山下達郎
山下達郎
Person from Japan
Genres: city pop, disco, doo-wop, funk, kayōkyoku, pop, pop rock, r&b
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About 山下達郎
Yamashita Tatsurō (born on Feb 4, 1953 in Tokyo, Japan) is a well established Japanese singer and composer. Known for his singles to constantly reach super hit status, most of which were released in the 80's, his music incorporates elements of soul-funk, jazz, blues and the occasional disco.In 1973, Yamashita formed the band Sugar Babe with the musicians including 大貫妙子(Taeko Onuki) and 村松邦男(Kunio Muramatsu). His most well-known song is arguably 'Christmas Eve', which has unfailingly received heavy airplay around Christmas time every year since 1983. 'Ride on Time' (1980) and 'Loveland, Island' (1982) were used as the theme songs of two different trendy Japanese dramas recently, depicting his popularity within modern Japanese society. He has written songs for various singers, most notably Kinki Kid's biggest hit 'Glass no Shonen'. Yamashita has released several English singles and albums, contributed by his almost flawless English pronunciation. He is also known as 竹内まりや(Mariya Takeuchi)'s husband and producer. Yamashita has also infamously refused to release any of his music on streaming services such as Spotify and Apple music, and most reposts of his music on Youtube have been taken down due to copyright.
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