Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: The Popular Music

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Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: the popular music
Thepopularmusic ktt.jpg
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedJuly 11, 2007
GenrePop
Length49:52
LanguageJapanese
LabelNayutawave/Universal

Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute (筒美京平トリビュート), subtitled the popular music, is a tribute album to a Japanese composer Kyōhei Tsutsumi, released in 2007 by Natutawave Records under the distribution of Universal Music Group.

Album information[]

The album was produced to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Tsutsumi's professional career as a songwriter. Tadataka Watanabe, his younger brother who has worked as a record executive of Warner Music Japan, was credited as a producer of the whole album.

From among over five-hundreds of his compositions that entered the Japanese chart, following songs were chosen for the album.[1] These original versions were also compiled on CD entitled The Popular Music: Original Compilation, and simultaneously released with tribute album.[2]

Title Lyricist Original Performer Notes
"Saraba Koibito" Osamu Kitayama Masaaki Sakai
  • Release date – May 1, 1971
  • Chart position: #2
"Blue Light Yokohama" Jun Hashimoto Ayumi Ishida
  • Release date – December 25, 1968
  • Chart position: #1
"Tasogare My Love" Yū Aku Junko Ōhashi
  • Release date – August 5, 1978
  • Chart position: #2
"Sexual Violet No.1" Takashi Matsumoto Masahiro Kuwana
  • Release date – June 21, 1979
  • Chart position: #1
"Ningyo" Nokko Nokko
  • Release date – March 9, 1994
  • Chart position: #2
"Osewa ni Narimashita" Michio Yamagami Jun Inoue
  • Release date – September 21, 1971
  • Chart position: #17
"Tonde Istanbul" Tetsuya Chiaki Mayo Shono
  • Release date – April 1, 1978
  • Chart position: #3
"Miserarete" Yoko Aki Judy Ongg
  • Release date – February 25, 1979
  • Chart position: #1
"Natsu no Klaxon" Masao Urino Junichi Inagaki
  • Release date – July 21, 1983
  • Chart position: #23
"Manatsu no Dekigoto" Jun Hashimoto Miki Hirayama
  • Release date – May 25, 1971
  • Chart position: #5
"Momen no Handkerchief" Takashi Matsumoto Hiromi Ōta
  • Release date – December 21, 1975
  • Chart position: #2
"Mata Au Hi Made" Yū Aku Kiyohiko Ozaki
  • Release date – March 5, 1971
  • Chart position: #1

About this project, Tsutsumi said as follow: "Songs I wrote 30 or 40 years ago were revisited by younger artists. They have completed 12 tracks for this album, in their own very distinctive and attractive renditions. As a songwriter, I couldn't be happier. I would like to show my greatest gratitude to all the artists and personnel who took part in producing the album."[3]

Track listing[]

All songs composed by Kyōhei Tsutsumi

  1. "Saraba Koibito (さらば恋人)" – 3:04
  2. "Blue Light Yokohama (ブルー・ライト・ヨコハマ)" – 3:30
    • Performer – Kou Shibasaki
    • Arranger – Keiji Tanabe (with strings arrangement by Yasuaki Maejima)
  3. "Tasogare My Love (たそがれマイ･ラブ)" – 3:59
  4. "Sexual Violet No.1" – 4:44
    • Performer – Tsunku
    • Arranger – Shunsuke Suzuki
  5. "Ningyo (人魚)" – 4:39
    • Performer – Bonnie Pink
    • Arranger – Shuntaro Kobayashi
  6. "Osewa ni Narimashita (お世話になりました)" (renewed lyrics by ET-King) – 2:58
    • Performer – ET-King
  7. "Tonde Istanbul Homme (飛んでイスタンブール Homme)" – 5:54
  8. "Miserarete (魅せられて)" – 3:49
  9. "Natsu no Klaxon (夏のクラクション)" – 4:12
  10. "Manatsu no Dekigoto (真夏の出来事)" – 5:09
    • Performer – melody.
    • Arranger – melody., Yuichi Hamamatsu
  11. "Momen no Handkerchief (木綿のハンカチーフ)" – 5:06
    • Performer – Masamune Kusano (from Spitz)
    • Arranger – Shintarō Tokita (from Sukima Switch)
  12. "Mata Au Hi Made (また逢う日まで)" – 2:48
    • Performer – Crazy Ken Band
    • Arranger – Masao Onose, Trio the Dog Horns

Chart positions[]

Chart (2007) Position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[4] 12

References[]

  1. ^ 総売上7,400万枚超!筒美京平トリビュート [Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute]. hmv.co.jp (in Japanese). HMV. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  2. ^ "Nayutawave Records - the popular music". universal-music.co.jp (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. ^ 12アーティストによる筒美京平トリビュート・アルバムが完成 [Tribute Album to Kyohei Tsutsumi by 12 artists] (in Japanese). barks.jp. 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  4. ^ "ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks of the popular music: Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute by Various artists]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
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