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The "Song of Okinawa Prefecture" (Japanese: 沖縄県民の歌, Hepburn: Okinawa kenmin no uta) was adopted on May 15, 1972, upon the United States' return of Okinawa Prefecture to Japan. Its lyrics were written by local teacher Seiko Miyazato , with music composed by University of the Ryukyus professor Shigeru Shiroma .
The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Singles Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' physical sales. This list includes the singles that reached the number one place on that chart in 1972.
Topics specifically related to the decade 1970s in the music of Japan, i.e. in the years ... 1972 in Japanese music (3 P ... Anime song; B. List of best-selling ...
"New World" Song by Strawbs; ... The song was released as a single in Japan instead of "Benedictus ... Format Catalog Japan: 1972 () A&M Records: 7" single: AM 135 ...
By 1972, Deep Purple had achieved considerable commercial success in Japan, including several hit singles, so it made sense to tour there. [12] Three dates were booked; the Festival Hall, Osaka on 11 and 12 May, and the Budokan, Tokyo on 16 May, [13] though these were later changed to 15 and 16 August, and 17 August respectively due to an earlier US tour being rescheduled. [14]
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack was the number one song of 1972. Al Green had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1972. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 30, 1972, is based on Hot 100 ...
"Satori Part III" was later re-imagined into Flower Travellin' Band's staple song "Hiroshima", on their next album Made in Japan. [16] The entirety of Satori was used as the music score for Takashi Miike 's 2002 film Deadly Outlaw: Rekka , which features Yuya Uchida and Joe Yamanaka as actors.
The album includes two new members of the band: percussionist Dom Um Romão and drummer Eric Gravatt. The last three tracks were recorded live in concert in Tokyo, Japan on January 13, 1972. These tracks have been edited for this album and can be heard in their entirety on Weather Report's 1972 import album Live in Tokyo.