Birth name Hachidai Nakamura Years active 1953–1992 Genres Pop music, Jazz Instruments Piano Education Waseda University | Occupation(s) Composer Died June 10, 1992 Origin Japan Name Hachidai Nakamura | |
Born January 20, 1931
Qingdao, China ( 1931-01-20 ) Similar People Rokusuke Ei, Yukio Aoshima, Janice Marie Johnson, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Shin'ichi Fukusato | ||
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Hachidai Nakamura (中村 八大, Nakamura Hachidai, January 20, 1931 – June 10, 1992) was a Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist.
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- Theme from romeo and juliet hachidai nakamura
- sukiyaki ue o muite aruk hachidai nakamura rokusuke ei com viol o samuel carvalho
- Biography
- Kyu Sakamoto
- Johnnys
- Sabur Kitajima
- References
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Biography
Hachidai Nakamura was born in Tsingtao, China to Japanese parents. He moved to Fukuoka at a young age, where he attended high school, and eventually graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with a degree in literature. Nakamura extensively played piano during his high school days, where he was invited to perform with local dance band "Yasuhiko Taniguchi and Premier Swing", and "The Red Hat Boys", a student jazz combo.
After Nakamura entered Waseda University, he formed a jazz band named "Big Four" along with Hidehiko Matsumoto, Joji "George" Kawaguchi, Mitsuru Ono in 1953, but the band was soon disbanded. As a composer, Nakamura later wrote many songs for various Japanese singers such as Kyu Sakamoto, enka singer Saburō Kitajima and Johnny & Associates' first group Johnnys. He worked closely with lyricist Rokusuke Ei and many of his songs were popularized by singer Kyu Sakamoto. He wrote the music of the popular Japanese song "Ue o muite arukō," released in 1961 in Japan. The song was released in the United States under the name "Sukiyaki" in 1963, peaking at the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100. He and Ei also worked on the productions of Johnnys' 1964 debut single "Wakai Namida" and Saburō Kitajima's 1965 single "Kaerokana."