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The genre became closely tied to the tech boom in Japan during the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the Japanese technologies which influenced city pop included the Walkman, cars with built-in cassette decks and FM stereos, and various electronic musical instruments such as the Casio CZ-101 and Yamaha CS-80 synthesizers and Roland TR-808 drum
Japanese rock (Japanese: 日本のロック, Hepburn: Nihon no Rokku), sometimes abbreviated to J-rock (ジェイ・ロック, Jei Rokku), is rock music from Japan. Influenced by American and British rock of the 1960s, the first rock bands in Japan performed what is called group sounds , with lyrics almost exclusively in English.
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The 20th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 5 October 1980. [8] The 11th World Popular Song Festival was held on 14 to 16 November 1980. [9] The 11th Japan Music Awards were held on 18 November 1980. [10] [11] The final of the 9th FNS Music Festival was held on 16 December 1980. [12] The 22nd Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December ...
During the 1970s, Japan had the second largest music market in the world. [5] 1970s Japanese music included kayōkyoku, idols, new music, rock and enka.Musical artists in the 1970s included, in particular, Momoe Yamaguchi, Saori Minami, the Candies, Pink Lady, Hiromi Go, Hideki Saijo, Yuming, Saki Kubota, Judy Ongg and Sachiko Kobayashi.
1. ‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors (1980) When “Turning Japanese” came out in 1980, some people found it offensive because they believed the song was about touching one’s private area.
[9] [10] [11] The 18th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 7 October 1979. [12] The 10th World Popular Song Festival was held from 9 to 11 November 1979. [13] The song Daitokai by Crystal King, and the song Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean by Bonnie Tyler, won the grand prix awards. [14] The 10th Japan Music Awards were held on 23 November ...