Records in 1959. He had several Japanese pop hits and appeared in movies and on TV and radio programs. On a business trip to Japan, Louis Benjamin, president of U.K. label Pye Records, Ltd, heard Sakamoto's "Ue O Muite Aruko" (I Look up When I Walk). Renaming it after his favorite Japanese cuisine, sukiyaki, Benjamin had a Pye jazz artist record the tune, a Top Ten U.K. hit. Sakamoto's original version began getting airplay on DJ Richard Osborne's show on Pasco, WA, radio station KORD, which due to listener demand put the song in heavy rotation. Capitol Records bought the U.S. distribution rights for the record. Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" went gold and charted on three of Billboard's charts: number one Pop for three weeks, number 18 R&B, and number one adult contemporary during the summer of 1963. On the flip side was "Anoko No Namaewa Nantenkana." The follow-up single, "China Nights" b/w "Benkyo No Cha Cha Cha" peaked at number 58 pop in late summer 1963. Other Sakamoto singles are "Elimo" b/w "Why" and "Tankobushi" b/w "Olympics Song." His only U.S. LP, Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits, was released that same year. "Sukiyaki," now a standard, has been a hit for A Taste of Honey and for '90s R&B group Four P.M. At the age of 43, Kyu Sakamoto died in a plane crash that killed 520 people on August 12, 1985, near Tokyo, Japan.
Title: Sukiyaki (Ue o muite arukō) - Single / Sukiyaki (Ue o muite aruko) - Single
Artist: Kyu Sakamoto
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: Jukebox Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Early 60's Lost & Found Records
Genre: Rock
Title: Jukebox Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Top of the Chart & Doo Wop, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: 1960's British Hit Parade, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Gold Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Memories of Doo Wop and More, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop & Doo Wop Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Memories of Doo Wop and More, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits, Hits, & Hits, Vol. 11
Genre: Rock
Title: Great Rare Songs, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Lost Hits of the 60's
Genre: Rock
Title: Songs from the Mad Men Era
Genre:
Title: Memories of Doo Wop and More, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Nippon Go West
Genre: Rock
Title: Kvällstoppen, Vol. 1 / Kvallstoppen, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox & Doo Wop Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Nippon Cool Cats. Vol.1
Genre: Pop
Title: Compact Disc Club - Yesterdays CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Top One USA CD 4 1963
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Las Baladas De Oro Del Rock & Roll Vol 5
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Lifetime Of Romance - It Must Be Love (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Pop, New Romantic, Lounge
Title: Hit History 1963
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1963 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Bullet Train (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Movies & Series Rewind (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Featuring albums
Title: Inherent Vice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Inherent Vice
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack