Kuranosuke Hamaguchi

Kuranosuke Hamaguchi (born: 浜口庫之助 on July 22, 1917 in Kobe, Japan - died: December 2, 1990 ) was a Japanese songwriter and jazz musician. His songs were a mixture of Japanese lyrics and American popular melody. In this way, he became popular in song making.[1] It is said that he made around 4,000 songs during his lifetime.[2]

Career

In 1942, he went to Indonesia to pursue his career in singing. He returned to Japan in 1946. There, he joined a jazz band and played music among allied-occupied forces for their entertainment.[3] He quit the jazz band in 1957 and started to write songs for popular singers. His first hit was "黄色いさくらんぼ" in 1959. It was followed by another big hit called "バラが咲いた" in 1966.

He died at the age of 73 on December 2, 1990.[4]

His hit songs

Some of his major hits include:

  • 黄色いさくらんぼ (1959)
  • 涙くんさよなら (1965)
  • バラが咲いた (1966)
  • 星のフラメンコ (1966)
  • 夜霧よ今夜も有難う (1967)
  • 或る夜のブルース (1969)
  • みんな夢の中 (1969)

Notes

  1. ↑ "あの人に会いたい | NHKアーカイブス". www.nhk.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  2. ↑ "＜BSフジ歌の時間＞『浜口庫之助 素顔と真実 時を越えた名曲の全て』｜BSフジ". www.bsfuji.tv. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. ↑ "プロフィール| 浜口庫之助 | 日本コロムビアオフィシャルサイト". 日本コロムビア公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. ↑ "浜口庫之助 - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE". tower.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-08.

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