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  2. Sukiyaki (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song was later released as a single in the United States and Japan & was included in several of Selena's greatest hits packages before and after her death. Electronic artist Soichi Terada sampled the 4 P.M. cover of the song for the track "Sukiyaki Dohyo Chanko" on his 1996 album Sumo Jungle Grandeur. [74]

  3. Kyu Sakamoto - Wikipedia

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    Hearing the song several times, Benjamin decided to bring it back to England. Due to concerns that the title would be too hard for English-speakers to pronounce or remember, the song was renamed "Sukiyaki", after the Japanese cooked beef dish familiar to the English. The new title was intended to sound both catchy and distinctive in Japanese ...

  4. Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Quarantined Japanese Residents of New York City Record ... - AOL

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    A group of Japanese residents of New York City who work in creative fields banded together to release a vocal recording of “Sukiyaki,” a Japanese song that is often considered iconic within ...

  6. Rokusuke Ei - Wikipedia

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    Rokusuke Ei (永 六輔, Ei Rokusuke, April 10, 1933 – July 7, 2016) [1] was a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist, and television personality of Chinese descent. Ei wrote the lyrics to the song "Ue o Muite Arukō", known internationally as " Sukiyaki ", which has been used in several English language films.

  7. Timeline of Japanese music - Wikipedia

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    1963 - Sukiyaki reaches number 1 in the USA; 1962 - 1st broadcast of Shichiji ni aimashō; 1964 - 1st broadcast of Music Fair; 1967 - Oricon founded; Akiko Nakamura released Nijiiro no mizūmi ; [4] Hibari Misora released Makkana Taiyō [5] 1968 - 1st broadcast of Yoru no Hit Studio; CBS/Sony founded; 1969 - 1st Yamaha Popular Song Contest

  8. 4 P.M. (group) - Wikipedia

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    Their debut album, Now's the Time, which peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, [1] included a cover version of Kyu Sakamoto's 1960s hit "Sukiyaki". The group's version of "Sukiyaki" peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was certified gold in 1995. [2] [3] It also reached the top 5 in Australia and ...

  9. Hachidai Nakamura - Wikipedia

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    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 ...