Released 1963 Release date 1963 Place recorded Tokyo | Artist Kyu Sakamoto Label Capitol Records Genres J-pop, Vocal music | |
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J-pop albums Kyu Sakamoto Memorial, Kyu Sakamoto CD & DV, Metal Resistance, Babymetal, Boku Tachi no Mirai | ||
kyu sakamoto s sukiyaki and other japanese hits
Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits is an album by Kyu Sakamoto released in 1963 in the U.S. by Capitol Records. All of the songs on the album are sung in Japanese and feature the title track, a #1 hit in the U.S. for three weeks in 1963, and peaking at #6 in the UK when issued by EMI on its HMV label. The 'b'-side, "Anoko No Namaewa Nantenkana", and a cover of "Good Timin'", a hit in 1960 for R&B singer Jimmy Jones, in both the US and the UK.
Contents
The Japanese text on the box translates as "gunpowder".
Track listing
- Ue o muite arukō (Sukiyaki)
- Tsun Tsun Bushi (The Tsun Tsun Song)
- Hitoribocchi No Futari (The Lonesome Two)
- Kyu-chan Ondo (The Kyu-Chan Folk March Song)
- Mo Hitori No Boku (It's Just Not the Real Me)
- Good Timing
- Boku No Hoshi (My Star)
- Kiminanka Kiminanka (I Couldn't Care for You, Not You, Not You!)
- Kyu-chan No Zuntatatta (The Zuntatatta Song)
- Hige No Uta (My First Whisker)
- Goodbye, Joe (Der schwarze Joe aus Idaho)
- Anoko No Namaewa Nantenkana (I Wonder What Her Name Is)
Personnel
Songs
1Sukiyaki3:05
2Tsun Tsun Bushi (The Tsun Tsun Song)3:35
3Hitoribocchi No Futari (The Lonesome Two)3:32
References
Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA