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"The Duck's Yas-Yas-Ya" is also referenced on Captain Beefheart's album Trout Mask Replica (1969), on the track "Old Fart at Play", in which Beefheart sings, "Momma licked 'er lips like a cat, pecked the ground like a rooster, pivoted like a duck", mentioning all three protagonists from the most famous line of the blues song.
Bobby Freeman released a version of the song as a single in 1965, but it did not chart. [4] Sandy Nelson released a version of the song on his 1966 album "In" Beat. [5] The Olympics released a version of the song on their 1966 album Something Old, Something New. [6] Billy Preston released a version of the song on his 1966 album Wildest Organ in ...
Kamonegikkusu means "Kamo ga negi wo shotte kuru" (lit. a duck comes carrying a green onion on its back) is a Japanese proverb that means a stroke of luck occurs, and things become more and more convenient. According to NMB48 member Sayaka Yamamoto, "The title was a coined word by Yasushi Akimoto". It is a song about a girl who despite being a ...
The lyrics of Songbie (Chinese 送别, "Farewell Song"), were written by Chinese artist Hong Yi (Li Shutong) to the melody of the mid-19th century song "Dreaming of Home and Mother" by American composer John P. Ordway. Li was introduced to this song while studying in Japan, in the form of a Japanese song that was also set to this tune.
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In 1969, the folk singing group Akai Tori (赤い鳥) made this song popular, and their single, recorded in 1971, became a bestseller. The song has also an additional history in that NHK and other major Japanese broadcasting networks refrained from playing it because it is related to burakumin activities, but this ban was stopped during the 1990s.
Kagome Kagome" (かごめかごめ, or 籠目籠目) is a Japanese children's game and the song associated with it. One player is chosen as the Oni (literally demon or ogre , but similar to the concept of "it" in tag ) and sits blindfolded (or with their eyes covered).
The new style of songs were called dōyō, and they are not merely children's songs but also art songs for adults. Yamada's collection, 100 Children's Songs by Kosaku Yamada , was published in 1927 in the early months of the Shōwa period of the Empire of Japan , and established an enduring style of Japanese song.