#ryūkōka

[cdbrainrecords]

西郷輝彦 - 若鷲の歌 (7", Single)

Vinyl(VG+) Picture Cover(VG+) / コンディション　盤 : Very Good Plus (VG+) コンディション　ジャケット : Very Good Plus (VG+) コンディションの表記について　  [ M > M- > VG+ > VG > G+ > G > F > P ] レーベル : Crown (3) – CW-810 フォーマット : Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Stereo 生産国 : Japan 発売年 : May 1968 東映映画「あゝ予科練」主題歌＆挿入歌 ジャンル : Pop スタイル : Ryūkōka   収録曲 :  A. 若鷲の歌 3:28B. 或る晴れた日に 2:50   Chorus – クラウン男声合唱団Orchestra – Toshiyuki Miyama & The New…

[maximuswolf]

Katsutaro Kouta & Isse Mishima - Tokyo Jinku [tsugarujinku ryūkōka traditional Japanese 1930s]

Katsutaro Kouta & Isse Mishima - Tokyo Jinku [tsugarujinku, ryūkōka, traditional Japanese, 1930s] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkRMwpfIrrE Submitted July 17, 2024 at 11:47AM by 3shotsb4breakfast https://ift.tt/UcNbg4j via /r/Music

[salvadorbonaparte]

Bonus

Japanese Enka and Ryūkōka and Chinese Shidaiqu

World Psychedelic, Funk, Soul etc

I'm really into these sorts of things at the moment so here have some Chinese Jazz, Cambodian Psychedelic, Arabic Funk, Japanese takes on the Great American Songbook, Korean Rock etc etc

Language Playlists

Disclaimer: These playlists predominantly reflect my taste in and knowledge of music. I apologise in advance. Some playlists include songs in other languages including English if deemed appropriate for the playlist. All playlists are works in progress. Playlists in bold are really long.

Multilingual and Continental Playlists

African Music (this used to be a South African playlist and then just mutated)

Foreign Covers

Germanic Music (excluding German and Low German)

Middle Eastern and North African Music

Multilingual Mixtape (contains most of the playlists in this post and a lot more)

North American Music (classic and contemporary indigenous artists)

South Asian Music (mostly but not exclusively Hindi film soundtracks ngl)

Single Language Playlists

Cambodian

Catalan

Chinese

Czech

Finnish

French

Galician

German

Greek

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hungarian

Irish (Gaeilge)

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Low German and Northern German

te reo Māori

Portuguese

Scottish (Gaelic)

Spanish

Thai

Turkish

Vietnamese

Welsh

Yiddish

Hidden Agenda: Please recommend me music in Romanian and Croatian 🥺 (I also accept other recommendations)

[snackpointcharlie]

As the storm approaches and you brace yourself for the deluge, take refuge in the warm dry radio waves of Snackpoint Charlie. From a tawdry melange of unfamiliar sounds to a plush duvet of aural bliss, I got your happy holidays right here, pal. 10pm-midnight 2022.12.21 on WGXC and what do you know, right here as well. Includes one actual Christmas song! You're welcome.

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 104 - 2022.12.21 PLAYLIST https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/rb5jnd

1) K.J. Yesudas & K.S. Chitra - “Gopika Vasantham”

2) Mina - “Insieme” https://youtu.be/59Uf9q1oEjw

3) Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey - “Gnonnou Ho” from LE SATO https://www.discogs.com/master/2176687-Orchestre-Poly-Rythmo-De-Cotonou-Dahomey-Le-Sato

4) Mdou Moctar - “Ibitilan” from NIGER EP VOL. 2 https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/album/niger-ep-vol-2

(underbed throughout) Pinchas Gurevich - “Abindleluft” and “Black Body Radiation”

5) Zuhura Swaleh with Maulidi Musical Party - “Safari” from JINO LA PEMBE https://www.discogs.com/release/4867874-Zuhura-Swaleh-With-Maulidi-Musical-Party-Jino-La-Pembe

6) Pippo Franco - “Chì Chì Chì Cò Cò Cò” https://www.discogs.com/master/378637-Pippo-Franco-Ch%C3%AC-Ch%C3%AC-Ch%C3%AC-C%C3%B2-C%C3%B2-C%C3%B2

7) Death Is Not The End - excerpt from ALL BAD BOY & ALL GOOD GIRL: MANCHESTER STREET SOUL SOUNDTAPES, 1988-1996 https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/all-bad-boy-all-good-girl-manchester-street-soul-soundtapes-1988-1996

8) M. Ashraf (feat. Nahid Akhtar) - “Dilbar Dilbara” from THE SOUND OF WONDER! THE FIRST WAVE OF PLUGGED-IN POP AT THE PAKISTANI PICTURE HOUSE https://www.discogs.com/master/139891-Various-The-Sound-Of-Wonder

9) Zangoleah - “Uncle Chainmaker” from PERSIAN UNDERGROUND - GARAGE ROCK, BEAT AND PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS FROM THE IRANIAN 60'S & 70'S SCENE https://www.discogs.com/master/400575-Various-Persian-Underground-Garage-Rock-Beat-And-Psychedelic-Sounds-From-The-Iranian-60s-70s-Scene https://wetransfer.com/downloads/c118c4ee6d42a6b9f7fb4bd16d948f0f20221218085558/4740d7

10) Wild Carnation - “New York Woman” from CUT PIECES: TRIBUTE TO YOKO ONO https://www.discogs.com/release/11084528-Various-Cut-Pieces-A-Tribute-To-Yoko-Ono

11) Jenny Mae & Azalia Snail - “Gem” from JENNY MAE & AZALIA SNAIL https://www.discogs.com/release/6277385-Jenny-Mae-Azalia-Snail-Jenny-Mae-Azalia-Snail https://www.martinradio.com/2019/10/jenny-mae-azalia-snail-1997-indie-rock.html

12) Lotte Lenya - “Seeräuber-Jenny (Pirate Jenny)” from THE LOTTE LENYA ALBUM https://www.discogs.com/master/582176-Lotte-Lenya-The-Lotte-Lenya-Album

13) (Unknown) - “You Poisoned My Soul” from BONE MUSIC https://x-rayaudio.squarespace.com/poison

14) Mitsuko Nemoto - “Cosmos Elegy” from LONGING FOR THE SHADOW: RYŪKŌKA RECORDINGS, 1921-1939 https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/longing-for-the-shadow-ry-k-ka-recordings-1921-1939

15) ថាសចម្រៀង បទប្របកៃ ប្របកៃកាព្យជុឌុចទី២ នាយពៅ និង នាងសាអ៊ុំ (Neay Pov and Neang Sa Om) - “(Cambodian Folk Song)” from KHMER RECORD ARCHIVES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G09hXtOvc-I

16) Circuit des Yeux - “Sculpting the Exodus” from SUNSET POEM - REIMAGINED BY CLAIRE ROUSAY https://circuitdesyeux.bandcamp.com/album/sunset-poem-claire-rousay-remixes

17) Pepino Pascual - “Passant pel tub” from TU https://www.viasona.cat/grup/pepino-pascual/tu

18) Nawa - “Mowashah Al Refku Be Maftoon” from ANCIENT SUFI INVOCATIONS AND FORGOTTEN SONGS FROM ALEPPO https://www.discogs.com/master/756279-Nawa-Ancient-Sufi-Invocations-Forgotten-Songs-From-Aleppo

19) David Levy - “December 8, 2022, Clouds Over Ashokan Reservoir”

20) Masahiko Togashi with Don Cherry & Charlie Haden - “Words of Wind - Part 2” from SONG OF SOIL https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/masahiko-togashi-with-don-cherry-charlie-haden-song-of-soil-lp-special-edition-with-8pp-colour-booklet-and-2pp-insert

21) Yanti Bersaudara - “Silent Night Holy Night” from THE YANTI SISTERS [CHRISTMAS EP] https://www.discogs.com/The-Yanti-Sisters-Marys-Boy-Child/release/8426202 http://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-yanti-sisters-yanti-bersaudara.html

[sexy-sexy-boy]

気温33℃....🌡☀ #山下達郎 #tatsuroyamashita #jpop #citypop #soul #funk #poprock #kayōkyoku #ryūkōka #歌謡 #流行歌 #名盤 #レコード #レコード鑑賞 #レコード好きと繋がりたい #レコード掘り #レコードのある生活 #lp #records #album #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylgram #vinylpassion #vinyldigger #vinyldaily https://www.instagram.com/p/CTongd4PTxgMCv9GfP1LmVn27lP5qwFh8OhqvQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[max1461]

as ive previously mentioned i listen to

(tuvan and mongolian) throat singing

japanese popular music of various eras (jpop, city pop, ryūkōka)

national anthems and military marches, esp. communist ones

shostakovich. what a sexy little russian man.

the "classic song played on some weird machine" genre which is popular on youtube.

most of this music is "bad", which is good. people with "good" taste in music are the enemy. the cool kid music? emo indie punk metal whatever music? never heard of it never need to.

[something-higher]

Top reissues & compilations of 2021

The Same - Sync or Swim (Freedom To Spend)

Sync or Swim by The Same

Tangled Shoelaces - Turn My Dial - The M Squared Recordings and more, 1981​-​84 (Chapter Music)

Turn My Dial - The M Squared Recordings and more, 1981-84 by Tangled Shoelaces

Kurious - A Constipated Monkey (90s Tapes)

A Constipated Monkey by Kurious

Pylon - Chomp (New West Records)

Chomp by Pylon

Abner Jay - I Don't Have Time To Lie To You (Mississippi Records)

I Don't Have Time To Lie To You by Abner Jay

Linda Smith - Till Another Time: 1988-1996 (Captured Tracks)

Till Another Time: 1988-1996 by Linda Smith

Muziekkamer - Op Zee (Stroom)

Op Zee by Muziekkamer

VA - The Paths Of Pain (The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68) (Honest Jon's Records)

The Paths Of Pain (The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68) by Mendoza Suasti

VA – A Heart In Splinters (More From The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960​-​68) (Honest Jon's Records)

A Heart In Splinters (More From The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68) by Gladys Viera

Bogdan Raczynski - Muzyka Dla Imigrantów (Mondoj)

Muzyka Dla Imigrantów by Bogdan Raczynski

MC Solaar - Prose Combat (Polydor)

Sun Ra - Lanquidity (Strut)

Lanquidity by Sun Ra

White Light / Jo Bogaert - Whale (Stroom)

Whale by White Light

Sylvia – Sweet Stuff (Wewantsounds)

VA – Longing for the Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921​-​1939 (Death Is Not The End)

Longing for the Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 by Seki Taneko

[eeraygun]

Top 180 Sonic Releases of 2021

001. James Ginzburg - Crystallise, a Frozen Eye 002. Skee Mask - Pool 003. Kučka - Wrestling 004. Elías Merino & Daniel del Río - Structures for Wave Field Synthesis 005. Topdown Dialectic - Vol. 3 006. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 007. Marina Rosenfeld - Teenage Lontano 008. Blawan - Soft Waahls 009. Klahrk - Oscillate and Shimmer 010. Hoavi - Invariant 011. Two Shell - SoulCity 012. Caroline Polachek - Bunny Is A Rider 013. Pruvan - Pozor EP 014. Tera Octe - + 015. Minder - Telepathy 016. Senso - Drifter94 017. Splash Pattern - Up Next New Season 018. Piska Power - Thermal Cycler 019. Robert Millis - Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903-1912 020. John Glacier - SHILOH: Lost For Words 021. Jean Schwarz - Makinak / Capriccio 022. Sage - 1 023. Sinnway - Perelline 024. Barker - BARKER002 025. exael - infinite shore / xm 026. Beatriz Ferreyra & Natasha Barrett - Souvenirs cachés / Innermost 027. L'Rain - Fatigue 028. Mary Mazzacane - The Art of Mary Mazzacane 029. Caterina Barbieri - Fantas Variations 030. K Wata - What Do U Want? 031. Space Afrika - Honest Labour 032. Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt - Lucy & Aaron 033. Erika de Casier - Sensational 034. Lyra Pramuk - Delta 035. Brain Rays & Quiet - Slacker 036. RAC - RAC_UNRELEASED 2 037. Baligh Hamdi - Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970's Egypt 038. Xphresh - xephon 039. Jake Muir - Mana 040. Flaty - RAILZ 041. SUMORAI & Stones Taro - Higher 042. Slikback - Melt 043. Tirzah - Colourgrade 044. serpentwithfeet - DEACON 045. Iris - Speah 046. OSSX - Split Wig 047. Pontiac Streator - Select Works . vol II 048. Various Artists - It Was Always There Vol. 1 049. Mix Master Kutyma - Fox Rhythm Jack 2 050. Simo Cell - YES.DJ 051. Various Artists - Wounds of Love: Khmer Oldies, Vol. 1 052. Hiro Kone - Silvercoat the Throng 053. Ulla Straus - Limitless Frame 054. Rhyw - The Devil's in the Dlzlzlz 055. tondiue - Painted Creature 056. Coffintexts & INVT - MEDIA NOCHE 057. Sega Bodega - Romeo 058. georg-i - YCO002 059. pent - glue 060. Akira Rabelais - À la recherche du temps perdu 061. Gescom - AMKS_1 062. Alex Lay-Far - Soulful Hardcore / Love Edition 063. WTCHCRFT - The Ooga Booga EP 064. Various Artists - Fluo II [Kindergarten Records] 065. Herron - Lowflow 066. Grouper - Shade 067. Aya - Im Hole 068. Maara - Ultimate Reward 069. mu tate - _ 060. ZULI - All Caps 071. Bendik Giske - Cracks 072. Yarn Init - Good Call 073. Peder Mannerfelt - And The Band Played On 074. Various Artists - Is It Really Goodbye? More Ryūkōka Recordings, 1929-1938 075. Lucy Duncombe - The Rapture of Cellular Accretion 076. Sweepsculp - Sweepsculp 077. Kindohm - VR Sunset 078. Pavel Milyakov & Yana Pavlova - Wandering 079. Sobolik - Call 080. Walton - Unknown Territories 081. Ben Bondy - °oje 082. Sedgwick - BODYHI01 083. Humanoid - sT8818r Humanoid 084. Happa - Explorations In Music For Dancing Vol. 2 085. sv1 - health 086. Various Artists - Under the Counter: U.S. Sleaze & Stag Recordings ca. 1940s-1950s [Canary Records] 087. Atom™ - R3V 088. Dajuri UFO - Unknown Artifact EP 089. Bassbin Twins - Beats Are King EP 090. oxhy - woodland dance 091. Refreshers - Way U Smile 092. peachlyfe - Swamplyfe 093. Smerz - Believer 094. SOPHIE - BIPP (Autechre Mx) 095. Enayet - Chokkor 096. Sentient - Warming Themselves 097. Claire Rousay - a softer focus 098. Blackhaine - And Salford Falls Apart 099. Paul Fleetwood - Six Sided EP 100. Joseph Nechvatal - Selected Sound Works (1981 - 2021) 101. PVAS - Accepting eEntropy Loss 102. Joi Lau - 3 UR MIND 103. Air Max '97 - Psyllium / Eat The Rich 104. Plush Managements Inc. - PLUSH002 105. Gacha Bakradze - Obscure Languages 106. Various Artists - Anonima 107. Guy Birkin - Disorganised and Unwanted (Night) 108. Nikita Bugaev - oo Flips 109. Andrew Pekler & Giuseppe Ielasi - Palimpsests 110. Enkō - Niiro 111. Martinou - Rift 112. Superabundance - Superabundance 113. Gong Gong Gong 工工工 - Phantom Rhythm 幽靈節奏 (Remixed) 114. Kelman Duran - Night in Tijuana 115. Nicolas Gaunin - Hulahula Kāne 116. Dimension 23 - 23 Years Later 117. Temudo - Artifacts EP 118. Liliane Chlela - Safala 119. tau contrib - encode 120. DJ Close Your Eyes to Find Me - Angel Trance Edits Volume Two 121. Al Wootton - Maenads 122. Davis Galvin - Muunun 123. Doss - 4 New Hit Songs 124. Clouds - DJ Silver 125. Olli Aarni - Värejä Hangela 126. Josh Peterson - Collected Voice: Text and Tape Works 127. LXV - anxiety euphoria 128. Car Culture - Dead Rock 129. Planetary Assault Systems - Sky Scraping 130. Ziúr - Antifate 131. Perfo - Teston 132. Karim Kahar - Slang 133. thru - thru 134. Quelza - Degma 135. Nadia Khan - Port Ana Remixes by CCL, Francis Harris 136. Leo - a buried river 137. Contorsionist - Modern Faith 138. Furtive - Sympathies VI 139. MM - Massive Music 140. Strict Face - Pulsers 141. Franz Jäger - Rouge 142. Picnic - Bonus 143. Gediminas Žygus & Holly Childs - Gnarled Roots 144. Anthony Linell - Winter Ashes 145. Tom VR - Fast Track To Bliss 146. Janet Beat - Pioneering Knob Twiddler 147. James K - 036 148. Drummy - Anger Start 149. DJML - Fine Condition 150. ENA - One Draw 151. John Errol - Inferno 152. Cam Deas & Jung An Tagen - Presentism 153. Megatrend - Oberursel Bahnhof 154. Relvony - Terakuta 155. Guava - The Dolphins Are Back In Venice 156. Fireground - Dualism EP 157. Simple Syrup - Make Me Float 158. Sachi Kobayashi - Imaginary Trip 159. De Grandi - Euro Control 160. PWCCA - Genomics 161. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha 162. Dalibor Cruz - Riddled With Absence 163. Jex Opolis - Bad Timin Vol II 164. slono - How To Be Less Stiff On The Dancefloor 165. Delay Grounds - Genus 166. XEN CHRON - Deleted Vapor 167. Kessler - Foul Play EP 168. Dream Sequence - Do You Still Think About It? 169. Octo Octa - She's Calling 170. Guy Contact - COY003 171. Demetrio Cecchitelli - Relief 172. Baby Rollén - Love Potion 173. Friedensreich - Known Areas 174. Giordanø - Into Your Mind EP 175. Client_03 - User Viewport 176. Bailey Ibbs - Helter Skelter 177. Krow - Untitled 178. Matthieu Fuentes - Ten-Room Banquet 179. Peyote Dreams - State Of Mind (Slack Mix) 180. Merdh Laleh - Ardent Flux

[wondertainmenttoys]

ooc: GOIs as music genres in no particular order

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Foundation: no music because they’re the fun police

GOC: pop rock (early 2000s only)

Chaos Insurgency: Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1995 by singer and pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording independent albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and helped the band win two Grammy Awards out of six nominations. A year later, Evanescence released their first live album, Anywhere but Home, which sold more than one million copies worldwide. In 2006, the band released their second studio album, The Open Door, which sold more than five million copies.

Serpents Hand: no music because they’re in the Library (shhh!)

The Factory: noise

Dr. Wondertainment: toy commercial soundtrack (90s commercials only)

Prometheus Labs: half-life soundtrack

Anderson Robotics: portal soundtrack

Sarkic Cults: Mongolian throat singing

Church of the Broken God: Mongolian throat singing (industrial remix)

Horizon Initiative: “Whatever Oingo Boingo had going on” according to a friend

AWCY?: I’d list it but you probably never heard of them

GAW: vocaloid 

GRU-P: USSR National Anthem (10-hour version)

ORIA: Iranian National Anthem (10-hour version)

IJAMEA: Ryūkōka

dado: dado music

Arcadia: chiptune

The Fifth Church: Five (stylised as 5ive) is a British boy band from London consisting of members Sean Conlon, Richard Neville, and Scott Robinson. They were formed in 1997 by the same team that managed the Spice Girls before they launched their career. The group were mostly known as a five-piece, consisting of Robinson, Neville, Conlon, Abz Love and Jason "J" Brown. Five enjoyed remarkable success worldwide, particularly in their native United Kingdom, as well as most of the rest of Europe and Asia.

Deer College: Pomp and Circumstance

Marshall, Carter, and Dark: smooth jazz Loadsamoney (Doin’ Up the House)

Chicago Spirit: The Godfather (1972)

Unusual Incidents Unit: Twin Peaks (1990)

Parawatch: X-Files (1993)

Ambrose Restaurants: Ratatouille (2007) 

Nobody: “classical”

Alexylva: classical

Black Queen: Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1995 by singer and pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording independent albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and helped the band win two Grammy Awards out of six nominations. A year later, Evanescence released their first live album, Anywhere but Home, which sold more than one million copies worldwide. In 2006, the band released their second studio album, The Open Door, which sold more than five million copies.

Church of the Second Hytoth: *UFO noises*

Wilson’s Wildlife Solution: Zoo Tycoon soundtrack

Oneiroi Collective: dream pop

Three Moons Initiative: no music because they’re the fun police ☽☽☽ YOU ARE WATCHED. YOU ARE PROTECTED. YOU ARE LOVED.

Shark Punching Center: good music

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[grad505-riobeggs]

Week 3: Socio-cultural moodboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryūkōka

http://www.ocada.jp/culture/pops0.php

https://mubi.com/lists/japanese-cinema-of-the-1920s

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2021/04/japanese-fashion-eras-heian-heisei/

[cdbrainrecords]

橋幸夫* 、 吉永小百合* - あすの花嫁 / いつでも夢を (7", Mono)

Vinyl(VG) Picture Cover(VG+) / コンディション　盤 : Very Good (VG) コンディション　ジャケット : Very Good Plus (VG+) コンディションの表記について　  [ M > M- > VG+ > VG > G+ > G > F > P ] レーベル : Victor – VS-807 フォーマット : Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Mono 生産国 : Japan 発売年 : 1962 A side is the theme song to the Nikkatsu film “Asu no hanayome”. ジャンル : Pop スタイル : Ryūkōka   収録曲 :  A. Sayuri Yoshinaga – あすの花嫁 3:51B. Yukio Hashi, Sayuri Yoshinaga –…

[harrisnovick]

Noriko Awaya - Wakare No Blues [Ryūkōka/Chanson] [1937] 

Saeiou posted this to r/listentothis at 2017-09-24 13:24:39 UTC

[ericpoptone]

Yao Su Rong (“姚蘇蓉“) is a Taiwanese singer and actress born on this day, 5 December, in 1946. Today she’s still best-known for her 1969 hit recording of “今天不回家” (“Today I Won’t Come Home”), the title track of a film of the same name. Her career was cut short at its peak by Kuomintang (KMT) authorities who revoked her license to entertain. Soon after she left to enjoy success in Hong Kong, and then Singapore (where she lives today).

Under the Japanese occupation of Taiwan (1895-1945), enka or, more broadly, ryūkōka was introduced to Tawain and with it, strains of western music like mambo, jazz, and country — albeit filtered through a Japanese sensibility. Many Taiwanese singers found pursued careers as enka singers in Japan. After the defeat of Japan in 1945, Taiwan became part of the Republic of China (ROC) — then engaged in a civil war with the Communist Party of China. After the defeat of the ROC, the KMT retreated to the island in 1949 and established a brutal, US-backed dictatorship. Under KMT rule, native Taiwanese culture was suppressed and Mandarin was promoted as the official language.

It took time for Mandarin-language pop to find favor with a mainstream Taiwanese. Along with artists like 謝雷 (Xie Lei) and his band, Lucky Trio, Yao began making inroads with music which drew upon enka, shidaiqu, and newer western sounds like beat and soul. Yao’s first records were released by Large World Records, a local Taiwanese label that primarily catered to American and Australian soldiers serving at military bases in Taiwan. Before Yao recorded for the label, they primarily released music by American and British artists like The Beatles, Skeeter Davis, The Supremes, and The Seeds (amongst others).

In 1967, Yao moved to Haishan Records. Like Large World, their early releases had been Taiwanese pressings of western releases, in the case of Haishan, releases by the likes of Dusty Springfield, Eddy Arnold, and Hank Williams (among others). By the second half of the 1960s, Haishan had begun releasing music by Hong Konger’s like 華怡保 (Ruby Wah) and 仙杜拉 (Sandra Lang), as well as Taiwanese acts like 于旋 (Yu Xuan) and The Phenix Sisters.

Yao’s first record at Haishan was composed by 李潔心 (Li Jie Xin), arranged by 林家慶 (Lin Jia Qing), but her collaborators over the next few years would be many — a fact which no doubt accounts for the stylistic variety of her large body of work. Some songs have cinematic, quasi-western strings and brass, others lean towards organ-driven rhythm & blues. All of it has the same sort of melodic, psychedelic funkiness that characterizes so much East Asian pop from that era — regardless of whether from Singapore, Korea, Japan, or elsewhere.

Yao sang in a clear, passionate voice that — along with her penchant for her misty-eyed performances — earned her the nickname, “the Queen of Tears.” One of her hits was a Mandarin-language cover of the Japanese song, “負心的人” (“Cruel-Hearted Lover”). Not everyone was a fan, however, and the nation’s long-misruling dictator, Chiang Kai-shek, did not approve of weeping popstars or the danger of sentimental ballads inflaming the passion of his subjects. More than 80 of Yao’s songs were thus banned.

In 1968, she released the first of two albums backed by Li Sheng Yang‘s band, The Telstar Combo. In 1969, she released the first of several collaborations with the aforementioned Taiwanese singer, 謝雷 (Xie Lei). On 18 August 1969, Yao performed for an audience in Kaohsiung. They cried out for requests, in particular, “今天不回家.” Yao initially apologized and refused, as the song was amongst those banned by the authorities. Eventually, however, she gave in. Authorities at the performance were not amused. Yao refused to provide a playlist or issue an apology and so her license to perform was revoked. Afterward, she moved to Hong Kong.

In 1970, Yao began recording for a Hong Kong label, 樂風. There, and that year, she released her first of several collaborations with various others, including 陳寶玲 (Chen Bao Ling), 與 蒋光超 (Jiang Guang Chao), 藍夢 (Lan Meng), 趙曉君 (Lily Chao), 青山 (Qing Shan), 奚秀蘭 (Stella Chee), 魏平澳 (Wei Ping Ao), 楊燕 (Yang Yan), and 張帝 (Zhang Di). Sorting out her discography is rather difficult due to its size, the multitude of re-releases, and my extremely remedial grasp of Chinese. I have, nevertheless, attempted to compile a fairly inclusive discography here of studio albums (although some are no doubt compilations and at least one, although attributed to Yao, features a handful of tracks sung by multiple artists).

DISCOGRAPHY

1966 – Oh Summer Wine 夢裡情侶 / 阿哥哥( 第二集 ) (Large World)

1966 – A Go Go 阿哥哥 ‎(Large World)

Yao Su Yong’s Highlight / A Go Go (Haishan Records)

1967 – 負心的人 (Haishan Records)

1968 – 偷心的人 / Yao Su Yong’s & The Telstar Combo (Haishan Records)

1968 – 臨別的一笑 + 關達拉美娜 (Haishan Records)

1968 – 聽我細訴 ‎(Haishan Records)

1969 – 今天不回家 / Yao Su Yong’s & The Telstar Combo (Haishan Records)

1969 – 跟你一起走 ‎(孔雀唱片)

1969 – [with 謝雷 (Xie Lei)] 安平回想曲 ‎(Haishan Records)

1969 – 紫丁香 ‎(Haishan Records)

1970 – 歌曲精選 (樂風)

1970 – [with 謝雷 (Xie Lei)] 恨你入骨 (樂風)

1970 – [with 與 蒋光超 (Jiang Guang Chao)] 鳳還巢 (樂風)

1970 – [with 與 蒋光超 (Jiang Guang Chao)] 小翠 / 雲翠仙 (Haishan Records)

1970 – 姚蘇蓉之歌 / 瘋��港台星馬登台精選歌集 (Cartoon Record)

1970 – 電影明星”姚蘇蓉”歌曲精選 / Movie-Star “Yao Su Yong” Sings (樂風)

1970 – 夢的世界 (樂風)

1970 – 金唱片歌集 (樂風)

1970 – 夢的祈禱 (Haishan Records)

1970 – 像霧又像花 (樂風)

1970 – 家在台北 (Haishan Records)

1970 – 七部最新電影插曲精選 (樂風)

1970 – [with 謝雷 (Xie Lei)] 不要拋棄我! (樂風)

1970 – 我要結婚 (樂風)

1970 – [with 青山 (Qing Shan)] 金唱片歌集 (樂風)

1970 – 心聲淚痕 (Yu Shan Record)

1970 – 妳我她 (雄獅唱片)

1970 – 那是什麼聲音 (樂風)

1970 – [with 謝雷 (Xie Lei), 趙曉君 (Lily Chao), and 楊燕 (Yang Yan)] 結婚好不好 / 有男懷春 (樂風)

1970 – [with 青山 (Qing Shan)] 郎變了 (Leico Record)

1970 – 電影明星”姚蘇蓉”歌曲精選 / Movie-Star “Yao Su Yong” Sings (樂風)

1970 – 郎變了 (樂風)

1970 – 本年度最佳八部電影原聲帶 (Ligo)

1970 – 巡回东南亚演唱名曲专集 (一寸相思一寸泪) (Haishan Records)

1970 – 精選歌曲十八首 (樂風)

1970 – 歌王歌后 (Haishan Records)

1970 – 當你離家時 (樂風)

1970 – 爸爸 ! 嫣嫣 ! (Yu Shan Record)

1970 – 最長的約會 (樂風)

1970 – 我等你回來 I Am Waiting For You (藝風)

1971 – 偷偷愛你 ‎(Haishan Records)

1971 – 想起你的時候 (萬福牌)

1971 – [with 張帝 (Zhang Di)] 張帝找阿珠 (樂風)

1971 – Love Is Forever 不變的情 (Crown Records)

1971 – [with 魏平澳 (Wei Ping Ao), 藍夢 (Lan Meng), 奚秀蘭 (Stella Chee), 韋邦 (Wei Bang), and 陳寶玲 (Chen Bao Ling)] 最新三部電影插曲 “昨夜夢魂中”, “湄南河之歌” & “情人的秘密” (樂風)

1970 – 心聲淚痕 / 咪咪貓 (四海唱片)

1971 – 女人的命運 / 我不要離婚 (Haishan Records)

1971 – 太太回娘家 (Haishan Records)

1971 – 出賣愛情的人 / 藍與黑 ‎(Haishan Records)

1971 – 行行出狀元 ‎(Haishan Records)

1971 – 單身女郎 (Haishan Records)

1973 – 我不能再想你 / 你���電話又來到 (大聯機構 Great Union Organisation)

1973 – 默默盼歸期 (大聯機構 Great Union Organisation)

1973 – 想起你的時後 (Haishan Records)

1973 – 我求你騙我騙到底 (大聯機構 Great Union Organisation)

1973 – 風雲鼓手 ‎(Haishan Records)

1973 – 你就這樣走了 / 白雲飄向誰 / 徘徊十字路 ‎(Haishan Records)

1975 – 告訴我為什麼 / 一份埋藏的心意 (Haishan Records)

1977 – 再來的希望 愛的路上千萬裡 (大聯機構 Great Union Organisation)

1977 – [accompanied by The Stylers] 孟麗君 / 滿庭芳 (Prinstar Records)

1978 – [with 蒋光超 (Jiang Guang Chao)] 雙喜臨門 (Uniart Amusement Enterprise)

Yao’s first album for a Singaporean label was released in 1973, and it’s around that time that she may’ve settled there. Most of her work after that was released on Singaporean labels (including a collaboration with the great Singaporean band, The Stylers, who often backed the great Lisa Wong (麗莎) and Lena Lim (林竹君)).

His Excellency Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975, ushering in a period of democratic reform which culminated in the 1987 end of the White Terror — the then-longest period of martial law in world history (since surpassed by Syria). Today, Taiwan is easily among the most progressive and nations in Asia. Although Yao’s last album seems to have been released in 1978, she was still regularly performing live as late as 1980 — albeit never in Taiwan. In 1996, 今天不回家 was remade by Taiwanese director, Sylvia Chang. Yao’s recording of the title song was again featured. In 1998, the organizers of the Golden Horse Film Festival invited Yao to return to the island to perform. Yao declined. In 2007, the Jay Chou (周杰倫) film, 不能說的·秘密 (Secret), used another vintage Yao song, “情人的眼泪” (Lovers’ Tears). Apparently, Yao only became aware of this when informed by a relative in Chengdu whom she was visiting at the time of the film’s release.

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Wherever you are, 姚蘇蓉, here’s wishing you a happy birthday!

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    Yao Su Rong (姚蘇蓉) Yao Su Rong ("姚蘇蓉") is a Taiwanese singer and actress born on this day, 5 December, in 1946.

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Preferred name: Karamatsu

Group name (if applicable): None

Residence: Apartment A-1/District Alpha

Genre/style (be as detailed as you’d like): “I play a wide range of music, but my main style of playing revolves around soothing love songs, similar to that of Toshinobu Kubota, with the occasional Go-Go-Group sounds like that of 60’s and 80’s Japanese rock – Think Blue Comets, for example!”

Relevant experience with music: An independent musician back at home, but he never got off the ground because record labels never paid him much mind. (Mostly because he’s too shy to approach them.) That’s not to mention the idol group that him and his other five identical brothers had, by the name of ‘F6’. He’s fairly talented with playing the guitar, and has a soothing singing voice that’s deep and relaxing, he has a fair amount of songs he’s written on his own. He’s not very good at dancing, though.

Short bio (in 3rd-person, to put on this blog): Karamatsu Matsuno, despite being a flop at home, is fairly talented with his guitar with fast fingers that can play at an incredible speed. His voice is smooth as silk and retains a deep tone to it, relaxing when it comes to soft love songs but exciting when it comes to hyped up Ryūkōka genre songs. He’s kind of shy when it first comes to the stage, but years of theatre classes allow him to naturally drop into any role he needs for a performance.

Would you like opportunities to perform live? yes.

『Oh, you’ve got me…! I’m a fan of that type of music, so I look forward to not just working with you, but hearing your skills as well. Being able to write your own songs isn’t a widely used talent back where I’m from, so it’s definitely good experience to have under your belt. Welcome to Hive City Records, Karamatsu-kun~』

Accepted!

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Koiwa Umebi De ~ Mitsuko Watanabe (恋は海辺で)