Product Description
Collection of songs that were sung at the end of the Kohaku music show broadcast each New Year's Eve, from 1951 to 1988. The singer who sings the finale, generally means he/she was the face of that year. Kohaku Uta Gassen is an institution in Japan, at one time the most watched programme on Japanese television in any given year, although popularity has declined in recent years. This CD is like a history of Japanese popular music. 35 songs.
Disc 1
1. Ichiro Fujiyama / Nagasaki no Kane (1951) 2. Ichiro Fujiyama, Keiko Arai / Olympic no Uta (1952) 3. Shizuko Kasagi / Home Run Boogie (1953) 4. Ichiro Fujiyama / Oka wa Hanazakari (1952) 5. Noriko Awaya / Adeu (1952) 6. Noboru Kirishima / Ishikari Elegy (1953) 7. Ichiro Fujiyama / Nicholai no Kane (1954) 8. Akiko Futaba / Bara no Rumba (1955) 9. Shizuko Kasagi / Hey Hey Boogie (1956) 10. Hibari Misora / Nagasaki no Chou Chou san (1957) 11. Hibari Misora / Shiroi Lunch de Juyon Knot (1958) 12. Hibari Misora / Gozonji Benten Kozou (1959) 13. Chiyoko Shimakura / Takoku no Ame (1960) 14. Chiyoko Shimakura / Erimo Misaki (1961) 15. Chiyoko Shimakura / Sayonara to Sayonara (1962) 16. Hibari Misora / Aishu Debune (1963) 17. Hibari Misora / Yawara (1964,1965) 18. Hibari Misora / Kanashii Sake (1966)
Sisc 2
1. Hibari Misora / Geido Ichidai (1967) 2. Hibari Misora / Inonri (1968) 3. Hibari Misora / Wakaretemo Arigatou (1969) 4. Hibari Misora / Jinsei Shogi (1970) 5. Hibari Misora / Konomichi o Iku (1971) 6. Hibari Misora / Aru Onna no Uta (1972) 7. Chiyoko Shimakura / Karatachi Nikki (1973) 8. Chiyoko Shimakura / Kanashimi no Yado (1974) 9. Harumi Miyako / Kita no Yado kara (1975) 10. Aki Yashiro / Onna Minatomachi (1976) 11. Aki Yashiro / Funauta (1977) 12. Aki Yashiro / Ame no Bojo (1978) 13. Harumi Miyako / Namida no Renrakusen (1979) 14. Takashi Hosokawa / Yagiri no Watashi (1980) 15. Harumi Miyako / Meotozaka (1981) 16. Sayuri Ishikawa / Amagigoe (1982) 17. Sachiko Kobayashi / Yukitsubaki (1983)
